To Mask or Not To Mask?

[Loki]

Here’s a good accounting for what is behind WHOs guidance.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cdc-offer-conflicting-advice-masks-expert-tells-us/story?id=70958380

Short answer, most people in the world can’t get masks so that recommendation would make the WHO look bad in offering impractical advice. Guess what, they can’t shelter in place either but on the upside no one wants to visit them.

[jon-nyc]

This one going viral today. He’s a VP at Microsoft.

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc I agree.

It bothers me that people think they are making some statement "against the man" if they dont wear a mask.

How stupid!!!!

[Mik]

There are still people who think the pandemic is nothing but a Barge-type plot to usher in the New World Order.

If it were they'd be smart enough not to collapse the world's healthiest economies to do it.

[xenon]

@Mik there’s almost always a group of normalish looking conspiracy theorists holding up signs, and protesting in front of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation building.

I don’t get out often, but when I do drive by - always there without fail.

True believers. Crazy

[LuFins Dad]

Last night, a local restaurant district was swamped. While the restaurants closed certain tables to try and accommodate the social distancing requirements, people at their tables would spread out a little and people were in each other’s spaces. On top of that, you had others that weren’t able to get a table so they ordered takeout and was taking it out into the park/square in the middle of the plaza. So they ordered the food and stood around in the restaurant waiting for 20-30 minutes... So even though the restaurant was technically seating only 50% capacity, they were over capacity with all the people standing around. And these people looked around and saw all the diners without masks and figured there was no point in them wearing one and took it off as well.

The outside was even worse... And this was happening at each of the 12 restaurants in the district...

My food wasn’t ready when I got there, so I paid the waitress an extra $20 to bring it to my car. No way I was staying in there.

[George K]

[jon-nyc]

[Klaus]

What is the other line that goes up even more? Brazil?

[jon-nyc]

Yep.

[jon-nyc]

[Improviso]

Anybody performed a study on what is growing on these masks y'all keep putting on your face?

Yea... didn't think so.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Improviso said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:

Anybody performed a study on what is growing on these masks y'all keep putting on your face?

Yea... didn't think so.

Best not take any chances, then, right?

Of course, way less people get sick from masks than die every year from seasonal flu.

[LuFins Dad]

@Improviso said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:

Anybody performed a study on what is growing on these masks y'all keep putting on your face?

Yea... didn't think so.

Mostly the germs I was breathing out that are already in me and a few maybe a few from outside that I would have inhaled. Of course, it’s better on the mask since viruses and germs generally need a living host and die off on cloth and these paper masks...

But just in case, I also wash my cloth masks and use a UV light to disinfectant the others.

[jon-nyc]

@Improviso said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:

Anybody performed a study on what is growing on these masks y'all keep putting on your face?

Yea... didn't think so.

George did one for 35 years.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:

@Improviso said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:

Anybody performed a study on what is growing on these masks y'all keep putting on your face?

Yea... didn't think so.

George did one for 35 40 years.

Fixed it.

[taiwan_girl]

@Improviso said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:

Anybody performed a study on what is growing on these masks y'all keep putting on your face?

Yea... didn't think so.

Washing machine should take care of it.

I have a number of cloth masks with filters. Change the filter at least every day, and change the mask at least every couple of days, if not sooner.

Filter is replaced, mask is washed and reused. Not a big deal.

[89th]

@George-K said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:

George did one for 35 40 years.

Fixed it.

Yeah but look how he turned out.

[89th]

Same here, btw. We have a few masks we rotate through, washing them regularly.

[George K]

@89th said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:

@George-K said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:

George did one for 35 40 years.

Fixed it.

Yeah but look how he turned out.