T-cells from common colds can provide protection against COVID-19 - study

[Amity Island]

It's an airborne virus.
The only thing that'll stop that is wearing a hazmat suit.

I agree, hence what protection could face coverings offer for an airborne (breathed) virus?

 

[Deleted member 21371]

I agree, hence what protection could face coverings offer for an airborne (breathed) virus?

Ah, now you're talking percentages, I'm talking absolute.
It's airborne, but still an aerosol transmission model.
And a face covering lasts a lot better than the 15 minutes a self contained hazmat suit would last in Tesco's, or the hour you'll get on a rechargeable filter unit.
And a face covering, with the vaccine, and the body's natural defences kicked in, even better odds.

The only thing that will ensure you don't get run over is removing all vehicles from the world, but most people take the chance of crossing on a green man, not a red one.

 

[Eddy Edson]

And see that The Economist estimates 12.1M - 22.7M excess deaths.

The pandemic’s true death toll

Our daily estimate of excess deaths around the world

www.economist.com

New story in Nature news goes into all this:

The pandemic’s true death toll: millions more than official counts

Countries have reported some five million COVID-19 deaths in two years, but global excess deaths are estimated at double or even quadruple that figure.

www.nature.com

And mortality estimates for COVID-19 vs flu:

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Metric	COVID-19	Flu 2009 (H1N1)	Flu 1968 (H3N2)	Flu 1957–59 (H2N2)	Flu 1918–20 (H1N1)
Per-capita excess mortality rate (estimate)	0.15–0.28%	0.005%	0.03%	0.04%	1%
Global excess deaths (estimate) adjusted to 2020 population	12 million–22 million	0.4 million	2.2 million	3.1 million	75 million
Mean age at death (years; United States and Europe only)	73–79	37	62	65	27

Sort of: in between "normal" flu and Spanish flu.