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[Thad1527]

Why didn't you tell me it was Emerson Collins doing the jockstrap face mask demo? I have a crush on him anyway...but his method is so much easier than the Bollywood actor's t-shirt trick (which I DID do yesterday...but my results did vary.)

 

[NotHardUp1]

I think the whole face mask in public thing is propaganda from an administration that must appear to be addressing a nation teetering on panic in some of the metropolitan areas.

Grandmother said that during WWII, the rationing was universal, and the government did things like shelve all bread-slicers used by bakeries because new bakeries couldn't buy them so existing bakeries had unfair advantage. The solution? Disallow the use of them by anyone. She also noted that the collection of tin foil gum wrappers in community drives was just window dressing.

Then, as now, much of the recycling industry is a placebo to make the public think they are addressing the climate crisis or pollution. A proven distraction.

The masks are not germ barriers. They are virtue signals. But they represent snake oil "science". On every trip out, I see dozens of instances of why they are actually creating more liability than reducing it. To wit, on my most recent store run, the cashier (behind a plexiglass wall, mind you, had her mask down on her neck while handling the entire order ahead of me, jabbering all the while, speaking over the order, so obviously contaminating it is spittle is the culprit. At some point, she put it back over her lips, but under her nose, defeating its primary purpose. Additionally, she repeatedly touched it, specifically at the top of it, potentially infecting herself each time, or moving germs from her mask to the purchased items, bags, cash register, conveyor.

And her behavior was in no way atypical. I've shopped at chains that swear their employees are all masked. Maybe half were. Additionally, they are congregating in casual groups and with their managers in front of them, still working shoulder to shoulder and chatting as if there were not social distancing in place.

Shopping carts that are supposed to be wiped down in returning to the store have dirty masks and gloves in them. As if.

The whole thing is a sham.

We do need to use social distancing, but the notion that it is deployed as anything more than lip service is a farce.

It has become the new religion.

 

[unloadonme]

I think wearing a mask in public right now is a courtesy to others. You may be an asymptomatic carrier and not know it.

It's not about not catching it, it's about not spreading it. It's still important to wash your hands and not touch your face.

I don't really buy this. If a person is asymptomatic, then they won't be coughing and spluttering and as long as everyone maintains the 6 feet distance they should be fine. If a person has the symptoms of the virus they should be in isolation at home or in hospital. In neither case should they need to wear a facemask in public. The hand washing advice I accept.

I've yet to be convinced that there's any benefit in wearing a mask if you don't have the virus. Call it a courtesy to others if you like, but to me it just seems like pandering to the hand-wringing brigade. If the government says that I'm legally required to wear a mask to go in a supermarket or on a train, then I suppose I'll have to. Otherwise, I'll just keep my distance from the great unwashed.

 

[Nealm1]

I don't really buy this. If a person is asymptomatic, then they won't be coughing and spluttering and as long as everyone maintains the 6 feet distance they should be fine. If a person has the symptoms of the virus they should be in isolation at home or in hospital. In neither case should they need to wear a facemask in public. The hand washing advice I accept.

I've yet to be convinced that there's any benefit in wearing a mask if you don't have the virus. Call it a courtesy to others if you like, but to me it just seems like pandering to the hand-wringing brigade. If the government says that I'm legally required to wear a mask to go in a supermarket or on a train, then I suppose I'll have to. Otherwise, I'll just keep my distance from the great unwashed.

Sorry I usually agree with your comments, but not this one - altho suspect the intention of many mask wearers is to virtue signal

 

[rareboy]

I don't really buy this. If a person is asymptomatic, then they won't be coughing and spluttering and as long as everyone maintains the 6 feet distance they should be fine. If a person has the symptoms of the virus they should be in isolation at home or in hospital. In neither case should they need to wear a facemask in public. The hand washing advice I accept.

I've yet to be convinced that there's any benefit in wearing a mask if you don't have the virus. Call it a courtesy to others if you like, but to me it just seems like pandering to the hand-wringing brigade. If the government says that I'm legally required to wear a mask to go in a supermarket or on a train, then I suppose I'll have to. Otherwise, I'll just keep my distance from the great unwashed.

It can be released just by talking....at this point in areas of outbreaks, I agree that it makes sense if you have to be in proximity to others to wear a mask.

 

[Kahaih]

The 6 foot social distancing practice is a new concept to everyone. It's not a habit that is easy to adjust to - for anyone who has been living mentally and physically healthy.

We can't count on everyone always keeping that distance. It's not a normal behaviour.



And stop presenting as idiots;
If you really think you have a surefire way of knowing your viral status, that you can self- diagnose with certainty, please do share your technique - - with the rest of the world! Immediately!

Or go sit down and keep quiet. You're embarrassing yourselves.

 

[Kahaih]

I just read that 2 pet cats in New York State have tested positive for COVID 19.

Could those of you who believe you have the power/skills to know whether or not you are carrying/contagious please contact the authorities and share your wisdom before this terrible situation gets any more out of control?

TIA

 

[BillyT]

I have 2 of these. After using I hand wash one and I have a clean each day.

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[Essex Boy]

What do you do when you're wearing a mask and your nose is really itchy or you get something in your eye?

 

[Kahaih]

What do you do when you're wearing a mask and your nose is really itchy or you get something in your eye?

Remove yourself from shared/public spaces and tend to it the same as you ever would.

Or do you also pick your nose in public? Are you a slob?

 

[Essex Boy]

^
Perish the thought!

The public libraries in my area usually have a discreet gentlemen's room at the back, such as the one below, where one may retire to attend to delicate personal matters without making the ladies clutch their pearls, like picking at zits or freeing tight underpants which have got jammed up one's arse crack. We're not all bumpkins out here in the sticks, you know.

 

[Kahaih]

^
Perish the thought!

The public libraries in my area usually have a discreet gentlemen's room at the back, such as the one below, where one may retire to attend to delicate personal matters without making the ladies clutch their pearls, like picking at zits or freeing tight underpants which have got jammed up one's arse crack. We're not all bumpkins out here in the sticks, you know.

See what you can do about ridding the room of a few chairs, for the time being, would you? They're too close together. Even the couch in back looks too short.

 

[PrinceCory]

I think wearing a mask in public right now is a courtesy to others. You may be an asymptomatic carrier and not know it.

It's not about not catching it, it's about not spreading it. It's still important to wash your hands and not touch your face.

I agree with this.

I carry with me in my pocket a mask made out of the neck portion of a turtleneck shirt. We don't yet have the covid19 confirmed in our county yet. So most are pretty lax in wearing a mask. Since it is only one layer, it is not very thick. But i have the means to layer another turtleneck with a quality paper towel in between the two layers as a filter. Paper towel is now said to be better as a filter than a coffee filter or another layer of cloth.

I only go to walmart or grocery store (not counting drive-up windows) and keep my distance from others.

 

[rareboy]

 

[belamyi]

 

[AcquiredTaste]

I have some N95 masks, but I haven't used them yet. I've pretty much only done drive thru's. I suspect that no matter what we do the majority of people will be exposed at some point. Hopefully, a herd immunity develops.

 

[ShadowCat]

I have a few surgical masks I got from my Dr because i'm high risk, but other than that its been 45 days since i've been out of the house.