[Joe C.]

From Dr. Fair.....Covid can enter the body through the eyes.
So how about this new theory...…"IF YOU LOOK AT SOMEONE WHO IS INFECTED WITH THE COVID -19 VIRUS, YOU WILL CATCH IT".
Then we will all have to walk around wearing horse blinders.

Just kidding....

[billethkid]

Originally Posted by devorejh

We initially were told by the surgeon general and also some of the doctors on the presidents team that wearing masks was unnecessary and that their only value was primarily psychological. They were not lying to you!
Why did they change this? Who knows... maybe to appease a paranoid population? 99% of the face coverings I see are useless. Viruses are microbial. You can not hide from them. How long is it going to take for this ridiculous paranoia about a virus that is 99% survivable to go away? I am somewhat encouraged as I am seeing more and more folks like myself that have discarded the masks.

The initial discouraging of the mask to do or not was to stop the stampede for masks to allow the medical providers adequate supply.

Why is it those who are against masks cannot just be satisfied with their decision?

Why do they always have to diss and put down and make derogatory remarks of those who think otherwise?

Be happy in YOUR thoughts but please allow the rest of us the same courtesy.

[allsport]

Two things about the masks, first they told you not to use them because they needed them for the frontline providers and there were not enough and now they want you to wear them as they have scientifically proven that when everyone wears a mask, the spread rate of the virus drops dramatically. It holds your droplets in place and does not shower other people so you wear one to protect others and they wear one to protect you. One stat you have is very wrong. This virus has a 6% death rate currently which is much worse than the flu that has about a 1/2 of 1% death rate. It is not that easy to catch the flu, you have to be showered with the bug directly, Covid 19 hangs in the air and you can get it just by walking in the air that has been contaminated. It is so much more contagious. Be good to your fellow man and wear a mask.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Joe C.

From Dr. Fair.....Covid can enter the body through the eyes.
So how about this new theory...…"IF YOU LOOK AT SOMEONE WHO IS INFECTED WITH THE COVID -19 VIRUS, YOU WILL CATCH IT".
Then we will all have to walk around wearing horse blinders.

Just kidding....

Seventy thousand comedians out of work...………………..

[Agentjanhusak@gmail.com]

I totally agree and I have to bite my tongue when I’m in a store and someone stops to chastise the person not wearing a mask........get over your fears people!!!!

[billethkid]

Originally Posted by Agentjanhusak@gmail.com

I totally agree and I have to bite my tongue when I’m in a store and someone stops to chastise the person not wearing a mask........get over your fears people!!!!

Why do those who choose not to wear a mask feel ALWAYS feel obligated to distort doing so to equal to fear?

While in the same litany make sure they boast in one way or another that not wearing one a good decision?

[ffresh]

Originally Posted by CarolSells

Well, what I was wondering about in regards to masks and gloves is that if they’re so effective why can’t we just issue them to our prison populations instead of letting them back into society? They could social distance unless they,re cell mates.

(The letters and punctuation are not coming out right.)

Stop that critical thinking immediately; we'll have none of it. Toe the party line or you shall be ostracized severely.

Besides, we have to ensure that there is sufficient room in the prisons for those who are truly a danger to society - people who do not wear the mandated masks, those who do not social distance properly and those who insist on exercising their Constitutional rights to peaceful assembly and redress of grievances

Fred

[Madelaine Amee]

Am I the only person who has noticed the number of nurses in the ICUs that are wearing eye goggles along with their other protective gear. There must be a reason for this extra layer of protection.

[huange@verizon.net]

The news reported that the virus can be transferred thru the eyes. I suppose we’ll be seeing goggles soon.

[anothersteve]

Originally Posted by huange@verizon.net

The news reported that the virus can be transferred thru the eyes. I suppose we’ll be seeing goggles soon.

That has been known almost since day one. Why is the media going to pound that into our heads now?

Steve

[zonerboy]

Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee

Am I the only person who has noticed the number of nurses in the ICUs that are wearing eye goggles along with their other protective gear. There must be a reason for this extra layer of protection.

Yes there is a reason: the surface of the eyes are kept moist by fluid secreted by glands under the eyelids. This fluid (known as tears) flows into tear ducts in the corner of the eyes, and these ducts empty into the nose. This is why crying makes your nose run. So if you get the virus into your eyes by touching your face or rubbing your eyes, the virus will be washed into your nose and from there into your throat. Bingo....infection!

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by billethkid

Why do those who choose not to wear a mask feel ALWAYS feel obligated to distort doing so to equal to fear?

While in the same litany make sure they boast in one way or another that not wearing one a good decision?

Maybe it's because that is their way of dealing with their own fear. They may be so afraid of being thought of as being one of the herd ( herd "A") that they go to these measures to try to assure themselves they are brave, tough, unique and independent, just like all the others in herd "B".
????

[cherylncliff]

N95 masks, if properly fitted and worn, will protect you from inhaling viral particles. If you touch the mask or a contaminated surface and then rub your eye or nose then you have infected yourself. Cloth and paper masks provide very little protection to the wearer. The recommendation to wear masks was made to prevent asymptomatic people or people not yet feeling ill but still infectious from further spreading the virus. In other words, wearing masks is to protect others. If everyone wears a mask in public then we protect each other. If you do not care about your fellow human being, then do not wear a mask but if they then get sick from you and infect someone you love, you have to live with the consequences.

[ffresh]

Originally Posted by anothersteve

That has been known almost since day one. Why is the media going to pound that into our heads now?

Steve

EXCELLENT question, Steve. As though this were some new revelation peculiar to CV-19. Agenda-driven reporting can be the only reason. I suppose next they'll be calling for goggles … we shall see!

Fred

[billethkid]

Originally Posted by ffresh

EXCELLENT question, Steve. As though this were some new revelation peculiar to CV-19. Agenda-driven reporting can be the only reason. I suppose next they'll be calling for goggles … we shall see!

Fred

Is there any other kind of reporting??