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Originally Posted by JuneMarkridge
The “paper mask” you are referring to I imagine is what is known as a “surgical” mask - “medical” face mask or “procedure” mask which fall under the category of PPE and is a barrier that reduces airborne transmission of pathogens. It is better than a cloth mask but of course not as effective as an N95. And most certainly the fit is very important. When indoors in a large venue, with a large crowd I certainly will continue to wear my mask. Last I heard the pandemic was not over… and a new more easily transmissible strain is on the scene. I hope you really are not that selfish that for 2 hours you cannot sit with a mask on to possibly prevent the spread of a virus you may be harboring??? [B]Is it your - let me use your term “stupidity” that makes you uninformed about how Covid is transmitted??? I wear my mask to protect myself and whoever might be sitting around me. I don’t know who has a health issue and might not be able to fight this deadly virus even if they are vaccinated and boosted. It is not altruism or stupidity but common sense and curtesy!!!
If you don’t think masks work, would tell the surgeon that he need not wear a mask if you needed surgery???[/B]
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Now that is truly laughable, best one yet.
I'M UNINFORMED!
Ok, I guess I'm stuck educating you. You get a partial pass since this is your first post.
You may certainly wear your mask to protect those around you---that fits into the altruism category and I applaud you. As far as protecting yourself, well, that has already been addressed. And again it is not "common sense", it is scientific and medical fact. The problem is that many have "made up their own minds" based on the internet, or their hairdresser, or the voodoo high priestess. And you close with a statement that completely delineates your misinformation----when I wore a mask while performing surgery, it was not to protect myself, it was to protect the patient. If the patient had something highly contagious, let's say meningococcemia, we used a whole different level of protection.