Be honest, do you think wearing a mask is stupid?

[Yep12345678]

Yes.

No.

Updates

+1 y

I see gag is full covidiots.

[betaTester]

Not at all. Masks, even cloth masks, work as source control. It's not a magic cure, nobody says it is, but it's better than not using it.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7367512/
"Face coverings... function primarily in source control; capturing droplets expelled by an infected individual."

Droplet spread is widely considered to be the main mode of transmission of SARS-CoV-2: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32171952/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0843-2
"Surgical face masks significantly reduced detection of influenza virus RNA in respiratory droplets and coronavirus RNA in aerosols"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7191114/
"Cloth masks are a simple, economic and sustainable alternative to surgical masks as a means of source control of SARS-CoV-2 in the general community "

Every time I read an article or posts of people pretending to be scientific saying there is "limited evidence" of mask being effective, these people often provide zero statistical analysis, it just made me laugh. These people don't even try to be scientifically respectable but they readily slap the label of science in their "work". Well no shit there is "limited evidence" when you ignore the data lol. Here's what happens when you do look at the data:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31142-9/fulltext
Table 2
"No face mask, 17.4%. Face mask, 3.1%"
"Medical or surgical face masks might result in a large reduction in virus infection; N95 respirators might be associated with a larger reduction in risk compared with surgical or similar masks"

That's the meta analysis of available data.

So yeah, experts don't "disagree" as much as some people like (so they could continue their political tradition of science denial). People sometimes do research into how likely a person gets infected when they wear mask to get some number that confounds the issue. The US is a country where people have huge political motive to fight wearing mask (like half of their political parties were initially against wearing masks for some retarded reason so they try to defend their initial stance, which also includes "covid is a hoax"). Hell I dont even doubt there are people who get paid just to shitpost some statistics about how bad masks are, including statisticians. It's not hard, just cherry pick your data, it's very easy to full Covidiots, especially in the US. Of course you can always look for these research, no one can stop Oxford CDC from measuring these percentage, just like no one can stop researchers from measuring how farts transmit covid 19. They are just information, people need to use their brain to turn these information into relevant understanding.

[jsincal]

Also the study you pointed out “significantly reduce...” are only droplets not aerosol. droplets aren't majority of the problem. Aerosols are. Read about virology, understand the differences.

You seem like you want to do the right thing which I appreciate your effort. But you gotta pass o the correct info and fully get what’s out there

[betaTester]

@jsincal "Surgical face masks significantly reduced detection of influenza virus RNA in respiratory droplets and coronavirus RNA in aerosols"
do you have reading comprehension problem?

[betaTester]

@jsincal someone who can't read went to medical school? lol

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02801-8

All studies supported wearing masks at least as source control. The point of wearing mask is not to "filter out the virus" you retard. Stop parroting words like "nano particles" or "the science". You clearly don't understand them. And I have a PhD in physics lol.

Do you seriously think the virus are distributed uniformly in space and you just walk into them, that's the scenario when a "virus filter" is needed. But that's not the case, as anyone with common sense should know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA2BOT3A70w

lol it's amazing that you still haven't grasped this simple thing. The point is to reduce the most risk with minimal protection.

[betaTester]

@jsincal I wonder why do retards like you whom apparently can't read simple sentences keep trying to parrot the word "Science". I have already demonstrated twice that you couldn't understand simple English sentences, stop replying to this 2 months old question and move on. I'm gonna block you if you keep spamming this thread.

[jsincal]

I think you might be limited to the scope of intellect. I’m not saying this to demean you. If you could at least study for Mcat exams and Incorporate the sciences together, and compose a sound answer by thinking critically, the you’d get it. You need to have the upper echelon of intelligence. Trust me when someone that is on the upper 90% in IQ, you ought to listen. Unfortunately, this is where you’ll get offended and make Lewd remarks to support a egotistical view... humans. The destructive nature that’ll end us all.

