Wear a mask since it is mandated otherwise I would not. I have worked out in the public since it has started and have seen the the trend with people wearing them up until it was mandated. The fall into two groups with little middle ground. Either100% for it or 100% against it. The fear people have of other people in public not wearing a mask is sad. If you are that afraid, please shop online and have it delivered.
Thanks for being out there. Take care of yourself.
Until the virus is under control is this country,the only way we have of getting any measure of control is wearing a mask, washing hands and socially distancing.
Until the virus is under control:
More people will die, more families will find themselves unable to send their kids to school, more kids who may need attention from teachers will fall further behind in their education, more families will struggle to pay their bills cause one of the two working parents will have to stay at home with kids who can't go to schools, more families will be unable to pay their rent and end up evicted, not to mention our national debt will continue to soar as we try to pass measures to keep our economy afloat.
I don't love wearing a mask (I put one on when I leave the house and don't take it off until I get through my door), but I can contribute to the solution, or I can contribute to this virus lingering and endangering others' health and future.
I wear a mask if I am going to be around other people. I really don't want to be the cause of others getting sick.
I've spent a lot of time in medical settings lately and have been pleased with the mask usage. Takes longer to get in because we have to go through screening, but I'm okay with that.
I really wanted to tell the scheduler I had to sit across from for 40 minutes Friday that her mask was creeping me out. She had put lipstick on the outside of a blue surgical mask. Not like lips, but more like scribbled where her mouth was. It may just be that I had a very stressful day, but it was rather disturbing.
Wear a mask since it is mandated otherwise I would not. I have worked out in the public since it has started and have seen the the trend with people wearing them up until it was mandated. The fall into two groups with little middle ground. Either100% for it or 100% against it. The fear people have of other people in public not wearing a mask is sad. If you are that afraid, please shop online and have it delivered.
Very selfish and callous statement, IMOP. However, I wish well.
Wear a mask since it is mandated otherwise I would not. I have worked out in the public since it has started and have seen the the trend with people wearing them up until it was mandated. The fall into two groups with little middle ground. Either100% for it or 100% against it. The fear people have of other people in public not wearing a mask is sad. If you are that afraid, please shop online and have it delivered.
If you are so fragile about your freedom that you can't respect public health recommendations in the middle of a pandemic, please shop online and have it delivered.
Wear a mask since it is mandated otherwise I would not. I have worked out in the public since it has started and have seen the the trend with people wearing them up until it was mandated. The fall into two groups with little middle ground. Either100% for it or 100% against it. The fear people have of other people in public not wearing a mask is sad. If you are that afraid, please shop online and have it delivered.
We should not imprison serial killers and we should let them roam the streets. If you're that afraid don't go out. The fear people have of serial killers is sad.
Regarding comments about masks not being effective, in the 1918 epidemic people wore masks made of gauze, but flu transmission was lower where masks wearing was adhered to. If people touch their face more wearing a mask, well, get used to using sanitising gel after each touch!
Wear a mask since it is mandated otherwise I would not. I have worked out in the public since it has started and have seen the the trend with people wearing them up until it was mandated. The fall into two groups with little middle ground. Either100% for it or 100% against it. The fear people have of other people in public not wearing a mask is sad. If you are that afraid, please shop online and have it delivered.
If you are so fragile about your freedom that you can't respect public health recommendations in the middle of a pandemic, please shop online and have it delivered.
^^^ Yes to this comment a hundred times. Thank you.
Wear a mask since it is mandated otherwise I would not. I have worked out in the public since it has started and have seen the the trend with people wearing them up until it was mandated. The fall into two groups with little middle ground. Either100% for it or 100% against it. The fear people have of other people in public not wearing a mask is sad. If you are that afraid, please shop online and have it delivered.
If you are so fragile about your freedom that you can't respect public health recommendations in the middle of a pandemic, please shop online and have it delivered.
^^^ Yes to this comment a hundred times. Thank you.
Some of us can’t get delivery slots and don’t live in cities with loads of shops. What do you want us to do - starve? I have no option but to go out and buy food.
Except for cucumbers - my greenhouse is over-run with the blasted things and I need cucumber recipes!
Wear a mask since it is mandated otherwise I would not. I have worked out in the public since it has started and have seen the the trend with people wearing them up until it was mandated. The fall into two groups with little middle ground. Either100% for it or 100% against it. The fear people have of other people in public not wearing a mask is sad. If you are that afraid, please shop online and have it delivered.
If you are so fragile about your freedom that you can't respect public health recommendations in the middle of a pandemic, please shop online and have it delivered.
