[GoodLife]

Originally Posted by Windguy

That's the LATEST advice? It's from April 6. Please provide a link to RECENT advice. Much has been learned since early April.

Nothing new has been learned about how viral respiratory disease spread. Scientists have known for many years that they spread through aerosols, cough/sneeze droplets and contaminated surfaces.

[Japrile]

If you are wearing your mask, I don't have too!

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Windguy

Source please. I can't find it.

I can't find it either. All I see are articles that recommend people wear masks.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by bfarmer3

https://www.who.int/images/default-s...ks/masks-2.png

That is old news. Healthy Americans were told not to wear masks early on so the supply of masks for health care workers on the front lines did not run out. The experts have since changed their recommendations. Our experts and CV task force have recommended face covering (masks) for everyone with very few exceptions.

The experts knew all along that any face covering would mitigate this virus but held that information from the American people. Needless to say, I'm very disappointed in that decision to deceive Americans. IMHO, it was too late when we were recommended to wear face coverings (masks) and they pleaded with us to not purchase N95 masks because those masks were to be saved for the front line workers. Tasked with wearing face covering, Americans got to work. Home made masks were being made as if people were responding to a war effort. Mask instructional videos were flooding YouTube. I'll bet our CV task force and the CDC recommended face covering much earlier in this pandemic. We could have mitigated this virus much earlier and saved a bunch of lives.

Masks do help to slow the spread of this virus. Please pay attention to current recommendations. Thanks.

[ffresh]

Originally Posted by roscoguy

Oh, this Dr. Blaylock? The very first hit on a Duck Duck Go search of his name was titled this: Russell Blaylock: Neurosurgeon turned Newsmax conspiracy theorist and pseudoscience peddler | Genetic Literacy Project

The text of the article (as well as several others on different web sites) goes on to describe him in decidedly uncomplimentary terms. He is another member of the 'fringe' medical association, the AAPS, a conservative group with approximately 5000 members (contrast that to the over 240,000 members of the AMA), amongst them Dr. Rand Paul, that has in the past promoted theories that: there is a link between abortion and cancer; being gay reduces life expectancy; HIV does not cause AIDS; vaccines do cause autism. Debunked junk science all.

As to why you develop a headache when wearing a mask, it's unlikely because of "re-breathing and ingesting" carbon dioxide, unless you are wearing an N95 or other very tight-fitting mask and , according to a Health.com article. Does Wearing a Face Mask Reduce Oxygen—and Can It Increase CO2 Levels? Here'''s What Experts Say | Health.com

Using your hyperlink for Genetic Literacy Project, one can rather easily ascertain that group's positions on several significant topics by perusing the "Special Sections" menu (to paraphrase):

GMO foods - pro stance for the most part
Bees & butterflies "poisoning" - not a problem
Pesticides in food - conventional and organic produce has such low amounts of pesticides on it that you could eat your weight in fruit every day and still not be in danger of any health problems from the pesticides (You definitely would have health problems from eating that much fruit though!
Glyphosate (RoundUp) - study after study has shown that it is one of the least toxic herbicides on the market and does not accumulate in the soil

I think I will keep on searching for the truth … just sayin

Fred

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Japrile

If you are wearing your mask, I don't have too!

NO! It doesn't work that way. You wear a mask to protect me and I wear a mask to protect you. That is the only way to achieve any level of protection.

[JonWilliams]

Originally Posted by gatorbill1

What is TOTAL cost including urgent care cost, test and reading test??? Do you need RX from your Dr??? I have never seen this advertised or mentioned in paper.

They called me yesterday and told me about the test availability. Medicare covers the cost. No prescription needed.

[NJMike]

The "experts" like Dr. Fauci flip-flopp more often than some politicians. You can wear a mask if you want to but the benefits of that are not backed by settled science. I don't like the idea of breathing in my own carbon dioxide and think that the masks are useless. More than that, they have become a symbol that perpetuates fear and the idea that we are helpless sheep subject to the whim of those politicians who want to continue locking us down. The economic repercussions of a continued lock down will kill more people and destroy more lives than CV-19.

[Altavia]

Here's a new summary from Dr Erin Brombage on the role of masks in reducing the transmission of respiratory viruses in interior environments where social distancing can not be attained.

What's the deal with Masks?

[valuemkt]

Freedom to choose is a wonderful thing. You are free to stay home, and I am free to re-start the classes and activities that were an integral part of my life in The Villages. You are also free to tell me what a bad person I am, and I am free to ignore you. At some point you will need to establish a marker in which you will go outside your house, but of course you are free to spend the rest of your life within your four walls, free to think that you will never get sick and will lead a happy and fulfilled life.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by kanoa1kale2

Coronavirus: Why face masks are not very effective for prevention - Business Insider

That article was written on February 26, 2020.
We've learned a lot about masks since February.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by NJMike

... snipped .... I think that the masks are useless.

You think masks are useless? Good luck.

[PugMom]

Originally Posted by Leadbone1

Masks are virtually useless. If you’ve been reading what many doctors and epidemiologist say, their value is mostly just psychological. Anyone that is still paranoid about Covid which now has a mortality rate no worse than the flu, should probably just stay home and quit expecting everyone else to share in their paranoia.I respect The Villages’s decision to not force those of us that do not believe in masks to have to wear them. I think this is still America!

i'm going to have to agree with you. unless someone is wearing a specific type of mask made for reducing whatever is expelled from the body, it's going to do little good. and then there's the story of how you can catch thru your eyes, so break out the goggles, too. i just stay very far away from others & avoid coughing, no one has said anything,... yet

[PugMom]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Masks are virtually useless for protecting the wearer. Masks are very effective to slow the spread of disease. Just wondering where you get your information. Scratching my head on that one.

all you have to do is some research into basic diseases online, & speak to a few doctors next time you go. i don't follow anything released by CDC or WHO. not even burke relies on them anymore

[PugMom]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Anytime you'd like to cite a legitimate source for THAT statement is fine, we're all waiting.....

an er dr. told me it needs to be a specific n-1-91 type of mask, made especially for controlling the tiny droplets that sneak thru regular masks.