[betaTester]

@jsincal
I don't "think" you "might" be retarded, sir. I logically deduced from your reading comprehension that you are retarded. Since you have once again demonstrated that you are simply a mentally challenged parrot.
Anyone could see it, the point here is simple, it's common sense, yet all you do is repeating words 'compose', the 'sciences'
More like having 30 IQ composing with being delusional leads to sentences like this
"If you could at least study for Mcat exams and Incorporate the sciences together, and compose a sound answer by thinking critically, the you’d get it. "
😂

[betaTester]

@jsincal by the way if you need help in understanding simple probability of transmission and how masks affect this transmission in a population, I might consider teaching you in simple words, but no doubt you will repeat another post bragging about your non existent ``upper echelon intelligence`` 😂
You see, a parrot doesn't have the brain of a human, and it can say words such as 'the sciences', 'virology', 'MCAT' too.

[jsincal]

I understand your feelings are hurt, and you need to attack and project how you about yourself onto others. It’s the reflection of the inadequacies you have within yourself.

You have every right to believe in what you regard as real. The real thing is it’s certainly real for you and whoever follows your version of belief.

[betaTester]

@jsincal It's an objective fact that you failed to read and write simple English sentences. e. g "you need to attack and project how you about yourself onto others" 😂
Ironically this line of thinking applies more to you. I feel good about myself, I feel annoyed when a stupid person persistently reply to my posts for months with nothing but empty claims. I apply logical deduction on my observations about the data (your broken sentences and your claims) to conclude you are a mentally deficient parrot that just likes to parrot trendy big words to appear intelligent.
Let me give you this advice mr. 36 year old GAG user, this strategy might have worked for people in your social circle, but against someone who is actually educated and understands these topics you just make yourself look incredibly stupid. I see that these conclusions hurt your feelings, but they are valid, sorry.
In fact, you tried to attack and project your inadequacies but didn't have any data to back it up since you couldn't even understand a basic sentence, so after I pointed out this blunder in my first reply you started using character attacks in your second reply, which I deleted. It's an objective fact that you were the first to stray from the actual topic and were all like "b-but I went to medical school even though I can't understand simple sentences of a research paper! MCAT! virology! SciEncE! see I know these things because I could write the letters! I are upper echelon intelligencez !!"
I wonder why stupid people like you refuse to learn and instead choose to make up an imaginary world around you. Anyway thanks for letting me know how you cope.

[betaTester]

May we end this thread now mr 30 IQ? 😂 So far the only thing you have said regarding masks is about a sentence you failed to read properly in a research paper. Then you started personal attacking me, then you started crying about being insulted. I see that you have nothing to say about masks but more chimping out so I deleted your reply. You shouldn't be mad at me, be mad at your parents for giving you this gene.

[FruitAndBlueEyes]

It is stupid and the masks are doing no more than leading everyone into a false sense of security. These ear loop masks clearly state on their packaging that they do not protect against viruses. Aside from that, we’re blowing carbon dioxide back into our face, sweating because it’s summer, and causing bacteria and germs to go right back into our bodies. Having said that, I do wear one so that I’m allowed to get groceries and go shopping.

[Yep12345678]

Haha. That's right where I'm at with it.

[userna186858]

but if you have the virus a mask help you spread less of it in the air

[asshole_]

Why did the QA pick one that says no, then also pick one that says yes

it sends mixed signals

of course the answer is no

[katiesmuff]

Only a fucking idiot jackass would think wearing the mask is stupid during these times. I don't listen to the different things being touted by our nations politicians because for the most part they are just spewing shit to benefit their wallets and friends wallets. What I do listen too is the Dr's and medical professionals who are speaking the truth about this virus.

[novert]

Hahaha 😂 preach girl!! I need to vote for you!!

[asshole_]

Then look no further than @FruitAndBlueEyes for your idiot jackass

[asshole_]

Also, look at @Apple1996

but, she's a troll anyway, so, i never trust what she says

[Apple1996]

@asshole_ haha why do you think I'm a troll?

[asshole_]

when aren't oyu

[Apple1996]

@asshole_ I'm never acutally being a troll. I'm being myself and saying what I feel

[asshole_]

nope, you're a troll. BIG TIME

[Apple1996]

@asshole_ okay well as long as I can get into that cute movie trolls then I'll accept being one

[asshole_]

go try out, you'd be perfect for the role

[jsincal]

WE GOT A MASK NAZI. Doctors get sued all the time. They make bunch of mistakes, and you never hear about the doctors who are on the other side.

[Apple1996]

It's pretty stupid I dont feel the need to protect other people from getting sick. If someone is that scared they should stay the fuck home and quarantine themselves so us people that dont care can live a normal life.

