Face mask or no face mask?

threewins

freda78 wrote: »

Lots of people here seem convinced that face coverings will protect them from covid19 - why? I have no idea as it really won't. Where does this delusion come from????

CNN have an interesting piece on this today too.

It seems that you have missed the idea that face coverings protect not the wearer but people near the wearer. That's because little droplets of saliva leave your mouth and nose (mucous). These droplets can contain the virus. The droplets can travel some distance. Face coverings block the passage of the tiny droplets.

4legsRbetterthan2

freda78 wrote: »

Lots of people here seem convinced that face coverings will protect them from covid19 - why? I have no idea as it really won't. Where does this delusion come from????

CNN have an interesting piece on this today too.

It doesn't guarantee you won't get it by any means. But, if everyone is wearing one it can greatly minimize the spread. I'd rather not see the healthcare system overwhelmed, and I'd rather control spread by wearing a mask than continue massive shutdowns. The economic impact of this virus is already huge, why would you not do your part to help the world get back to as normal as it can?

fitnessinmy30s

#maskingitupbuttercup

amusedmonkey

freda78 wrote: »

Lots of people here seem convinced that face coverings will protect them from covid19 - why? I have no idea as it really won't. Where does this delusion come from????

CNN have an interesting piece on this today too.

Lots of people seem convinced masks will protect the patient in the operating room, why? Doctors don't need to wear masks to operate and everyone should demand they don't because it's a delusion.

People die in car accidents despite wearing a seatbelt. We should ban seatbelts because in some cases it makes it hard to get out of the damaged car.

Everyone should sneeze in other people's faces because sneezing into your elbow will not protect others if you're sick.

Hearing protection devices don't filter out all the noise, so they're useless and everyone operating loud machinery should stop wearing them.

Don't wear sunscreen, it won't protect you from sunburn 100%, some people are allergic to it, and many people don't apply it correctly.

corinasue1143

Mask. I started wearing one when I mow years ago. It took a while to get used to then. But now it’s comfortable. And such an easy thing to do. N95 bought years ago in a pack of 3 at Home Depot.

Diatonic12

psychod787

I wear one if I am going somewhere people HAVE to go. Grocery store, post office, gas station... ect. Those are places people have to be. Now the gym? Nope. The gym is not a must, its a luxury. There is no mandate in my town, county, or state that I have to. If you feel like you could be at high risk or be around someone who is, don't come in. jmho....

Gisel2015

This is something worthy to pass around

Cover your nose with your mask to prevent COVID-19 spread | Miami Herald
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article244473917.html

Diatonic12

Much thanks. That's a good one. ^^

I did give you a hug, psychod but this is exactly why I won't be going back to my dirty gym any time soon or the swimming pool either. The dressing rooms are absolutely a mess. You have no idea who tests negative one day and positive the next. It's too risky for me to bring it home to the older ones I'm around. In a nursing home just a hop and a skip away, there are now 15 dead and the numbers keep rising. Why they don't get the others out of there is beyond me. I guess no one wants them and their families aren't bringing them home either.

moonangel12

Diatonic12 wrote: »

Mmmmmm... huckleberries... yum...

My parents just send us some huckleberry chapstick so we could restock and my husband asked if there was a huckleberry shake in there too

amusedmonkey

Gisel2015 wrote: »

This is something worthy to pass around

Cover your nose with your mask to prevent COVID-19 spread | Miami Herald
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article244473917.html

Are you sure chins don't catch COVID-19 first?

BuiltLikeAPeep

AngelOfMusic1028 wrote: »

I ALWAYS wear a mask around other people. I will not risk giving my mom any kind of sickness. She has lung, breast and bone cancer on top of COPD plus had radiation treatments. That reason is why I get so frustrated about people complaining they need to wear a mask. I don't care if I get sick. I care if she gets sick!

People like your mom are the only reason I wear a mask. I would not be able to live with myself if I found out (or thought) that I came into contact with an at-risk person and made them sick or killed them. I personally don't think the masks do anything at all, but I would rather wear one just in case.

ShredWeek1

I wear a face mask just the same way I would put on a seat belt when I get in a car...probably I won't get in an accident, but if I do I want to know that I took every precaution.

The virus is an airborne virus. It travels in the air, it lands on surfaces. We don't know exactly how far it travels, how long it lingers on surfaces.

