I said from the very beginning COTTON made the best masks. Please get this right.

Major League Baseball is using the absolute WORSE form of face mask to contain the spread of the virus.

August 9, 2020
By Tamar Lapin

...The scientists (click here) also discovered that neck fleeces, or neck gaiters, often worn by runners, were the least effective and actually allowed more respiratory droplets to escape than not wearing a mask at all.

That’s because they were shown to break down larger droplets into smaller particles, allowing them to slip out the sides of the covering more easily.

“We were extremely surprised to find that the number of particles measured with the fleece actually exceeded the number of particles measured without wearing any mask,” Martin Fischer, one of the study’s authors, told CNN....

I am going to tell you about the filter mask I finally decided on as the best. I have no relationship with the company, it has been around for a long time and they don't make just filter masks. They make all kinds of medical masks, including those that people use to help breath when they sleep.

The company is out of Canada, but, has manufacturing plants in the USA. It is a really nice company and they practice "give back" in donating masks to firefighters of wildfires and citizens that find themselves compromised by wildfire smoke and dust.

I could be mistaken but I believe the manufacturer is SOLD OUT of these masks. The reason I chose this mask is that its filter comes closest to N95 masks. This company also makes a surgical mask that was sold out some time ago.

O2 Canada (click here) electrostatic filters are charged with pockets of both negative and positive ions, which attract, trap and neutralize small particles. They efficiently filter particles at 0.1 microns and larger. The highly effective O2 Canada filter traps mechanical pollutants found in pollution as well as bacteria and diseases, and based on average use the filter can last up to 2 weeks.

The icon is O2 (two dots) for the electrostatic charge of the filters. O2 is the chemical symbol of oxygen. I like the filter mask a great deal. It fits well and it is the best mask I have worn that actually allows me to breathe easy and forget I am wearing a mask. It has a cushion on the rim of the mask that adds comfort to the face and reduces irritation and pressure on the skin. It can be washed regularly even after each use outside with soap and water. Alcohol-based cleaners are not recommended for the plastic mask. The filters are good for two weeks OR unless they are visibly dirty from looking at the outside shell. The filters should not be washed and should be put in a dry place as a precaution while washing the mask with soap and water or any non-alcohol based cleaner.

This mask was purchased after a short advertisement campaign to the point where it is sold out. They should consider increasing their production and perhaps the size of their manufacturing plant.

The filters are what makes the difference in my choice of this mask. Again, I have no relationship with the manufacturer at all. My only interest is promoting a mask I found helpful as a consumer of such products. This virus is a really lousy episode in USA history and I believe this mask provides better confidence. At least it does for me.

FYI, below.

...4. How do N95 masks block SARS-CoV-2? (click here)

N95 masks are designed to remove more than 95% of all particles that are at least 0.3 microns (µm) in diameter. In fact, measurements of the particle filtration efficiency of N95 masks show that they are capable of filtering ≈99.8% of particles with a diameter of ≈0.1 μm (Rengasamy et al., 2017). SARS-CoV-2 is an enveloped virus ≈0.1 μm in diameter, so N95 masks are capable of filtering most free virions, but they do more than that. How so? Viruses are often transmitted through respiratory droplets produced by coughing and sneezing. Respiratory droplets are usually divided into two size bins, large droplets (>5 μm in diameter) that fall rapidly to the ground and are thus transmitted only over short distances, and small droplets (≤5 μm in diameter). Small droplets can evaporate into 'droplet nuclei', remain suspended in air for significant periods of time and could be inhaled. Some viruses, such as measles, can be transmitted by droplet nuclei (tellier et al. 2019). Larger droplets are also known to transmit viruses, usually by settling onto surfaces that are touched and transported by hands onto mucosal membranes such as the eyes, nose and mouth (CDC, 2020). The characteristic diameter of large droplets produced by sneezing is ~100 μm (Han et al., 2013), while the diameter of droplet nuclei produced by coughing is on the order of ~1 μm (Yang et. al., 2007). At present, it is unclear whether surfaces or air are the dominant mode of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, but N95 masks should provide some protection against both (Jefferson et al., 2009; Leung et. al., 2020)....

There is no "there there." EXCEPT, for Ukraine and it's people from Russia.

The joke of a president in the USA White House is not shared by other countries, nor is there such LOOSE standards to carry out investigations.

August 8, 2020

By Betsy Woodruff Swan

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (click here) is calling on Ukrainians to refrain from interfering in the upcoming U.S. elections. The call comes after the U.S. intelligence community released a statement saying the Russian government is trying to help President Donald Trump win reelection, and that a Ukrainian member of Parliament is participating in that effort.

"It is never and under no circumstances unacceptable to interfere with another country's sovereign elections," Zelensky said in a statement posted on his Facebook page. "Once again, I assure our partners that Ukraine did not allow and will not allow itself to intervene in the future in the elections and thereby harm our trustworthy and sincere partnerships with the United States."...

There is a very serious conflict in Ukraine. The "idea" there was corruption with Hunter Biden was indulged by the current Ukraine government and it was found there was no corruption.

When Ukraine's new president received a phone call from Donald John Trump he was expecting a discussion about the military hardware. Instead, Trump PLAYED HIM to engage in corruption ITSELF by putting forward a FALSE charge against Hunter and/or Joe Biden. Trump was impeached successfully because of his corrupt actions while in office. Ukraine wants no more of this mess. It has an important place on the world stage and it is taking that seriously.

