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Old 07-20-2020, 09:57 PM
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Another example of disrespect towards our medical professionals.

I can't at this point fathom the level of obtuse thinking it takes to refuse wearing a mask. Overloading the medical system is killing more than just COVID patients.

Perhaps people not wearing masks should sign a document stating they will not seek medical care if they get sick.
Another option: anyone who comes down with any contagious illness during the COVID-19 Pandemic, requiring a visit to the ER, Urgent Care, or Hospital - should be denied health insurance coverage if they don't show up wearing a mask.

The hospitals, urgent care centers, and emergency rooms are way too busy these days dealing with people who are dying from COVID. You want a doctor badly enough, either wear a mask, or pay cash for your visit.
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Stop bullying people about not wearing a mask. You don’t know why they are not wearing one.
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I wear a mask when in crowds or when asked to. BUT, stop fooling yourself. Non medical masks will not prevent you from getting the virus. They will help reduce your chances but are not a preventative. Mask mania has taken over and people think wearing a mask will eliminate the virus. Stop the name calling and bullying.
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I wear a mask when in crowds or when asked to. BUT, stop fooling yourself. Non medical masks will not prevent you from getting the virus. They will help reduce your chances but are not a preventative. Mask mania has taken over and people think wearing a mask will eliminate the virus. Stop the name calling and bullying.
Watching TV now as I’m reading your post and the dr said
“The more people wear masks, the less spread of coronavirus”.
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Old 07-24-2020, 02:47 PM
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Stop bullying people about not wearing a mask. You don’t know why they are not wearing one.
I would imagine most are not wearing a mask because the mask is uncomfortable and hot. Not a good reason if you ask me.
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Old 07-24-2020, 02:52 PM
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I wear a mask when in crowds or when asked to. BUT, stop fooling yourself. Non medical masks will not prevent you from getting the virus. They will help reduce your chances but are not a preventative. Mask mania has taken over and people think wearing a mask will eliminate the virus. Stop the name calling and bullying.
I would say most folks on this forum are here to educate those who refuse to wear masks, not bully them. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar. I think that's how the saying goes.

Masks are not to prevent a person from catching the virus. Masks are to reduce the spread of the virus. If two people are wearing masks and are talking to each other, the risk of catching the virus is very low. Add 6 feet between those two people and the risk is even less. Why not minimize the risk? FINALLY our president is advocating wearing a mask. His reason of it being patriotic is not exactly why I wear a mask but it's better than nothing, coming from the leader of the free world. I wear a mask to slow the spread and do my part to get our economy back up and running again.
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I would say most folks on this forum are here to educate those who refuse to wear masks, not bully them. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar. I think that's how the saying goes.

Masks are not to prevent a person from catching the virus. Masks are to reduce the spread of the virus. If two people are wearing masks and are talking to each other, the risk of catching the virus is very low. Add 6 feet between those two people and the risk is even less. Why not minimize the risk? FINALLY our president is advocating wearing a mask. His reason of it being patriotic is not exactly why I wear a mask but it's better than nothing, coming from the leader of the free world. I wear a mask to slow the spread and do my part to get our economy back up and running again.
Absence of Apparent Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Two Stylists After Exposure at a Hair Salon with a Universal Face Covering Policy — Springfield, Missouri, May 2020 | MMWR

Absence of Apparent Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Two Stylists After Exposure at a Hair Salon with a Universal Face Covering Policy — Springfield, Missouri, May 2020

Among 139 clients exposed to two symptomatic hair stylists with confirmed COVID-19 while both the stylists and the clients wore face masks, no symptomatic secondary cases were reported; among 67 clients tested for SARS-CoV-2, all test results were negative. Adherence to the community’s and company’s face-covering policy likely mitigated spread of SARS-CoV-2.

