It’s super convenient that everyone who’s being strangled to death by a piece of cloth when you can breathe normally through most ■■■■■■■ pillows literally being held down on your face don’t seem to have to wear one to earn a living.
It’s takes getting used to. I am not denying that…
Allan
But in close settings that is where COVID spreads most. That’s where I wear mine. If I am sitting in my office I don’t wear mine. If someone comes in we both wear our masks.
I don’t wear mine at home, I don’t wear mine out side…i wear them in stores because we have to…and it makes sense to. But when we are in close contact indoor situations…thats where you need masks.
that is mostly pretty sensible i’d say
unless in closed in settings, multiple people <6 ft apart for several minutes. i don masks only where i have to by arbitrary edict
if America wasn’t “Amerika,” they’d be voluntary.
DMK
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Interesting. I have allergies so my nose gets stuffy. I wind up breathing through my mouth.
I’ve seen a lot of people lately wearing their mask just below their nose. Or, pulling it down but when someone walks within their area (say a grocery isle) put it back on.
Several cases of hairdressers and barber’s being COVID positive and masks protecting the clients. Most famously Kansas City. 65 clients exposed to two hair dressers both actively COVID pos. Both sick. Not one transmission. My wife had same situation in August. Her hairdresser was Positive…at work, doing hair. None of her clients got COVID. Neither did my wife.
My wife and Son are both teachers both have had several close contacts. They religiously wear their masks and both have been fine.
Lucky? Maybe…but science seems to say otherwise.
DMK
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That seems a bit over the top.
Not at all. The link you provided is a general observation about surgical masks. I’m talking about the thicker more tightly fitting masks like N95. Here’s another link:
From this link:
“but the FFR dead-space carbon dioxide and oxygen levels were significantly above and below, respectively, the ambient workplace standards, and elevated P(CO2) is a possibility. Exhalation valve did not significantly ameliorate the FFR’s P(CO2) impact.”
Ok. I guess we will have to differ on the meaning of this sentence from your experts…
To me, it is plain that they are saying masks help reduce transmission, especially in closed settings.
To you, it means masks help reduce transmission, only in closed settings.
Thinkingman…you do realize that this study is about transmissions in restaurants and bars and coffe shops. Places where you take your mask off to eat or drink? You also cherry picked part of the paragraph…of the 71 percent of the case patients 51 percent reported exposure from FAMILY MEMBERS. Not public exposure. This study contradicts your hypothesis. It actually shows how community spread occurs largely because people who go into public places where they have to take off their masks to eat or drink increase their risk of exposure.
But thanks for posting such a great study. Wear your masks people. They help.
I’ve never had a pulmonary study, so it’s possible my lung functioning isn’t what it was when I was younger.
Yes, claiming that a simple cloth mask is strangling you and you can’t breathe and get lightheaded and dizzy is in fact over the top and short of relatively rare respiratory problems, almost entirely untrue. It is a fake reason to not wear masks.
they may help when youre all crammed together in closed space for long time
wearing them around town, in your car, in your own house… announces you have no mind of your own
SixFoot
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Yes. Welcome to the Global War on Pandemics. All it ever took was a scary germ to put the left in lockstep with their corporate-controlled government overlords. 
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WuWei
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It’s ok to keep some information to yourself.
WuWei
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Wearing two masks is hogwash.
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SixFoot
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Of course it is. So was, “We’re just looking for terrorists, we’re not spying on you!” lol
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WuWei
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If you’re not guilty, why are you worried.
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