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To Mask or Not To Mask?

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  • markM mark

    @Doctor-Phibes I agree with you. Sorry if I made it sound otherwise.

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

    @Doctor-Phibes I agree with you. Sorry if I made it sound otherwise.

    No, I realised you did. I wasn't being grumpy at you

    I was only joking

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    • X xenon

      Opposing masks is such an asinine thing to oppose if you're in favor of opening up the country fast.

      "Hey guys - let's keep our distance and wear masks and get back out there"

      But, no - there's no good grievance in that message. I am genuinely a little surprise how stark the political lines have been drawn on this.

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

      Opposing masks is such an asinine thing to oppose if you're in favor of opening up the country fast.

      "Hey guys - let's keep our distance and wear masks and get back out there"

      But, no - there's no good grievance in that message. I am genuinely a little surprise how stark the political lines have been drawn on this.

      It's not the mask

      It's the jerks telling people what to do

      There are a lot of people who don't like being bossed around by jerks who they know are unable to tell the truth

      If Mr. Trump insisted that everyone must wear a mask, cnn would condemn masks, no question

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      • CopperC Copper

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

        Opposing masks is such an asinine thing to oppose if you're in favor of opening up the country fast.

        "Hey guys - let's keep our distance and wear masks and get back out there"

        But, no - there's no good grievance in that message. I am genuinely a little surprise how stark the political lines have been drawn on this.

        It's not the mask

        It's the jerks telling people what to do

        There are a lot of people who don't like being bossed around by jerks who they know are unable to tell the truth

        If Mr. Trump insisted that everyone must wear a mask, cnn would condemn masks, no question

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

        If Mr. Trump insisted that everyone must wear a mask, cnn would condemn masks, no question

        Exactly... you got that right.

        We have the freedom to choose our actions, but we do not get to choose our consequences.
        Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on.

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        • CopperC Copper

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

          Opposing masks is such an asinine thing to oppose if you're in favor of opening up the country fast.

          "Hey guys - let's keep our distance and wear masks and get back out there"

          But, no - there's no good grievance in that message. I am genuinely a little surprise how stark the political lines have been drawn on this.

          It's not the mask

          It's the jerks telling people what to do

          There are a lot of people who don't like being bossed around by jerks who they know are unable to tell the truth

          If Mr. Trump insisted that everyone must wear a mask, cnn would condemn masks, no question

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

          It's the jerks telling people what to do

          And the jerks requiring it don't heed it themselves. No mask. No social distancing. Just an Executive order telling EVERYBODY else to do it..

          100098848_3247563382136304_4450818177269497856_n.jpg

          We have the freedom to choose our actions, but we do not get to choose our consequences.
          Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on.

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            It's pretty funny how many people that think that being told to wear a mask is a sign of tyranny think that bringing back the draft would be a great idea.

            I was only joking

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              People, get your head out of your ass. The mask (unless you're wearing a N95) is not good protection for you getting the virus. The mask is to prevent you from giving it to others.

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              • JollyJ Jolly

                People, get your head out of your ass. The mask (unless you're wearing a N95) is not good protection for you getting the virus. The mask is to prevent you from giving it to others.

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                xenon
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                @Jolly Isn't that the point? We should all just suck it up and wear one for the sake of each other.

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                • JollyJ Jolly

                  People, get your head out of your ass. The mask (unless you're wearing a N95) is not good protection for you getting the virus. The mask is to prevent you from giving it to others.

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

                  People, get your head out of your ass. The mask (unless you're wearing a N95) is not good protection for you getting the virus. The mask is to prevent you from giving it to others.

                  That's exactly what I just said.

                  Please love yourself.

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                    @xenon @Aqua-Letifer

                    +1

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                      This would help

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                      • CopperC Copper

                        This would help

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                        @Copper it would hide the nosebleed you'd get from a punch in the nose, amirite?

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          @Copper I think you are right! I doubt you would see many protesting people without a mask if they had one of these!!

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                          • George KG George K

                            @Copper it would hide the nosebleed you'd get from a punch in the nose, amirite?

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

                            @Copper it would hide the nosebleed you'd get from a punch in the nose, amirite?

                            I know some places where you could wear that.

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                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                #35

                                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.

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

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    @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!!!!

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                                      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.

                                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      • MikM 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.

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                                        xenon
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                                        @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

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                                          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.

                                          The Brad

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