AustinTink
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You live in Texas? What do you think about our Covid numbers?I live in Texas. I know what it means.
You live in Texas? What do you think about our Covid numbers?I live in Texas. I know what it means.
And some get mad if you are 12 feet away and not wearing one. It doesn't matter if you have asthma and have a difficult time with cloth masks. Nope they don't care if you are social distancing AND don't have the virus. It will be your selfish fault they are on a ventilator after contracting COVID. PERIOD. No if, ands or buts..
It is so strange that some states are still in lockdown mode with a very cautious approach to slowly open. Then other states are just like, "we're open!" and are proceeding full throttle like the pandemic is over. I feel like the entire U.S. should have done the same thing instead of a state by state basis. Now some states are restricting other states from entering, and enforcing quarantines of out of staters, and it just feels messy. Could it have been done as a whole country instead of state by state?
And some get mad if you are 12 feet away and not wearing one. It doesn't matter if you have asthma and have a difficult time with cloth masks. Nope they don't care if you are social distancing AND don't have the virus. It will be your selfish fault they are on a ventilator after contracting COVID. PERIOD. No if, ands or buts..
I lady in my neighborhood was walking with her elderly mom in the early evening to get some exercise. A group of teenaged boys surrounded them and started pointing and mocking them for wearing masks. This is what we are dealing with in Texas. 50% of the population is still anti-mask and thinks this is a big joke. You are right, it is maddening.
Why would they wear masks walking in the neighborhood? Are they unable to distance?
RETIRED SURGEON Sam Laucks, has this to say about wearing masks:Why would they wear masks walking in the neighborhood? Are they unable to distance?
I'm in New Mexico. We have Arizona on one side and Texas on the other. We're doomed.
It's not a political statement. I wear a mask when required and unable to socially distance.Be safe. Now is not the time to make a political statement about masks or any other safety measures. I’m in NJ and we’ve been there. Good luck.
No need to wear a mask or shield if not required or socially distancing.The divide in this country makes it impossible right now. Heaven forbid if some states down south have to do something like the states up north!
If you can't wear a mask, how about a face shield? That way, at least you are redirecting your exhale downwards. You never know if you are a carrier of the virus unless you test for it every day, BTW, or have not left your house at all, living by yourself, for months.
I thought everyone and their grandmother in Texas carried? Why didn't the elderly mom pull out her pistol? (just kidding, of course, not what I want to have happen at all.) I would have called 911, mainly because they surrounded the women.
Sometimes you have to pass others coming the other way and you don't want to step into the street?
I am less than thrilled to put it mildly. I wear a mask but as others have noted, lots do not. When we first opened up I think everyone was. Or most people I should say. In the last 2 weeks or so I’ve noticed it’s really dropped off. I got shouted down about it before when I said that I felt people were unnecessarily running around stores buying random stuff. Kids. Elderly.You live in Texas? What do you think about our Covid numbers?
If one isn't exposed...no virus.I am surprised that you wrote the bolded! The whole point of wearing a mask is because MANY people DON'T know if they have the virus or not!!!
And how would they know if they were exposed? There are asymptomatic carriers.If one isn't exposed...no virus.
I agree. We know what happens when folks don't wear a mask and socially distance. It's not good.Be safe. Now is not the time to make a political statement about masks or any other safety measures. I’m in NJ and we’ve been there. Good luck.
I follow precautions and requirements. I have not been in close contact with anyone who has the virus. Other than locking myself in a basement, I feel pretty confident.And how would they know if they were exposed?
I'm quite confident I can take a walk and not become infected. The science is on my side.RETIRED SURGEON Sam Laucks, has this to say about wearing masks:
“OK, here’s my rant about masks:
I have spent the past 39 years working in the field of surgery. For a significant part of that time, I have worn a mask. I have worked with hundreds (probably thousands) of colleagues during those years, who have also worn masks. Not a single one us of became ill, passed out or died from lack of oxygen. Not a single one of us became ill, passed out or died from breathing too much carbon dioxide. Not a single one us of became ill, passed out or died from rebreathing a little of our own exhaled air. Let’s begin here by putting those scare tactics to rest!
(It is true that some people, with advanced lung diseases, may be so fragile that a mask could make their already-tenuous breathing more difficult. If your lungs are that bad, you probably shouldn’t be going out in public at the present time anyway; the consequences if you are exposed to Covid-19 would likely be devastating.)
“But”, you ask, “can’t viruses go right through the mask, because they are so small?” (“Masks keep viruses out just as well as a chain link fence keeps mosquitoes out,” some tell us.) It is true that individual virus particles can pass through the pores of a mask; however, viruses don’t move on their own. They do not fly across the room like a mosquito, wiggle through your mask like a worm, or fly up your nose like a gnat. The virus is essentially nothing more than a tiny blob of genetic material. Covid-19 travels in a CARRIER – the carrier is a fluid droplet- fluid droplets that you expel when you cough, sneeze, sing, laugh, talk or simply exhale. Most of your fluid droplets will be stopped from entering the air in the room if you are wearing a mask. Wearing a mask is a very efficient way to protect others if you are carrying the virus (even if you don’t know that you are infected). In addition, if someone else’s fluid droplets happen to land on your mask, many of them will not pass through. This gives the wearer some additional protection, too. But, the main reason to wear a mask is to PROTECT OTHERS. Even if you don’t care about yourself, wear your mask to protect your neighbors, co-workers and friends!
A mask is certainly not 100% protective. However, it appears that the severity of Covid-19 infection is at least partially “dose-dependent.” In other words, the more virus particles that enter your body, the sicker you are likely to become. Why not decrease that volume if you can? “What have you got to lose?!”
“But doesn’t a requirement or a request to wear a mask violate my constitutional rights?” You’re also not allowed to go into the grocery store if you are not wearing pants. You can’t yell “fire” in the Produce Department. You’re not allowed to urinate on the floor in the Frozen Food Section. Do you object to those restrictions? Rules, established for the common good, are component of a civilized society.
“But aren’t masks uncomfortable?” Some would say that underwear or shoes can be uncomfortable, but we still wear them. (Actually, being on a ventilator is pretty darned uncomfortable, too!) Are masks really so bad that you can’t tolerate them, even if they will help keep others healthy?
“But won’t people think I’m a snowflake or a wimp if I wear a mask?” I hope you have enough self-confidence to overcome that.
“But won’t I look stupid if I wear a mask?” I’ve decided not to dignify that question with an answer!!
“But I never get sick; I’m not worried.” Well, then, wear a mask for the sake of the rest of us who are not so perfect!
There is good evidence that masks make a real difference in diminishing the transmission of Covid-19. Please, for the sake of others (and for the sake of yourself), wear your mask when in public. It won’t kill you!
P.S. - And, by the way, please be sure that BOTH your nose and mouth are covered!
Recommendations around mask usage are confusing. The science isn't. Evidence shows that masks are extremely effective to slow the coronavirus and may be the best tool available right now to fight it.”
Thank you, Sam Laucks!!