Those of you who can go out...

mpost said...

ChristianWithLyme said...
. From what I've heard, wearing a mask is not healthy.

it is certainly healthier than having both your lungs full of COVID.

I haven’t read a single study from any doctor or scientist that says a mask is unhealthy. Doctors and nurses are Wearing them for 12-18 hour shifts and performing at a high Level. Pretty sure I’ll be ok restricting the ingestion or transmission of liquid particles while I do my grocery shopping.

MarkD said...

I haven’t read a single study from any doctor or scientist that says a mask is unhealthy. Doctors and nurses are Wearing them for 12-18 hour shifts and performing at a high Level. Pretty sure I’ll be ok restricting the ingestion or transmission of liquid particles while I do my grocery shopping.

i tell you what the problem is: statistics. people don't understand statistics. this is why anti vaxxers exist too. Was there a human being that has died from allergic reaction after taking a flu shot? Yes there was! So we are no longer taking flu shots!

Were there people that had severe lung/heart issues and died because wearing a face mask during a stressful event, possibly due to poor air intake/hi heart rate? Probably... Ok let's not wear face masks!

Nobody compares the odds of dying from flu vaccine vs odds of dying from flu itself. Or odds of dying because of a mask vs odds of dying of COVID. Because odds would mean they understand basic statistics. And they don't.

What i don't understand is why are these people going out for walks: were there people killed by falling tiles from buildings while walking down the street? Sure! ....So?! Why keep walking?! Be bold, be consistent! Stop these life threatening walks NOW!

IMO, masks might be able to deter droplets, but it doesn’t stop covid, according to what I can research.

Research articles can be written for whatever narrative the author chooses.

Civid is in droplets. A mask will certainly slow it down from the users face. Enough to possible deter someone else from being infected. But lets not care about others. Again, its basic Physics, which to my surprise, some people do not understand.

I will add 4 things:

1 - The only good that will come out of this is we may end up like the Japanese where if you are sick with anything you can choose to protect others by wearing a masking and not be ostracized for it.

2 - Once Covid19 was politicized the science became irrelevant.

3 - Every economy is going to be hurt far deeper and harder than the average joe or jane can imagine.

4 - 95% of people are either intellectually unable to understand what's going on, or are unwilling to take the time/effort learn whats really happening around them. I think the term a sheople.

Factually, there has never been a successful Corona-virus vaccine for any Corona-virus, human or non-human. (I discovered this last year as we watched our 9 month old kitten slowly die from a Corona-virus last year.) So all the people saying we just wear a masks until there is a vaccine are ill-informed. The factual choices are to remain in your home until herd immunity is reached 2 or 3 years from now (which doesn't mean zero chance of catching it) or balance the risks of catching it with actually having a life. Based on my family history I'm already on borrowed time so I've chosen to have a life.

When in doubt about the possibilities of beating this........look at New Zealand.

Last time I read, they had minimal (or was it zero?) cases.

My workplace wears masks, and we only had one noticeable respiratory "cold" among employees (person stayed home too) in the last 4.5-5 months. This is very unusual even with less than 50 people. Zero flue. Zero Corona that we know off. Im sure some had "stuff", but no symptoms.

I see there is a covid-19 page. I don't know how I missed it before. I guess I'll head over there.

Astronomer said...
I see there is a covid-19 page. I don't know how I missed it before. I guess I'll head over there.

Sorry to hear your wife has covid.

Hope she recovers quickly!