To Mask or Not To Mask?

[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.

[Loki]

Corporations are way out in front talking to employees in a meaningful way about Covid distancing and diversity issues.

I hope GOP leadership is taking into account that it’s not just the partisan folks and media driving the messaging to its partisan base, but that it has gone mainstream now.

Reistence and relying on old strategies could lead to a shocking election result.

[Renauda]

@Improviso

The general rule of thumb is to throw out a disposable mask once it becomes damp or after every one time use, which ever comes first. In the case of a home made mask, you launder it with soap and water after every use or after you have worn it until it becomes damp.

I don't believe a study is necessary or why a study could, would or should be an issue for skeptics looking for excuses not to mask in indoor and confined public spaces.

[Doctor Phibes]

I would imagine that regular people by and large aren't going to have a massive aversion to wearing a mask. If politicians are fooled into thinking that the loony tunes who we see protesting are 'mainstream', they're misreading the climate. Empty vessels making the most noise, and all that....

[Copper]

I'm sure the HR people love, love, love masks.

They can go around giving patronizing talks all day long.

COVID masks were made for HR people.

And they can act really shocked and offended if they catch someone wearing a mask incorrectly.

[Doctor Phibes]

Old Retired people don't seem to like them as much.

Which is kind of ironic, all things considered.