just when you thought you knew what stupid was

[MoMower]

fatjay

You have not been paying attention. Police and military are enforcing public masking. Around the globe. Sick isn't it!

Where will it end? "Systemic racism is an epidemic" according to some governors. Will masks be effective in "flattening the curve"?

I don’t know where you’re at, but here (eastern PA) we (the police) are most certainly not enforcing masking mandates of any kind.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Apparently the same with the 5 million or so inhabitants of the slums of Mumbai. It didn't decimate them either.

 

[radios1]

I don’t know where you’re at, but here (eastern PA) we (the police) are most certainly not enforcing masking mandates of any kind.

WOW!!. that's very, very sad!!.. you have to wear a mask in New York, and anyone coming into the State has to be quarantined for 2 weeks, we don't need sick people spreading the virus here!!..

 

[MossRoad]

Yes, blasting away. at "masks work to reduce the spread" ideology. To what end?
How does one rectify the similarity of infection curve of maskless Sweden to that of masked New Jersey? Seasonal.... ?
How does one respond to the virus found in animals?


And when a new, or the same old flu comes next season, we renew all efforts trying to flatten the curve and reduce the spread with more authority? Having ONLY learned that we did not enforce compliance "enough" previously. It's like experiments in socialism, none of the previous efforts did it right. This next time we will.

I see no light at the end of this "reduce the spread" effort other than natural seasonal demise, good hygiene, and healthy life choices.
The mental and emotional burden on society to live in fear of EVERYONE will not lead to any desirable outcome. Children afraid to contact their peers or their parents for fear of killing them. The answer is NOT stepping well to the side of the trail as you pass.

That's just anti-social.

 

[CalG]

That's just anti-social.

Read the sentence as "The answer is NOT", rather than "The answer IS" Big difference in my meaning.

Another reason to disparage masking. Communication. A human necessity.

Word are the source of all misunderstandings.

 

[JethroB]

If you have a grouch/grump face like I do then maybe with my mask I’ll make more friends. Just another upside to doing my part.

 

[Jstpssng]

I wonder what the results would be if the Gov. started testing EVERYONE for the common flu?
We KNOW it kills thousands every year and IF asymptomatic people were tested what would we find?

Never mind that; imagine if everybody practiced basic hygiene; cover your mouth when you cough, wash your hands after you sneeze on them. Stay home if you are sick...

In other words, all of the things which our mothers taught us when we were 3 years old. :laughing:

 

[Industrial Toys]

Keep your hands away from your face.

Don't lick your fingers.

Wash your hands immediately upon returning home.

Sanitize your hands after touching things meant to be touched like hand rails for instance.

In a restaurant, I wash my hands before I eat (after handling the menu) and often after.

Avoid touching door handles and knobs with your hands and fingers. I use my knuckles for pressing elevator buttons.

I have practiced this for years and NEVER get the flue. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not. And my life style otherwise is FAR from healthy!


Just a case of engaging your brain in your normal daily activity.

 

[Ford850]

If you have a grouch/grump face like I do then maybe with my mask I’ll make more friends. Just another upside to doing my part.

You could draw a big grin on your mask like this that would either make people smile or frighten them.

 

[RSR]

I wonder how the homeless "tent people" are getting a pass on this virus? No masks, no social distancing, no hand sanitizer, no hand washing for that matter.

Yet......no bodies in the gutters due to flu virus.....

The best of intention perhaps.

I'm not sure they are (I honestly don't know). Are there any reliable statistics that distinguish/investigate infection and death rates in the homeless population?