#Baller
aggie-beta said:
I think we just need someone to make masks cool.
Which might not be allowed since the governor's EO said the cities cannot place additional restrictions.3rd Generation Ag said:
Unless it was an April Fool joke, Laredo is going to require masks.
cone said:Masks seems to be why Tokyo is business as usual without lockdowns or quarantines: “An 80% compliance rate [in wearing face masks] essentially eliminated the influenza outbreak.” https://t.co/xvdXGs9fJg pic.twitter.com/QsYnuOL8en
— Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) March 22, 2020
this is the hill I will die on
there's no reason why we shouldn't be wearing cheap procedure masks in public
we must break this taboo
people can refer to South Korea, but what's up with Japan? Hygiene and masks.
Signel said:
i've never understood the taboo... its a fuggin mask. Who cares??? Put one on, don't die.
Agree. Back when there wasn't a vaccine, maybe it could have helped. Not one conclusive study has shown that it did though. And when basically most just reused masks and/or used inferior useless face coverings to begin with? The fact is the masking push just wasn't worth all the issues that lead to the Pandora's box that was opened with it. I still am convinced that the vast majority of those still wearing masks in public do not need them at all. These people are very likely vaccinated in the first place. Maybe they are just trying to tell the world they still feel the pandemic is not over, maybe they are misinformed and just scared. Don't know. But it will be a better world, in my mind and even while the virus is still out there, when most masks disappear except for just those that are very immunocompromised and maybe (really a BIG maybe) those who are in a lot of close contact with a very comorbid/immunocompromised individual (one who even the vaccine won't keep from dying or can't take the vaccine for whatever reason-again these are very rare situations).TheMasterplan said:
Cone had the humility and independent thought to realize masks were BS.
His motto was "cant hurt, might help" after awhile.
I also at the beginning thought masks might work but when the data came out showing it did nothing - I changed my mind. I also didn't like the government mandating masks without clear evidence of them working.
DTP02 said:
I really feel like widespread adoption and availability of surgical type masks is a huge missing piece in this for getting things under control and some semblance of normalcy back.