[Yep12345678]

Thank you, apple 1996 !!! You're awesome

[Apple1996]

Awh thanks😊

[coffeewithcream]

... infecting others.

[Apple1996]

Thanks for mho!

[Yep12345678]

You're welcome 🙂

[SpiderManFan2002]

"I don't need to feel the need to protect other people from getting sick"

I don't know, that sounds pretty selfish to me. Does that include your friends and family as well?

[Apple1996]

@SpiderManFan2002 the only family I'm with is my kids and husband. My husband has already lived with us while having covid and non of us ever acutally got sick so it's kind of fake in my opinion

[Apple1996]

I did visit my family a month ago. Which I completely forget about but no still didn't wear a mask with them

[asshole_]

why did the qa pick you AND fruit, if you're both saying it's stupid... while he also chose two people saying no, it's not

the answer of course, really is, no

It sends mixed signals when he chooses two yes's and two no's

I don't trust YOU, I also don't trust QA

[Yep12345678]

@asshole_ I didn't choose them. It was auto selected

[asshole_]

probably shouldn't have let it, then, yes?

[SpiderManFan2002]

@Apple1996 Wow so again, only thinking about *your* incident that impacted *your* life so because that happened to *your* family COVID must be fake despite you live in the USA I assume with the highest number of cases in the world!

It may have acted differently for you guys, but for many other families one person came home with it- and they all caught it, that's what I hear from others is the running theme, sooooo even if what happened to your family happened with my family I'd still be cautious due to what has happened to *other people*.

But of course you think it's stupid to protect others from getting sick. Well if you can have the mentality about everyone else's husbands, everyone else's kids, everyone else's families, and just everyone else as a whole- people can also have that same mentality about you, your husband, your kids, your family. You be selfish towards others, you'll receive selfishness back.

[asshole_]

@SpiderManFan2002 amne

[Apple1996]

@SpiderManFan2002 obviously I dont even care if my own family gets sick so why the fuck should I care about others? In my opinion covid isn't a big issue. If it is to you then that's your opinion. But not everyone should be forced to wear mask just to comfort the paranoid people

[SpiderManFan2002]

@asshole_ Indeed.

@Apple1996 Actually, yeah never thought about like that. I've been very stupid here. How can I expect you to care about the wider communities lives and health when you don't even care about your own family's lives or health? That's low to be honest. How can you be so selfish, you don't even care whether your own family get it or not? What happened to your humanity? Where did it go? Like holy shit.

And honey, COVID isn't a matter of opinion, it's a matter of science and you should be extremely worried given you're living in the worst affected country in the world!

I wonder how the how the people who have actually lost their loved ones to this virus, or nearly died themselves would react if you told them this. I can't get over how much of how selfish you're being. Like damn.

[Apple1996]

It is just a virus. There have been so many other viruses out there and nobody gave a fuck about. But now that they labeled this shit a "pandemic" everyone wants to freak out and they turn to whatever special scientific facts that are out there. Not all facts are true, they're really all just someone's opinion. Unless you've tested things yourself then there is no way or acutally knowing what's real and fake.
It doesn't mean I'm selfish, it means im not some gullible fuck that falls into fake news. I've litterally taken multiple us government classes about how to decode fake news and of what I have seen everything I'm seeing seems fake. If others want to bow down to special laws and think they're right about everything cause they watched some tv then that's cool for them but I ain't falling for it

[SpiderManFan2002]

🤦🏾‍♀️Wow. Wow.

"so many other viruses" haven't spread as rapidly as this, or have had as high a death rate as this, or has had as many cases as this. So, to sum it up, yes there have been plenty of other viruses, but those viruses haven't been as deadly as this. There are approximately 23 million cases around the world, approximately 800,000 deaths but thankfully approximately 16 million recoveries.

And you've been taking fake news decoding classes?😂😂😂Wowwwwwww I really don't know what to say, you must be a formidable force- let the scientists step back, you take the stage and tell the whole of America your great wisdom and knowledge😂😂Firstly you can start with enlightening the USA and the global population that guess what guys? Not all facts are true! You know, despite the definition of fact being, "a thing that is known or proved to be true"😂

"I'm not a gullible fuck, I took a fake news class!"😂😂😂Do you have any idea how fucking stupid you sound? Oh and US government isn't exactly a flex, with your leadership and choice for presidential candidates lol😂

But please, keep talking I'm getting a good laugh out of you this evening- you're making my evening lmao😂😂

[Yep12345678]

@SpiderManFan2002 there's a lot of people parading around pretending to be a good person. The people who insist on everyone wearing a mask to protect others are a shining example of that description. Apple1996 is right. It's just a virus, not any more contagious than the flu. Viruses don't just disappear. There's no question that covid is not nearly the problem that the media has insinuated.

