Trump made mask wearing political. Too bad he couldn’t just step up and say it would likely significantly slow the spread. No chance of that happening. What a total train wreck we have.
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How did Americans lose their minds over masks? 😷
let all the antimaskers have a huge party in a stadium. Give them free food and alcohol. Keep them there for two months and give them a reasonable wage. Then we’d help slow the spread.
Well, small victories....maybe even big ones. My Fox-watching 90 year-old anti-masking Utah father in law is now all in on masks and is asking what idiot wouldn't wear one? That after some of his friends got Covid and are critically ill. One just had a blood clot removed from his heart after contracting Covid.
Too soon we grow old, too late we grow smart, eh!? 😃
It appears these beliefs stay with some of them to their last breaths.
Once the 'denier-in-chief' fades from view (65 days...) how many more are 'going to see the light?'
People touch their mask, touch their face, use the same mask over and over without cleaning it, wear it below their noses, hold it away from their mouths when talking.... I’d be curious to see the statistical comparison between Asian and western mask effectiveness. Asians being more used to wearing masks and therefore using them as they are meant to be used.
The trained population (trained in knowing why a mask does what it does, including the limitations of masks...) versus the untrained population.
Perhaps this is one (major) step in why they work well in the lab and aren't as effective in the real world?
A South Korean friend felt sorry for us so he mailed us a box of masks.
Apparently they are equivalent to N95 masks. They have detailed instructions on how to use them.
Great video @Chris
At LEAST 20% of the masks I see being "worn" are not covering either the nose, or the mouth, or both.
I see some masks covering only a person's beard on their chin, frequently the nares are not covered, and sometimes the mask is just hanging from one ear.
I am certain some full face shields with N95 masks are very helpful in protecting someone, if one is within range of folks who are coughing hard, and spewing large droplets forcefully into the surrounding air. I doubt that they are of much use out of doors, or if one is able to maintain appropriate social distancing out of doors.
Health care workers, due to the very nature of their work, CANNOT social distance, so for them, face shields, with masks, are very important - particularly for respiratory techs, anesthesiologists and other personnel physically near patients airways. Some folks in retail have similar issues with inability to maintain social distancing.
The major reasons for members of the public to wear masks, is to help protect the other members of the public from the viral contaminated exhalations from people who are not aware they are infected. That way, even if they are unaware they are a risk, the mask helps minimize their risk to others.
We, the general public, non health care workers, wear masks to protect other folks, not really to protect ourselves.
That is why folks who refuse to wear masks, properly, are so annoying to many of us. They are endangering other members of the public, just like they were deliberately waving a loaded gun around in public - (an activity which is felony to perform).
They are publicly demonstrating their lack of concern for the health of their fellow citizens......
