Please see my statement regarding Southern California being placed under the Governor’s regional stay-at-home order. pic.twitter.com/lgvvHGnasp

— OC Sheriff Don Barnes (@OCSheriffBarnes) December 5, 2020

https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1325513362545897472

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To understand 2020, consider that President Elect Biden called for Democrats to unify with the people he calls neo-Nazi supporters and no one asked a follow-up question.

— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) December 5, 2020

Hat tip to Ed Driscoll

Kamala Harris: Violent attack on ‘Empire’ star is ‘attempted modern day lynching’

1/29/19

One of the hardest decisions I ever had to make in the mountains of Afghanistan: still or sparkling? That was the moment I knew true hardship.

— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) December 5, 2020

Going for a walk is now illegal in LA

Coming soon – what is not banned is mandatory.

The dead always vote Democrat.

Effectiveness of Adding a Mask Recommendation to Other Public Health Measures to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Danish Mask Wearers

Background:

Observational evidence suggests that mask wearing mitigates transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is uncertain if this observed association arises through protection of uninfected wearers (protective effect), via reduced transmission from infected mask wearers (source control), or both.

Objective:

To assess whether recommending surgical mask use outside the home reduces wearers’ risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection in a setting where masks were uncommon and not among recommended public health measures.

Design:

Randomized controlled trial (DANMASK-19 [Danish Study to Assess Face Masks for the Protection Against COVID-19 Infection]). (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04337541)

Setting:

Denmark, April and May 2020.

Participants:

Adults spending more than 3 hours per day outside the home without occupational mask use.

Intervention:

Encouragement to follow social distancing measures for coronavirus disease 2019, plus either no mask recommendation or a recommendation to wear a mask when outside the home among other persons together with a supply of 50 surgical masks and instructions for proper use.

Measurements:

The primary outcome was SARS-CoV-2 infection in the mask wearer at 1 month by antibody testing, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or hospital diagnosis. The secondary outcome was PCR positivity for other respiratory viruses.

Results:

A total of 3030 participants were randomly assigned to the recommendation to wear masks, and 2994 were assigned to control; 4862 completed the study. Infection with SARS-CoV-2 occurred in 42 participants recommended masks (1.8%) and 53 control participants (2.1%). The between-group difference was −0.3 percentage point (95% CI, −1.2 to 0.4 percentage point; P = 0.38) (odds ratio, 0.82 [CI, 0.54 to 1.23]; P = 0.33). Multiple imputation accounting for loss to follow-up yielded similar results. Although the difference observed was not statistically significant, the 95% CIs are compatible with a 46% reduction to a 23% increase in infection.

Hat tip to Kane

AOC Now Selling ‘Tax The Rich’ Caviar For Just $10,000 A Can

Hard to tell?

As Americans Suffer and COVID Relief Languishes, House Dems Turn Their Attention to Pot

DACA reinstated by federal judge

Can you guess the direction of the politicization?