The poster said they wore a mask were it was mandated, otherwise they do not. In my area masks are mandated in public indoor spaces as well as outside when social distancing isn't possible, maybe the same is in their area. I wear one religiously in these cases, not in other cases like when I'm running by myself in my subdivision at 5AM.
Wear a mask since it is mandated otherwise I would not. I have worked out in the public since it has started and have seen the the trend with people wearing them up until it was mandated. The fall into two groups with little middle ground. Either100% for it or 100% against it. The fear people have of other people in public not wearing a mask is sad. If you are that afraid, please shop online and have it delivered.
What's sad is the insistence that those who are concerned with minimizing the risk of others getting ill should withdraw from society and cede it to those who don't care about the impacts of their actions.
If you see someone using a turn signal, do you conclude they live in fear and should stop driving? No, you probably think it's a generally considerate thing to do for public safety.
When I see people acting irresponsible in public, I'm less concerned for MYSELF than I am for all the other people (including the vulnerable) who may be impacted by that and the economic recovery that simply can't begin until we get over the active spread of COVID-19.
Unless everyone properly wears a mask, there is no point.
Can you walk me through how that works? Is COVID19 guaranteed to always transmit to anyone within 6 feet of an unmasked, infected person, to anyone nearby, as in does your perfect mask necessity scenario assume a perfect virus?
Given the virus doesn't always and instantly transmit, I think there's a tendency as one goes from less masks worn less properly to more masks worn properly for transmission to go down. Eventually, somewhere below perfect mask protocol, if transmission is low enough, the whole web collapses. Assuming COVID19 essentially is contagious in a body for 2 weeks, if the transmission rate slows to less than 1 transmission per 2 weeks, you're there. Alternatively, look at it as reproduction for the virus since it is exponential reproduction. If transmission slows to a sick person infects less than 1 other person on average, the virus also eventually disappears.
In between, the slower the transmission rate, the less overwhelmed the healthcare triage system for treating the sick as there are fewer of them. The fewer in triage, the more that do survive, which I think is far from pointless.
Unless everyone properly wears a mask, there is no point.
That's absurd. There are very few problems that require 100% perfect compliance to avoid eliminating all value of any compliance. Nuclear deterrence is arguably one. Reducing disease transmission is not.
Wear a mask since it is mandated otherwise I would not. I have worked out in the public since it has started and have seen the the trend with people wearing them up until it was mandated. The fall into two groups with little middle ground. Either100% for it or 100% against it. The fear people have of other people in public not wearing a mask is sad. If you are that afraid, please shop online and have it delivered.
If you are so fragile about your freedom that you can't respect public health recommendations in the middle of a pandemic, please shop online and have it delivered.
The poster said they wore a mask were it was mandated, otherwise they do not. In my area masks are mandated in public indoor spaces as well as outside when social distancing isn't possible, maybe the same is in their area. I wear one religiously in these cases, not in other cases like when I'm running by myself in my subdivision at 5AM.
The poster also said that anyone who doesn't want to be around folks who won't wear masks (or is "afraid" to be, in the poster's loaded language) should stay home.
I wear a mask at all indoor places regardless of local requirements or mandates or the requirements of the business. If they don't like it, tough *kitten*. I never had any problems, but if I am asked to remove the mask or harassed about wearing it, I would leave and take my business someplace else.
I wear a mask outside too when I need to talk to a vendor or a neighbor, or when I see a lot of people moving around and safe distancing is not possible. I don't talk to anybody not wearing masks unless they are across the street. The only places where I don't wear a mask is in the car or at home.
Unless everyone properly wears a mask, there is no point.
That's absurd. There are very few problems that require 100% perfect compliance to avoid eliminating all value of any compliance. Nuclear deterrence is arguably one. Reducing disease transmission is not.
You do realize that those cheap paper masks do nothing to protect you? They are to protect you if someone coughs or sneezes. So, it takes one person who is sick and not wearing a mask. If you really want to be protected, you better wear a hazmat suite. Do you wear goggles? If not, the virus can enter through your eyes. So, the mask makes people "feel" safe.
Unless everyone properly wears a mask, there is no point.
That's absurd. There are very few problems that require 100% perfect compliance to avoid eliminating all value of any compliance. Nuclear deterrence is arguably one. Reducing disease transmission is not.
You do realize that those cheap paper masks do nothing to protect you? They are to protect you if someone coughs or sneezes. So, it takes one person who is sick and not wearing a mask. If you really want to be protected, you better wear a hazmat suite. Do you wear goggles? If not, the virus can enter through your eyes. So, the mask makes people "feel" safe.