[Apple1996]

@SpiderManFan2002 i was forced to take those types of classes because of my husband's job in the military.
And thanks @Yep12345678

[SpiderManFan2002]

@Yep12345678 Lol it's more than just a flex about being a good person😂It's about a deadly virus which has infected over 23 million globally and the cases seem to increasing daily, in which we don't have a cure or vaccine for, and it's causing people to become extremely sick, most recover but a lot also die which is worrying.

The coronavirus is actually much more contagious than the flu, since it seems to increasing at a rapid rate and we don't have a vaccine for it, unlike we have a vaccine for the flu.

Viruses don't necessarily disappear, i. e. people still get the flu, but we have learned to handle the flu better, and there is a vaccine for it. COVID is far more deadly than the flu, and we don't have a vaccine for it!

from 2018-2019 there was a total of 34,200 deaths due to the flu in the USA. That's in one year.

The coronavirus has been in the USA for approximately 5-6 months, and there have been 180,851 deaths.

Shouldn't those figures say everything to you? It's far more deadly than the flu.

[SpiderManFan2002]

@Apple1996 And?

[Yep12345678]

@SpiderManFan2002 also, there's been thousands of unrelated deaths chalked up as covid because they tested positive. This whole situation is one big ruse , and all you people who have fallen for it are morons.

[Apple1996]

@SpiderManFan2002 these numbers dont mean anything. The majority of them are fake. If it was really that concerning of a virus everyone should be busy working on how to cure it and not be focusing on counting the numbers

[SpiderManFan2002]

@Yep12345678 Sources? Evidence? Proof? Thousands you say? Where? What did they really die of? What scientific evidence do you have to backup what you're saying?

And yeah, you keep telling yourself that this situation is one big ruse, sure, you're right and the scientific evidence is wrong lol

@Apple1996 Lol and you say you're not stupid😂There are many people working on a vaccine and attempting to try and find a cure, but saying that there are so many concerning things they haven't found a cure for, like cancer, and the flu and many are still working to find a cute for those things too.

Of course gathered data from places such as the CDC is fake, that's probably what they taught in your fake news class that whatever bullshit they spew on Fox News is real, and places which study things in depth such as the CDC is fake😂😂

[SpiderManFan2002]

*cure

[Yep12345678]

@SpiderManFan2002 😂speaking of the CDC, they have come right out and said masks do not provide protection from viruses.😂 Where is your evidence that all those deaths were from covid? Other than what you heard on TV 😂

[Apple1996]

@SpiderManFan2002 the class basically says any source is fake. There is no real place to trust. Only trust yourself and the people you know.
And yeah there isn't cures for others things but that shouldn't mean people need to be scared to live. We only get one life and I'm not trying to have others scare me into not living life

[SpiderManFan2002]

@Yep12345678 😂Well you must be reading "CDC: Fox News Edition" because that's not what they said😂😂
www.cdc.gov/.../diy-cloth-face-coverings.html

Lol, I'm getting my information from sources based on science, like WHO, the CDC, the NHS etc. Now where are you getting your information from?😂😂Genius😂

[Apple1996]

@SpiderManFan2002 the only info I've trusted is the info my doctors gave me when my husband had it. Other then that I'm not reading anything online or watching any news for info. I already stated that I only trust sources of people that I see in my day to day life. Nothing media based is real info

[SpiderManFan2002]

@Apple1996 Except places like WHO, the CDC, The NHS, aren't "media" they're organisations which base their information and what they convey to the public, off of science.

And actually, when the media has an expert come on, i. e. a virologist, it's quite wise to listen to what they say, given they are people who dedicate a lot of time to studying viruses.

[Shamalien]

I know it's stupid, because I'm not. Get it?

