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Doesn't it make you come to the conclusion that wearing a mask is beneficial if medical professionals are mandating mask wearing in their facilities?
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From a doctor:
"OK, here’s my rant about masks: I have spent the past 39 years working in the field of surgery. For a significant part of that time, I have worn a mask. I have worked with hundreds (probably thousands) of colleagues during those years, who have also worn masks. Not a single one us of became ill, passed out or died from lack of oxygen. Not a single one of us became ill, passed out or died from breathing too much carbon dioxide. Not a single one us of became ill, passed out or died from rebreathing a little of our own exhaled air. Let’s begin here by putting those scare tactics to rest! (It is true that some people, with advanced lung diseases, may be so fragile that a mask could make their already-tenuous breathing more difficult. If your lungs are that bad, you probably shouldn’t be going out in public at the present time anyway; the consequences if you are exposed to Covid-19 would likely be devastating.) “But”, you ask, “can’t viruses go right through the mask, because they are so small?” (“Masks keep viruses out just as well as a chain link fence keeps mosquitoes out,” some tell us.) It is true that individual virus particles can pass through the pores of a mask; however, viruses don’t move on their own. They do not fly across the room like a mosquito, wiggle through your mask like a worm, or fly up your nose like a gnat. The virus is essentially nothing more than a tiny blob of genetic material. Covid-19 travels in a CARRIER – the carrier is a fluid droplet- fluid droplets that you expel when you cough, sneeze, sing, laugh, talk or simply exhale. Most of your fluid droplets will be stopped from entering the air in the room if you are wearing a mask. Wearing a mask is a very efficient way to protect others if you are carrying the virus (even if you don’t know that you are infected). In addition, if someone else’s fluid droplets happen to land on your mask, many of them will not pass through. This gives the wearer some additional protection, too. But, the main reason to wear a mask is to PROTECT OTHERS. Even if you don’t care about yourself, wear your mask to protect your neighbors, co-workers and friends! A mask is certainly not 100% protective. However, it appears that the severity of Covid-19 infection is at least partially “dose-dependent.” In other words, the more virus particles that enter your body, the sicker you are likely to become. Why not decrease that volume if you can? “What have you got to lose?!” “But doesn’t a requirement or a request to wear a mask violate my constitutional rights?” You’re also not allowed to go into the grocery store if you are not wearing pants. You can’t yell “fire” in the Produce Department. You’re not allowed to urinate on the floor in the Frozen Food Section. Do you object to those restrictions? Rules, established for the common good, are component of a civilized society. “But aren’t masks uncomfortable?” Some would say that underwear or shoes can be uncomfortable, but we still wear them. (Actually, being on a ventilator is pretty darned uncomfortable, too!) Are masks really so bad that you can’t tolerate them, even if they will help keep others healthy? “But won’t people think I’m a snowflake or a wimp if I wear a mask?” I hope you have enough self-confidence to overcome that. “But won’t I look stupid if I wear a mask?” I’ve decided not to dignify that question with an answer!! “But I never get sick; I’m not worried.” Well, then, wear a mask for the sake of the rest of us who are not so perfect! There is good evidence that masks make a real difference in diminishing the transmission of Covid-19. Please, for the sake of others (and for the sake of yourself), wear your mask when in public. It won’t kill you! P.S. - And, by the way, please be sure that BOTH your nose and mouth are covered!" |
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We all hope to be back to the real normal eventually. So.......no we will not have to wear masks every day forever.
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Why is it we do not see anyone walking into any establishment with no pants or underwear on? Covering up your bottom is enforceable. Why not covering up your nose and mouth? Just wondering.
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Wait staff in restaurants are making your dining experience much safer for you. You don't understand that????? Your waiter can be pre-symptomatic or totally asymptomatic for Covid, unknown to himself or to his customers. Wait staff wearing masks protects everyone they come in contact with. That makes me feel safer and I've been dining out in restaurants in any establishment that mandates their employees to all wear masks. They get my business. Establishments which do not mandate their employees wear masks do not get my business. It is very unfortunate for restaurant employees who must deal with the public because their patrons are not masked. Mask wearing is not conducive while eating and drinking and I don't think that will every change. It seems unfair but that is what they must do to continue to earn a living as restaurant employees. I'm hoping this will all change and we can all go back to our maskless days when there is an effective vaccine and/or an effective treatment for Covid. Until then, masks are a way we can all help to mitigate this disease.
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OBB.....you are too funny. Love reading your posts.
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Once we got the recommendation from the experts and the CDC that wearing masks can help slow the spread of this dreadful virus, the American people sprung into action. We were requested not to stockpile PPE that our health care professionals needed to care for our sick. So what did we do? Home made face coverings were being made at an accelerated rate. Mask instructional videos were exploding on YouTube. Americans answered the call just like it was a war effort. We did the right thing and left the available PPE for the front line workers. We are covering our faces with our home made masks and I'm so proud of the effort put forth by those Americans who choose to help mitigate this virus. Now, I'm seeing masks everywhere in retail stores and pharmacies so they are now readily available to the public.......just like toilet paper. Thank goodness!
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Thank you for posting this.
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Excerpt from the above linked article......... Composition of air According to NASA, the gases in Earth's atmosphere include: Nitrogen — 78 percent Oxygen — 21 percent Argon — 0.93 percent Carbon dioxide — 0.04 percent Trace amounts of neon, helium, methane, krypton and hydrogen, as well as water vapor
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The choice is most certainly yours to wear or not wear a mask. No one if forcing you to wear a mask with the exception of some doctor's offices that I have and hubby have gone to. Doctor's offices will not give you the option of not wearing a mask unless you have a medical condition which prevents you from wearing one. Again, the choice is yours. Just hope, after becoming informed of the reasons and benefits of mask wearing, that you make the correct choice.
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1. Collective fear. 2. Sheep. 3. Act humanely/sanely
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Last edited by Velvet; 06-17-2020 at 08:31 AM. |
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Cut and pasted from FB, author unknown. Thought it was a good synthesis also. |
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