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Nothing is 100 percent, never will be. I'll take my chances thank you. Where do you call it quits? When they enforce wearing anti skid slippers in the shower so you don't break your neck? |
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Why can’t people stop trying to FORCE others to wear/not wear a mask? We all actually still have choices. Why should people wear a mask all the time? To wear a mask when running or walking or driving a car or cart is probably more dangerous to the person himself but I see people doing just that with their eyeglasses fogged so they cannot see. Seriously?
Most of the time, I choose to just stay at home so I cannot encounter others’ germs. Easy. No mask required. All you road warriors can fight this out without me. This virus has not certainly not produced kindness and empathy. What everyone ignores about mask wearing is we are not wearing sterilized single-use medical grade masks. We are wearing some flap of Macguyvered fabric that loosely covers—but only if you don’t pull it down exposing your nose (as I’ve seen many do) And we wear them, lay them down, pick them up, wear them again...well you get the idea. If you’re really fastidious, maybe you rinse the cloth with soap & water then hang it to dry before rewearing it. The realistic potential of contaminating yourself are indisputable, but are completely ignored. And I’m really tired of being ordered around by people who have already demonstrated inept decision making. |
Society does not want to walk atound with masks. I don't want people waiting on me and restaurants wearing masks. If you're sick or weak stay home. The rest of us will take our chances and live our lives.
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But when I'm in line at Walmart (I know, stupid idea but it's close and the prices are right), I DO expect that the people behind me will stay behind their shopping cart til I pick up the grocery bag and start to leave the lane (I use self-checkout). I don't think that's an unreasonable expectation. It's maybe only 4 feet long total and I'm fine with that. When the guy comes around the front of his cart so he's standing RIGHT NEXT to me, bends over to get something off the peg, so his head is facing my crotch when I turn around to ask him to back off - then he's too close. And he should be ashamed of himself. He should be ashamed of himself - even if there were no virus. And his wife should be ashamed that she defended him. So hey Mr. and Mrs. TooClose - I'm talking about you. And yeah this is me. Do it again and I'll get a manager involved. Back the heck off. There's no reason why you need to get so close to me, I'm not leaving til I'm done, so 8 inches or 5 feet away, you're not going anywhere. |
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I’ve always wanted to ask this of someone “in the know:” Why was the science of mask-wearing not readily available before this pandemic ever hit? Why did it appear as though our officials were literally making things up as they went along? Why were we so poorly prepared with stockpiles of PPE and basic medical equipment and supplies when there has been an alphabet soup of other rapidly spreading contagions recently (SARS, MERS Ebola, H1N1, Bird Flu, not to mention TB and others) These have spanned several administrations so please don’t don’t the easy route of blamzing it on the other party. Many people in other countries have been methodically donning masks for a long time prior to 2020, ostensibly because their homelands have recently endured other contagions like SARS & they were told masks would help. Didn’t the Japanese, Chinese, Indian or South Korean health officials study the effectiveness of the masks their own citizens have been wearing? Or, does the CDC routinely dismiss foreign science strictly because it isn’t American science? It sure seems as if that must be the case. If so, then some science isn’t nearly as reliable as other science & therein lies the problem because validity then becomes a matter of judgment and is open to interpretation. Thanks for sharing your expertise with us. |
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FIRST: The statistic that shows that wearing masks in China did not help the spread (also that they have been wearing them for years). SECOND: Where have millions tested positive but either have not gotten sick or recovered. Thanks in advance! If no facts, will you please remove your post? |
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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? |
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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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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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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In the last 12 months I've survived emergency open heart surgery, 3 precancerous polyp's, 4 diverticulitis pockets, a double esophageal stricture (couldn't swallow food), and infected tick bite and now I'm 6 weeks into a nasty brown recluse spider bite..I'm really sorry but the coronavirus is about the last thing I'm going to worry about right now. I work full time with power tools every single day and am on eliquis and aspirin.... seriously the coronovirus??? hahahahaha I have more customers than I can handle inviting me into their homes and they don't seem to be much concerned either. In the last year I've come to realize that when my God says it's time to come home I can be hiding in the darkest deepest recesses of my closet with a blanket over my head and I'll still be going home.. I however will NOT jeopardize others with my choices by invading your social space or not wear a mask in your home if you ask and I will monitor my health every single day.. In the last 4 hospital/doctors visits I have not been asked to wear a mask and less then 30% of the medical staff have worn them so I choose to not walk around town with a loose fitting blanket on my face because a scientist says they might or might not work..I went to Walmart yesterday for a script and rubbed shoulders with 1000 other people and they said I was fine but when I went out to my truck and found I had a flat the shop at walmart said sorry we can't fix it because we're closed for the coronovirus until further notice... What??? Somethings not right here folks and I ain't falling for it..
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The Governor said yesterday if cases keep going up he may
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