Originally Posted by George Page (Post 1784980)

They do. They don’t. YIKES.

Originally Posted by Byte1 (Post 1790456)

I will reiterate and make it simple to understand. Folks that fear those that do not wear masks should NOT be shopping, etc. where they might be subjected to maskless subjects going about their lives. It is not law, and it is NOT anyone's responsibility for your safety but yourself. Sunday, my spouse and I accompanied my brother and his spouse to a restaurant for dinner. The best I could do under the circumstances was to make sure that my spouse was not seated near anyone else but our dinner party. This was OUR choice. It was not up to us to shame anyone else in the restaurant for not wearing a mask. We all decided to be there and we took our chances. If anyone suggests that I was being careless toward the safety of the other diners because we did not wear a mask, then I suggest that they should not lower their immunity system by stressing themselves out. If you do not want to be around those that do not wear masks, then don't go out. You cannot make anyone wear a mask so why bother attempting to force them by shaming them into wearing the masks? Like I said, I shop while wearing a mask. I do it for my spouse, not me. I do not care if you wear a mask or not. Just don't cough on me or I am liable to get ticked off. Demanding others to wear a mask is being kind of arrogant, in my opinion. And to suggest that I don't care about my fellow citizen, just means that you do not know me.
I think the traffic analogy was a fair one. Stepping out into traffic and getting hit is YOUR problem not the driver's fault. The one about shooting does not fit. To make it correlate to the analogy, one should say something like "if you go to a shooting range and walk out in front of the shooter and get shot, it is not their fault for your ignorance to your own safety.
So, if you don't want to be around folks that are not safety conscious (maskless) then don't put yourself in harms way. PERIOD.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1785539)

Science constantly builds on its base of knowledge. Hypothesis proven, begets new hypothesis, thus expanding the frontier of knowledge. Science is as close as you get to mathematics, which is as close as you get to absolute, irrefutable knowledge.

Originally Posted by vermonster (Post 1790495)

1. Carrier w/o mask to healthy contact w/mask: probability of transmission = 70%
2. Carrier w/mask to healthy contact w/o mask: probability of transmission = 5%
3. Carrier w/mask to healthy contact w/mask: probability of transmission = 1.5%

Originally Posted by Villagerjjm (Post 1785676)

There does not seem to be a point for this message to be posted on a discussion about masks.

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1785712)

No, that is not correct. Once there is an effective vaccine or an effective treatment for Covid, mask wearing will probably be a thing of the past. We are in the middle of a pandemic and must deal with this "new" normal as best we can and we need to do what is right. Mask wearing is just one method to mitigate this virus.

We all hope to be back to the real normal eventually. So.......no we will not have to wear masks every day forever.

Originally Posted by Chitown (Post 1795974)

As of this morning July 1, 2020 the state of Florida is reporting 145,000 cases of coronavirus. 3400 deaths. Do the math that is hovering just above above 2%. The annual flu kills 60,000 people a year in the United States approximately 1% die of influenza every year so this Caronavirus’ death rate is going lower and lower every day. As for myself I have no intentions of wearing a mask. I will honor social distancing I will not come near you, hug you or kiss you or blow in your direction, or shake your hand. If you feel that you want to live in a cocoon and not go to restaurants, if you want to look ridiculous and wear your mask while you’re driving around by yourself in your car with your air-conditioning on you go right ahead as far as I am concerned I am going to live my life normally and if I was to get this virus I am very confident that I will be one of the 98% that will fully recover from it. Years from now they’re going to look back at this and realize how absolutely ridiculous the reaction was to this Virus. Throughout history there has been outbreaks of viruses never have Americans ever reacted like this before.

Originally Posted by John_W (Post 1790876)

I was in Barnes & Nobles at LSL yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon and the place had a decent amount of people shopping. There was about ten people waiting in line to pay when I suddenly heard a woman in line started yelling at another woman a few feet away who was browsing, "Get Away From Me, you don't have a Mask". Then everyone in line starting saying yelling at the woman without the mask and then her husband came over, who didn't have a mask and he started yelling back. Then three employees came over and we had about 20 people all yelling, I was waiting for the cops to come, but it finally ended when the employees gave the couple masks and they put them on.