But seriously guys, y'all get a pass for the first few months of the pandemic and after that SMARTEN UP you've had more than enough time to find the truth, and the TRUTH, the UNRELENTING, IRREFUTABLE TRUTH of these masks is that there is way, WAYYY insufficient evidence for them stopping transmission of viral infections to be instituting the policies we are seeing across the globe. Many of them have disclaimers directly on the packaging for those of you who are smart enough to read.

Furthermore, what most of you goofs do NOT know AT ALL is that wearing a mask can have NEGATIVE HEALTH RAMIFICATIONS for the wearer, especially if worn over long periods of time, or reused, or used improperly. They are not meant to be worn for longer than 30 minutes ideally. They build up moisture, which attracts bacteria, which you breath in for extended periods of time. You can search this on google and find a bunch of BS propaganda because google is A NAZI COMPANY or, you can use duckduckgo or seek other information sources and find the TRUTH.

[BadMedicine95]

No. I don't like wearing a mask, but it's not about me. Only in the States is this even a discussion. It's hilarious when Americans act superior to science and the rest of the world. Almost every discussion we have in the States is a discussion every other western nation is long past. What we think in the States as Left versus Right, the rest of the western world thinks of as moderate right to extreme right.
Only in the States does the government have to do deal with such a widespread issue of people not wanting to wear a mask. The rest of world saw the science say wearing a mask protects others from your germs and they didn't think twice about it, but once again, Americans prove they don't care about their fellow citizens with their "why should I have to ________ for others" rhetoric. Once again, Americans reject science. Once again, Americans think if the problem doesn't affect them, there's no reason to care. I'm sorry, I hate to break it to my fellow Americans, but we're not superior, we do not know something the rest of the world doesn't know, and we're stupid enough to think doing good for your neighbor jeopardizes our freedom.

[Curmudgeon]

In certain situations, absolutely YES.

The other day, I was accosted by a lady for taking the mask off--after I had left the building, in the open air and blazing sunlight, with no one around me until she approached, on a hot summer day, on the blazing supermarket parking lot. I asked her about all those factors, and to my relief I could visualize the proverbial light bulb go on in her head. She stopped and replied, "Oh, good point..."

If this flu strain is *that powerful* that even dry heat and sunlight and open space cannot stop it, then even masks are little more than token gestures, like medieval people carrying around saint statues or wearing their crosses to prevent bubonic plague.

Now in an elevator or some cramped indoor space, sure, wear that mask. But when I see people driving alone in their cars wearing masks, or walking their dogs wearing masks, dogs who likely have exposed them to much more disease risk by cleaning up their poo or feeding them or having the dog lick them, then common sense has gone right out the proverbial window.

[emmily2396]

You seem to forget the the people you mention in the end may be going somewhere and they prefer to put the mask on at home with clean hands.

[Curmudgeon]

@emmily2396 You mean the same people fidgeting with their masks constantly, and then touching everything else?

(Obviously, washing your hands and sanitizing them with personal packets of gel or wipes when you somehow cannot get to soap and water is a good idea.)

[emmily2396]

People should do whatever the fuck they want as long as they aren't harming anyone else. Th fact the choose to put them mask at home doesn't affect you. If that is more comfortable to them why should they change?

[walt0462]

Since the CDC stated the wearing of face mask is optional why are som many people so anal about forcing people to wear a mask...
The cold and flu season roll around annually why weren't anyone concerned about about that and requiring everyone to wear a mak then the flu virus is also a corona virus and annually over 500,000 people die from the flu mostly the elderly but no one so scared of the flu and there's a vaccine for the flu but still people die the

Fact 1. The common face mask is only capable of blocking bacteria and/or dust OR Larger Particles
Fact 2. A virus is smaller then a Bacteria and/or dust particles therefore so it doesn't block you from breathing in any virus included covid-19
Fact 3. Face mask only Concentrates your own breaths so if you are already infected it drives the virus deeper into your lungs and possibly making you harder to treat and cure
Therefore there is no reason to be forcing people to wear face mask especially if they are simply walking out in the open or in their vehicle driving
If you can still smell a person's a Flatulence while wearing your face mask then you are not protected from being infected by covid-19 remember that that person's flatulence typically has to pass through multiple layers of clothing before it passes through that face mask that your wearing... use some common sense the common face mask is providing no protection from any virus so please stop harassing people who choose not to conform to the mass Hysteria the the mass media is spouting

[SmolBabey]

The fact that some people think COVID-19 is fake lmao. Please. You really think the world gives that much of a damn about American politics? They don't. If you all who "don't believe" in the virus, masks, or social distancing took just one moment to learn about the impact its had, you'd have a chance at being intelligent. I hope you all never get to experience the horrors of having a family member put into the hospital and possibly die from this virus. You won't get to say goodbye. You won't get to visit. They'll just be gone. Be grateful for your health and help others keep theirs. Wear a damn mask.