They don't do "nothing", they add a measure of protection considerably beyond nothing. Distancing is another protective measure. If someone sneezes or coughs in their cheap paper mask 7 feet away from me, the chance of virus transmission is much lower than an unobstructed cough or sneeze 2 feet away.
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Thanks for being out there. Take care of yourself.
Risk reduction is the absolute prevention.
Until the virus is under control is this country,the only way we have of getting any measure of control is wearing a mask, washing hands and socially distancing.
Until the virus is under control:
More people will die, more families will find themselves unable to send their kids to school, more kids who may need attention from teachers will fall further behind in their education, more families will struggle to pay their bills cause one of the two working parents will have to stay at home with kids who can't go to schools, more families will be unable to pay their rent and end up evicted, not to mention our national debt will continue to soar as we try to pass measures to keep our economy afloat.
I don't love wearing a mask (I put one on when I leave the house and don't take it off until I get through my door), but I can contribute to the solution, or I can contribute to this virus lingering and endangering others' health and future.
I've spent a lot of time in medical settings lately and have been pleased with the mask usage. Takes longer to get in because we have to go through screening, but I'm okay with that.
I really wanted to tell the scheduler I had to sit across from for 40 minutes Friday that her mask was creeping me out. She had put lipstick on the outside of a blue surgical mask. Not like lips, but more like scribbled where her mouth was. It may just be that I had a very stressful day, but it was rather disturbing.
Very selfish and callous statement, IMOP. However, I wish well.
If you are so fragile about your freedom that you can't respect public health recommendations in the middle of a pandemic, please shop online and have it delivered.
We should not imprison serial killers and we should let them roam the streets. If you're that afraid don't go out. The fear people have of serial killers is sad.
^^^ Yes to this comment a hundred times. Thank you.
Except for cucumbers - my greenhouse is over-run with the blasted things and I need cucumber recipes!
The poster said they wore a mask were it was mandated, otherwise they do not. In my area masks are mandated in public indoor spaces as well as outside when social distancing isn't possible, maybe the same is in their area. I wear one religiously in these cases, not in other cases like when I'm running by myself in my subdivision at 5AM.
What's sad is the insistence that those who are concerned with minimizing the risk of others getting ill should withdraw from society and cede it to those who don't care about the impacts of their actions.
If you see someone using a turn signal, do you conclude they live in fear and should stop driving? No, you probably think it's a generally considerate thing to do for public safety.
When I see people acting irresponsible in public, I'm less concerned for MYSELF than I am for all the other people (including the vulnerable) who may be impacted by that and the economic recovery that simply can't begin until we get over the active spread of COVID-19.
Can you walk me through how that works? Is COVID19 guaranteed to always transmit to anyone within 6 feet of an unmasked, infected person, to anyone nearby, as in does your perfect mask necessity scenario assume a perfect virus?
Given the virus doesn't always and instantly transmit, I think there's a tendency as one goes from less masks worn less properly to more masks worn properly for transmission to go down. Eventually, somewhere below perfect mask protocol, if transmission is low enough, the whole web collapses. Assuming COVID19 essentially is contagious in a body for 2 weeks, if the transmission rate slows to less than 1 transmission per 2 weeks, you're there. Alternatively, look at it as reproduction for the virus since it is exponential reproduction. If transmission slows to a sick person infects less than 1 other person on average, the virus also eventually disappears.
In between, the slower the transmission rate, the less overwhelmed the healthcare triage system for treating the sick as there are fewer of them. The fewer in triage, the more that do survive, which I think is far from pointless.
That's absurd. There are very few problems that require 100% perfect compliance to avoid eliminating all value of any compliance. Nuclear deterrence is arguably one. Reducing disease transmission is not.
The poster also said that anyone who doesn't want to be around folks who won't wear masks (or is "afraid" to be, in the poster's loaded language) should stay home.
This is my position as well.
I wear a mask outside too when I need to talk to a vendor or a neighbor, or when I see a lot of people moving around and safe distancing is not possible. I don't talk to anybody not wearing masks unless they are across the street. The only places where I don't wear a mask is in the car or at home.
You do realize that those cheap paper masks do nothing to protect you? They are to protect you if someone coughs or sneezes. So, it takes one person who is sick and not wearing a mask. If you really want to be protected, you better wear a hazmat suite. Do you wear goggles? If not, the virus can enter through your eyes. So, the mask makes people "feel" safe.
They don't do "nothing", they add a measure of protection considerably beyond nothing. Distancing is another protective measure. If someone sneezes or coughs in their cheap paper mask 7 feet away from me, the chance of virus transmission is much lower than an unobstructed cough or sneeze 2 feet away.