Ukraine was once the epicenter of the Soviet Union's nuclear program sitting on Europe's border as well as the Black Sea. For that reason alone, Putin is obsessed with exerting control in Ukraine. Ukraine no longer has any nuclear munitions or any nuclear capacity, except, for brilliant scientists that have a right to live their lives in peace.

Ukraine has long played an important, (click here) yet sometimes overlooked, role in the global security order. Today, the country appears to be on the front lines of a renewed great-power rivalry that many analysts say will dominate international relations in the decades ahead....

Ron Johnson has been involved in Republican engagement in digging up dirt about the Bidens. It is odd though. Johnson is retiring at the age of 62 from his seat in the year of 2022. Why would a person planning on retirement continue to hack away at a false path?

August 9, 2020

By Shirin Ali

A national intelligence document released Friday (click here) by the Trump administration revealed Russia is using pro-Russia Ukrainian officials to slander presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, undermining a key pillar of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s ongoing investigation into the former vice president.

Johnson, who is chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has drawn criticism from Democrats and foreign policy experts for what they see as an attempt to smear Biden as he challenges Republican President Donald Trump.

And while the committee prepares to release an interim report on its findings next month, a nonpartisan watchdog has given Johnson, R-Oshkosh, failing marks for his committee’s workload for the second consecutive year....

This mess is entertaining by some, evidently. But, the REAL ISSUE is the fact there is still ongoing conflict in Ukraine with Russia. We know how a US president sees all this; he favors Russia. The REAL investigation that Johnson should be conducting is HOW DOES TRUMP'S FAVORITISM OF RUSSIA EFFECTS UKRAINE, NATO AND USA NATIONAL SECURITY? Best I can tell, Johnson isn't the least interested in ending the Ukraine conflict or punishing Russia for it.

When the REAL investigation comes forward, I might even be interested in it.

The death toll above is primarily according to the United Nations. The Euromaidan protests in Kiev began 21 November 2013 and ended 23 February 2014, a total of 110–123 protesters and 18 police officers were killed in street clashes in the Ukrainian capital. The protests resulted in a civil war currently backed by Russia. It also included an annexation attempt by Russia of Crimea. Those changes in the map of Ukraine are still under contention. There was nothing democratic about balloting held in regard to Crimea.

This conflict does not serve anyone in the entire world, except two men Putin and indirectly Trump.

February 25, 2019

KYIV -- Some 13,000 people have been killed, (click here) a quarter of them civilians, and as many as 30,000 wounded in the war in eastern Ukraine since it broke out in April 2014, the United Nations says.

The estimated toll includes more than 3,300 civilian deaths, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a document dated February 25 and provided to RFE/RL the same day.

It comes as the simmering conflict between Russia-backed separatists and government forces approaches its sixth year, with little progress toward the implementation of a Western-brokered cease-fire and political-settlement deal known as the Minsk Accords.

"OHCHR estimates the total number of conflict-related casualties in Ukraine...at 40,000-43,000" from April 14, 2014 to January 31, 2019, the statement said, including "12,800-13,000 killed."...

The conflict of interest with Chao is more than a conflict of interest, it is a national security issue that was allowed by McConnell.

Mitch McConnell is PROVEN to bend to the will of China and Russia for his personal wealth, power, and influence.

All Mitch's boats were manufactured in China with Chinese steel.

Mitch McConnell is the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate. (click here) McConnell fast-tracked the PROMESA bill through the Senate. He made sure that a minimum wage cut to $4.25, and the installation of a powerful Financial Control Board, went through quickly – with virtually no debate and no amendment.

It is therefore ironic, that Mitch McConnell has been linked to the distribution and sale of 90 pounds of cocaine.

MITCH McCONNELL and HIS COCAINE BOAT

A boat was recently detained before leaving from Colombia.

During the search, the Colombian Coast Guard discovered 90 pounds of cocaine, in forty neat packets.

The vessel’s is named Ping May – one of sixteen ships operated by the Foremost Maritime Corporation (FMC). 

Bloomberg (click here)

(Foremost is McConnell's million dollar contributor to his private wealth.)

The imported coal from China sold for less than domestically mined coal. The USA never needed imported coal and it still doesn't. The USA continues to be the one country in the entire world with enormous quantities of coal.

100 COVID-19 free days WITHOUT a huge national debt or disruption in economy.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a community meeting with COVID-19 community responders at Wainuiomata's Memorial Hall on July 30, 2020, in Wellington, New Zealand.

New Zealand, (click here) a country of about 4.8 million, has now gone 100 days without a single locally transmitted case of COVID-19, according to news reports.

The last COVID-19 case acquired locally from an unknown source was reported on May 1, BBC News Reported around the time that lockdown measures began to ease. In late March, the South Pacific island implemented one of the strictest lockdowns in the world, "a lockdown so severe that even retrieving a lost cricket ball from a neighbor's yard was banned," The New York Times reported.

To date, New Zealand has recorded a total of 1,569 cases and 22 related deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins virus dashboard. Just 21 cases are considered active, and those people are isolating, CNN Reported...

August 10, 2020

By Julia Hollingsworth

..."We have seen overseas (click here) how quickly the virus can reemerge and spread in places where it was previously under control," Director-General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield said Sunday.

"We need to be prepared to quickly stamp out any future cases in New Zealand. Don't let the team down -- none of us can afford to do that."...