[novert]

Love your response 👏 👌 👍

[Belgie]

To them the world is America. The rest of the globe doesn't matter. That's how they can believe bullshit like that.

[SpiderManFan2002]

As someone with high-risk people in the family, I totally do not see masks as being stupid. People wore them at the time of the Spanish Flu, as well.

It's hard to say whether they help greatly when it comes to stopping the spread, but even if it's a little bit, I'd rather be that little bit safer than not at all.

I'll admit yes, it is a little uncomfortable, but it's worth sacraficing a little bit of comfort if you're helping to stop the spread.

When people protest against masks, I honestly find it childish. We're in the middle of a pandemic, we don't know when it's going to end, so just put the mask on especially when we have people who are at a greater risk than others.

[Ad_Quid_Orator]

We should put gauze underneath wire mesh on the front of a mask like this:

for people who refuse to wear them.

[acooke-13]

The absolute idiocy of the Americans in the comments make me laugh, no wonder your countries fucked with Covid. Of course you should wear a mask, it protects other people, if you're not going to wear a mask don't complain - it's not that hard.

[Yep12345678]

Nobody is fucked with covid. The whole thing is fabricated

[angeliquedevereux2]

@Yep12345678 Please, kindly seek help. I believe your mother might have dropped you.

[acooke-13]

@Yep12345678 I hope none of your family or friends contract it and die because you're a fucking idiot

[acooke-13]

@angeliquedevereux2 I think she did more than just drop him, what a fool!

[Yep12345678]

Thanks. They won't. And no one you know will either. At least I'm capable of thinking for myself, unlike you two mindless drones that believe everything the media spoon-feeds you.

[acooke-13]

I mean, they already have. 'Capable of thinking for myself' does that translate to 'I'm an idiot that probably does what Donald Trump says and injects bleach' You fucking idiot 😂

[phatdrummer650]

if YOUR mask works so damn well then why does it matter if someone else isn't wearing one?

[Yep12345678]

No it means exactly what it sounds like. I form my own opinions regarding everything. YOU are the fucking idiot.

[acooke-13]

@phatdrummer650 Because it's dick heads like you that think they're ok when they're not, who will pass it on to someone else who could potentially die, I just hope it's non you YOUR family. Idiot.

[acooke-13]

Idiots swearing is funny, makes you look more of a twat. Enjoy your day.

[phatdrummer650]

FYI, I wear a mask everywhere I go. I was only asking the question. 😤

[nojokecarmichael]

Yep. Felt like that especially when people first started to wear them and they weren't required in most places. Still do.

I'm fine with people doing either or as long as the people that are sick actually wear a mask (Which they do from what I've seen).

It messes with things that are supposed to be enjoyable like a damn amusement park, where it shouldn't be required especially not on a damn water ride.

I'm tired of everyone complaining instead of just staying home and shutting up or wearing their mask if they're worried and leaving others alone

[jack187625]

The people that are sick (covid) shouldn't be outside of their homes AT ALL, unless they are in Hospital.

I would expect water rides to be chlorinated, but don't quote me on that. The point is that you can't cough/sneeze on everything if you're a carrier so you can't spread it. If you think your enjoyment of a ride is more important than decreasing the threat to life...

[nojokecarmichael]

@jack187625 that's besides the point. As I've stated, if you're that worried stay home and let others enjoy. If they were going to open placed like that with all of these restrictions, they might as well have kept it closed

[jack187625]

Unfortunately, people have these little things called lives? They need to go to work, need to go shopping etc and as it doesn't show symptoms for a week, you have no idea if you have it.

[nojokecarmichael]

@jack187625 ok? We were just talking about an amusement park right, were we not? If you have an issue with it then wear a mask

[jack187625]

Sorry, I forgot that they were fully automated these days and have no employees what so ever, what and idiot I am.

