Wearing a mask during a global pandemic is a bit like using an umbrella in the rain (or at the very least carrying one if it looks like rain). Why get, or risk getting, wet if you can easily avoid/mitigate it?
I must say, I belong to the people who hardly ever use an umbrella. Either, it is only a drizzle and not worth carrying an umbrella with you or it rains so hard that an umbrella doesn't save you, either. I always wear a jacket with a hood, though.
But, in that case, I only punish myself, I get wet, everyone else doesn't. No mask in a pandemic is a completely different thing.
I gave up using umbrellas years ago - I kept leaving them in places and had to replace them. So I decided to wear a hat/cap instead. I hardly ever forget my hat on my head...! [grin]
Agreed on the difference between masks and brollies - it wasn't a great comparison really. An umbrella only protects the carrier - masks help protect everyone.
Wear your face diapers if you want. I'll stick to knowing that cloth and surgical masks are completely impotent against viruses and not particularly useful against bacteria unless you're within spitting distance of someone. :p
I don't like wearing masks, I can't breathe well with them, but if I have to, I do. People who are much smarter than me told me that it helps and I trust them.
Those people in the United States lost all authority for me when they promoted public protests (the outbreaks of mass arson in summer 2020) as good for public health, but kept schools and churches shuttered. The media was just as bad -- celebrating mass gatherings for Biden and condemning them for Trump. I didn't vote for Trump, but when 'the science' picks sides it loses its authority. Nobody has sufficient authority to tell us to make modern life even MORE inhuman.
@ Marianne: I never actually *liked* wearing them. At first I struggled with controlling my breathing (purely psychosomatic) until I got the hang of it. I had to wear them on buses (they wouldn't let you on without one) and I also wore them whenever I was indoors (shops etc..).
@ Stephen: Oh, I don't think 'they' promoted the BLM protests as 'good for public health', but at least they were outside [grin]. Closing down indoor events - schools/churches/sport - was a reasonable response to an airborne virus that loves a crowded space. I think that a LOT more people would've got sick and died without lockdowns (as has been shown numerous times by comparing the stats of places that did and places that didn't).
I remember a LOT of comment on the fact that Biden *didn't* have crowds (indeed discouraged them) whilst Trump insisted that people congregated together (maskless) to show their support for him. I think they're technically known as 'super spreader events'.
I don't think that Science 'picked sides'. Politicians certainly picked a side in their response to the science though, that's true! As far as I could tell the Republicans were most definitely on the side of the virus....
Yep! I am definitely going to follow the advice of actual doctors and scientists, and not randoms on the internet, or any idiot on Faux News, when it comes to protecting Eleanor.
@CK, we had to wear them everywhere in public. I have problems with my heart and lungs and my glasses always fogged up. Nevertheless, I wore them because it was better for all of us.
And you are right, science doesn't pick sides because it can't. Science is science, there are facts that we cannot ignore and if we do, it bites us ... well, somewhere.
@Marianne - Thank you! It is alarming how people can care so little about those around them. I hate wearing a mask, it makes my face sweaty and it is not easy to breathe. But I will do it anyway, if it is what is needed at the time.
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Brilliant.
Wearing a mask during a global pandemic is a bit like using an umbrella in the rain (or at the very least carrying one if it looks like rain). Why get, or risk getting, wet if you can easily avoid/mitigate it?
I must say, I belong to the people who hardly ever use an umbrella. Either, it is only a drizzle and not worth carrying an umbrella with you or it rains so hard that an umbrella doesn't save you, either. I always wear a jacket with a hood, though.
But, in that case, I only punish myself, I get wet, everyone else doesn't. No mask in a pandemic is a completely different thing.
I gave up using umbrellas years ago - I kept leaving them in places and had to replace them. So I decided to wear a hat/cap instead. I hardly ever forget my hat on my head...! [grin]
Agreed on the difference between masks and brollies - it wasn't a great comparison really. An umbrella only protects the carrier - masks help protect everyone.
Wear your face diapers if you want. I'll stick to knowing that cloth and surgical masks are completely impotent against viruses and not particularly useful against bacteria unless you're within spitting distance of someone. :p
LOL - Your choice... Still a free country.... Mostly.....
Terms and conditions may apply..
BTW - I'm just about to finish 'V-2' by Robert Harris. Review in 2 weeks, plus follow up!
Fun! Will look forward to it. I just read books on loneliness, depression, and the opioid crisis. Need to work in something more chipper.. :p
(These were meant to be part of October's 'mental health' theme, but I didn't get to them in time..)
I don't like wearing masks, I can't breathe well with them, but if I have to, I do. People who are much smarter than me told me that it helps and I trust them.
Those people in the United States lost all authority for me when they promoted public protests (the outbreaks of mass arson in summer 2020) as good for public health, but kept schools and churches shuttered. The media was just as bad -- celebrating mass gatherings for Biden and condemning them for Trump. I didn't vote for Trump, but when 'the science' picks sides it loses its authority. Nobody has sufficient authority to tell us to make modern life even MORE inhuman.
@ Marianne: I never actually *liked* wearing them. At first I struggled with controlling my breathing (purely psychosomatic) until I got the hang of it. I had to wear them on buses (they wouldn't let you on without one) and I also wore them whenever I was indoors (shops etc..).
@ Stephen: Oh, I don't think 'they' promoted the BLM protests as 'good for public health', but at least they were outside [grin]. Closing down indoor events - schools/churches/sport - was a reasonable response to an airborne virus that loves a crowded space. I think that a LOT more people would've got sick and died without lockdowns (as has been shown numerous times by comparing the stats of places that did and places that didn't).
I remember a LOT of comment on the fact that Biden *didn't* have crowds (indeed discouraged them) whilst Trump insisted that people congregated together (maskless) to show their support for him. I think they're technically known as 'super spreader events'.
I don't think that Science 'picked sides'. Politicians certainly picked a side in their response to the science though, that's true! As far as I could tell the Republicans were most definitely on the side of the virus....
Yep! I am definitely going to follow the advice of actual doctors and scientists, and not randoms on the internet, or any idiot on Faux News, when it comes to protecting Eleanor.
@CK, we had to wear them everywhere in public. I have problems with my heart and lungs and my glasses always fogged up. Nevertheless, I wore them because it was better for all of us.
And you are right, science doesn't pick sides because it can't. Science is science, there are facts that we cannot ignore and if we do, it bites us ... well, somewhere.
@Sarah. That's because you are a smart woman.
@Marianne - Thank you! It is alarming how people can care so little about those around them. I hate wearing a mask, it makes my face sweaty and it is not easy to breathe. But I will do it anyway, if it is what is needed at the time.
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