Given that we know so little, I'm taking every precaution that I can.

saintor1

freda78 wrote: »

Lots of people here seem convinced that face coverings will protect them from covid19 - why? I have no idea as it really won't. Where does this delusion come from????

CNN have an interesting piece on this today too.

It comes from misinformation or fear. Japan is often considered the golden standard. However according to Worldometers, there are 40% of the countries in the world that have less deaths by M. All the Asian zone is low death, masks or not. And they have no idea what is social distancing either, as they are stacked up. You are right that all these masks with zero rating won't prevent an infection of a virus. Their meshing is like 20x the size of the virus and of course, it doesn't come alone... about 100 000s+ of them when present. Not a chance.

Those useless measures (including lockdowns) don't work and they are the authorities ways to control the message. They destroy our economy. Instead of paying once for that ordeal, we pay twice or thrice because they were successful to traumatize the population. Few people know how many communicable infectuous deaths show year after year. WHO reported 1.5M deaths for 2018 alone. It is not even the worst and there are many, many others.

Gisel2015

ShredWeek1 wrote: »

I wear a face mask just the same way I would put on a seat belt when I get in a car...probably I won't get in an accident, but if I do I want to know that I took every precaution.

The virus is an airborne virus. It travels in the air, it lands on surfaces. We don't know exactly how far it travels, how long it lingers on surfaces.

Given that we know so little, I'm taking every precaution that I can.

I had a dream (actually a nightmare), while back where I opened the front door and the virus was trying to get in. I don't remember actually seeing it with its spike protein and all in the dream, but it was the "idea and a ghostly presence" in my dreams telling me that it was there. Awful!!

I had been talking with some friends over the phone and we were commenting that the SARS virus seemed to be lurking everywhere, so maybe that was the reason for the dream. The thought stayed in my sub-conscience.

deputy_randolph

I wear a mask at the gym (that's the only pubic space I've been in since March 13th); and only take off for short periods to drink water.

The risk of contracting COVID and spreading it to my kids and elderly father with emphysema outweighs the "discomfort" of the mask. I read that mask use can reduce the wearer's risk of contracting COVID by 30% (can't provide source, but I'm sure that can be googled searched). 30% is better than 0%...and wearing a mask is a super easy behavior.

Plus, I order a KISS mask, so I have a cool mask.

Gisel2015

deputy_randolph wrote: »

I wear a mask at the gym (that's the only pubic space I've been in since March 13th); and only take off for short periods to drink water.

The risk of contracting COVID and spreading it to my kids and elderly father with emphysema outweighs the "discomfort" of the mask. I read that mask use can reduce the wearer's risk of contracting COVID by 30% (can't provide source, but I'm sure that can be googled searched). 30% is better than 0%...and wearing a mask is a super easy behavior.

Plus, I order a KISS mask, so I have a cool mask.

Your gym sounds very interesting....

Gisel2015

freda78 wrote: »

Lots of people here seem convinced that face coverings will protect them from covid19 - why? I have no idea as it really won't. Where does this delusion come from????

CNN have an interesting piece on this today too.

Are you referring to this?: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/23/health/covid-mask-layers-wellness/index.html

Please, post the link if you are going to refer to an article in a newspaper or magazine.

Onedaywriter

Anyone ever read up on the Spanish Flu of 1918. 102 years ago and they controlled spread (in some cities that mandated it) with social distancing and mask wearing:

Hollis100

I work with the public and am exposed to hundreds of people a day. I wear a mask 8 hours at work -- it's required, for good reason. Several employees have come down with COVID-19.

I keep a box of masks in my car so I can put one on to run into the grocery or other store. I wear a mask if I stop by my elderly neighbor's house to drop something off at the door (otherwise, I stay away from her).

I don't wear a mask when I exercise outside by myself, but keep one handy if I pass people. I don't like masks, but so what. I would rather wear one than up for my risk for the disease, or give it to others.

I'm in the United States. More people have died here from COVID-19 than Americans who died in the Vietnam War or WWI. Most people only have to wear a mask for a few minutes, less than an hour, when they go into a store or other public place. I see the refusal to wear a mask as mostly ignorance and a lack of caring about other people. If you don't care if you get the disease, okay. Why spread it to other people and overwhelm the hospitals?