2 Stylists Had Coronavirus, but Wore Masks. 139 Clients Didn’t Fall Sick. - The New York Times
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Absence of Apparent Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Two Stylists After Exposure at a Hair Salon with a Universal Face Covering Policy — Springfield, Missouri, May 2020 | MMWR

Absence of Apparent Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Two Stylists After Exposure at a Hair Salon with a Universal Face Covering Policy — Springfield, Missouri, May 2020

Among 139 clients exposed to two symptomatic hair stylists with confirmed COVID-19 while both the stylists and the clients wore face masks, no symptomatic secondary cases were reported; among 67 clients tested for SARS-CoV-2, all test results were negative. Adherence to the community’s and company’s face-covering policy likely mitigated spread of SARS-CoV-2.

2 Stylists Had Coronavirus, but Wore Masks. 139 Clients Didn’t Fall Sick. - The New York Times
This is old news. Another reason I'm a proponent of wearing masks indoors in addition to social distancing when you can.
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I don’t like wearing a mask because it’s hot and a little uncomfortable. It fogs up my glasses. On the plus side I don’t need make up. I always wear my mask and I understand why you may not want to but what in the Cornbread hell causespeople to have total meltdowns when asked to wear a mask. Just dont get it. Just do it...wear the mask.
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Stop bullying people about not wearing a mask. You don’t know why they are not wearing one.
And for someone to drop an F-bomb towards a health care worker (my niece) when someone is a patient seeking treatment in a hospital and the patient refuses to wear a mask?

Refusal to wear a mask when seeking medical or dental treatment...the staff have every right to ask that person to leave the hospital, ER, urgent care center, doctor's office, dentist's office, etc.
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I would imagine most are not wearing a mask because the mask is uncomfortable and hot. Not a good reason if you ask me.
Do I like wearing a mask...not especially. I have to wear a mask at my office when I'm away from my desk on the 3 days a week, soon to be 4, that I am working in the office. So if I want to keep working in my office, I have to wear a mask. Wearing a mask at work...better than collecting unemployment and not wearing one.

Do I like wearing a mask while shopping...not especially. But all the medical professionals I have heard in the past few months have urged people to wear a mask while out in public if social distancing cannot be maintained. That's good enough for me.

Do I like wearing a mask to the dentist or doctor's office? Not especially, but I also like to maintain my overall health during this time.

Do I like wearing a mask while visiting my 90 year old father...not especially, but I don't want to take the chance that I am asympomatic and could spread the virus to him.

Sometimes as adults we just have to "suck it up." Do the grown up thing and put the good of the general public ahead of our personal needs and desires. Kinda like observing the speed limit, stopping at red lights and stop signs. But hey, what do I know, I'm just a sheep, or so I have been told.
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I don’t like wearing a mask because it’s hot and a little uncomfortable. It fogs up my glasses. On the plus side I don’t need make up. I always wear my mask and I understand why you may not want to but what in the Cornbread hell causespeople to have total meltdowns when asked to wear a mask. Just dont get it. Just do it...wear the mask.
I cannot get into my Doctor or Dentist's office without a mask. I have to let them know I am there and someone comes out to escort me in - after taking my temperature!

Just wear the damned mask, and let's get back to normal living
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I am not anti mask. There is discussion here about the virus being attached to moisture and being trapped by the mask. Most agree that does occur, but what about the virus that is not attached to moisture? I have seem many of the videos showing someone sneezing or coughing with and with out a mask. Yes the mask stopped the moisture which can be seen with the camera, however the virus is far to small to be seen with the camera. So you sneeze and may have the virus trapped on the inside of you mask, but people DO FIDDLE with their mask and thus it gets on their hands and who knows where it goes from there. Who uses a new mask every time? Who disposes of a used mask correctly? Who seals the mask 100% all the way around to allow no moisture to escape? For me the big question, at what point do we stop wearing a mask, when the death rate falls below 1% or when the government says to? Again I am not anti mask, social distancing, hand washing and a good immune system seem to work, masks may work but they may help the spread. Wearing the mask in not that difficult,
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Old 07-27-2020, 12:43 AM
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Just wear a mask in public. No need for arguments. It's not about your rights. There are more important rights issues than this. Maybe we could not fight over at least this one issue.
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As my niece, who is a nurse said, next time you are having surgery, tell the surgery team to not worry about giving you an infection, take yur masks off as I do not want to deprive you of oxygen!!
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