[Dongtai]

I tested negative for Covid recently.


I wear my masks whenever I’m in public spaces with a lot of people (workplaces, grocery stores, etc) I limit contact with strangers even though it’s hurt my sex life. Basically I’ve done everything doctors say you should do so you don’t get sick.


No. I do not think wearing the mask is stupid. I do think some people are stupid with the masks though. I see people wearing a mask in their car or mowing their lawn. That’s dumb. You don’t need to wear the mask in your own personal space. It’s other people’s germs you want to protect yourself against. I don’t think a lot of people understand the nature of the virus and how most people catch it.

[Finchie40]

Yes , but I am surrounded by a bunch of stupid people in this world that will give me weird looks if I don’t wear it , so I put it on just so I don’t hear nonsense , When I am walking into a store like Walmart that has a McDonald’s in it and I can smell the McDonald’s food through my mask. I guess I am safe from COVID. Dumbest thing ever

[angeliquedevereux2]

I know right? Protecting yourself and others from a deadly virus that is globally spread and completemy shuts down your system is so moronic. Fuck peoples safety.

[Yep12345678]

@angeliquedevereux2 oh it's so deadly, but you have to be tested to know if you have it. What a joke

[dantetheexplorer]

I didn't bother to check, but I would wager a week's worth of my wages that the Asker is American. Only Americans seem to whine and moan about wearing masks. You can probably take a stab as to why. The sensible ones, who are not affected by the anti-intellectualism "movement", know that science and facts are the mainstay of the day. The rest - well, Asker here is a prime example.

My advice to the Asker would be:

[goaded]

There are plenty in Germany, too. :(

[Yep12345678]

Anti intellectualism movement? Haha. The mask represents pointless civil obedience.

[matchrestore]

Its not a perfect solution, but until we have a viable vaccine and the means to widely distribute it its the least intrusive way to slow the spread of the virus while keeping our economy going. People will still be infected with the coronavirus while masks are worn by everyone, but there will be far fewer people infected, and the fewer people that are infected, the fewer people there are to spread the disease further. It will keep numbers down, allowing restaurants, bars, shopping malls, etc to stay open and maybe even allow larger gatherings to restart. If we don't wear masks we're destined for another shutdown, another record blow to our GDP, and more people unemployed. If you want the economy to recover, wear a mask. If you want movies to be released, wear a mask. If you want to see concerts again, wear a mask. If you want to meet your friends for a drink at a bar, wear a mask. If you want schools to open or stay open, wear a mask. Its that simple. #maskup

[ShortCircuit]

There are conflicting studies as to its effectiveness. However I don't think it hurts to wear one, just to be on the safe side, and I don't mind having to wear one in order to enter a business in which the business owner decided on that policy of his/her own accord. What I do mind is the government passing laws related to wearing them.

Business owners should not be forced to turn away customers who refuse to wear a mask or stay under a certain capacity if they don't want to. They should be able to decide their own policies. People should not be limited to having under a certain number of guests on their own property. And people certainly shouldn't be forced to wear a mask just to leave their house or be in public places.

[Pyrofox]

The idea of the mask is to reduce the spread. There's no telling how the virus mutates and further spreading it only puts more at risk if it unifyily mutates. In active hosts. VERY rarely are viruses stable no telling what COVID could morph into. Sure if you don't want to wear a mask and "reduce" the chances of it spreading go ahead. Just don't play a victim card if you get it. If you want to live with what it feels like to have severe asthma 24/7 go ahead live as risky as you can. Just understand there is no cure for this and there is no garentee that its ever going to become less lethal. In fact most viruses only slowly become more lethal.

And most of all one should pray no country tries to weaponize COVID. Or we will really be in trouble.

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Since the bug only spreads when going to school, church, work, shops, and any other activities that are positive to the economy while protests and city burning riots do not spread it; per that Biden (riot supporter) political add with his mask on, of course it makes sense. Lmao. Look around at the bandana tech everyone is wearing to block aerosolized particulate that can only be filtered with an N95+, and it appears moronic. Then watch everyone continuously put their hands to their faces to adjust said life saving bandana tech, their faces are being contaminated by anything their just touched because they might have just forgot not to touch it. These masks have as high of probability of spreading it as they supposedly protect. They give a false sense of protection so that I have noticed that now people have been huddling more.

So go put on your mask and hide under your desk for incoming nukes.

This mask crap is the biggest fraud yet.

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[laurieluvsit]

Here is the box that the N95 masks come in and the manufacturers warning...

... now you tell me

[ThisIsMyOpinion]

And here is a link of a antibacterial mask created on purpose against the covid.
mo-online.com/.../Home.html

[laurieluvsit]

@ThisIsMyOpinion

Please show me in English where it says that these masks GUARANTY that you will not receive Covid-19 please

[ThisIsMyOpinion]

Found it.
mo-online.com/.../HomeEng.html

[laurieluvsit]

@ThisIsMyOpinion

I can not find anywhere where it says that you are GUARANTEED to not get Covid-19 by wearing this mask.

Also, I want to see where it says that breathing back 60% carbon dioxide that you exhale is good for your health.

[ThisIsMyOpinion]

It does not grantee that you don't caught it. But it does prevent it way WAY more than if you don't use anything.

Also the amount of CO2 that you breath in
www.google.com/.../%3foutputType=amp

[ThisIsMyOpinion]

Quick note, the mask is made mostly for virus hosts to not spread it. If you have the virus and don't know it, which during the initial stages is common, you can pass it on to a LOT of people. But if the host uses a mask he will contaminate a much lower number.

[Capes]

@laurieluvsit

I actually actually agree with the person... And I can explain it to you in simple ways if u promise to be with me on this and ask him at some place u have a doubt... Just trying to help cause in some ways it can become a serious issue, maybe not for u given how healthy u might be, but for some loved ones who might not be as fortunate...

[Capes]

*ask if at any place you have a doubt... 🙂

[Capes]

And also, as to why it says so on the box...

[Capes]

Hey! @thisismyopinion I m unable to actually put links cause of my exp. Points..
So, can I DM u the videos I think they will cover all the points u r trying to highlight in a much more friendly/fun way! That u can maybe take help of telling to others.. I tried DMing u the links but couldn't!
If u want, I can just letting u know.. :)

[goaded]

Does a seatbelt come with a promise that if you wear it you will not be killed in an accident? Or an airbag?

[Chriscunning]

Well surgical masks never offered a 100% guarantee of protection. It even says other viruses and contaminants. Yet surgeons have been using it for years. Why would surgeons bother if it had "no effect"?

Study after study is showing that there is benefits to wearing it. How people cannot grasp this is beyond me.

[ThisIsMyOpinion]

@Capes honestly I don't have much will to be sharing videos here. People are very attached to their own idea about this. Especially americans.
But you can do something like "www. whateversiteyouwant. com" give the ". com" a space so it doesn't count as a link but anyone will still be able to go and see it.

[Capes]

Hey I understand! But it's worth it for the few who might!! Seriously, this is actually a serious problem now especially for the ones who are at the highest risks... I m not at all one of them, but I don't like ignorance is all... :)

[Capes]

Ya.. but that would be too much work ig, compared to having them posted up!

[Capes]

For the ones who would watch I mean

[Daniela1982]

I don't think it does jack shit and I laugh at people driving cars by them self and wearing a mask.

[wankiam]

the reasoning behind that is that the virus can live on solid surfaces for a while though using hand santizer and keeping your whell and shifter sanitized makes more sense than possibly impeding vision while driving

[BCA6010]

According to the CDC, almost all of the masks being worn by the public are completely worthless anyway, and overzealous regulations made by state and local governments can even be counterproductive (wearing a face covering for extended periods comes with significant health risks). Forcing people who are working outside with nobody anywhere near them, like on farms and plant nurseries for example is stupid, even if the masks were effective.

[BlueKittyWolf]

I like wearing a mask. I'm helping others not to get sick. It only bothered the first time when I couldn't breathe in it, and that I also live in a hot climate area. So it doesn't bother me anymore. The FIRST FIRST thing when I had to wear a mask was when I was in Hong Kong in 2010, at the age of 5. I was sick at the time and I had to wear the mask. It was hard to breathe in, but I got used to it.

[WhiteSteve]

Not at all. They may or may not help, but the smart thing to do is err on the side of caution. I can’t think of a more minor inconvenience than the masks anyway, so it’s not even worth tripping about, if you ask me. Better hills out there to die on even if one disagrees with it, haha.