I'm not wearing it to protect me. I'm wearing it to protect you. On Tue, Jul 7, 2020, 11:45 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Then by all means wear a mask. That is the beauty of this country. If it > makes you feel better, wear it. Those that do not want to wear a mask, > don’t. Pretty simple. If you are scared of all the people not wearing a > mask, wear 2 masks or stay at home. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 7, 2020, at 12:40 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > That article sucks, as it its poorly written without a clear reason to > exist. > > > > What it says, if you read it a couple times and dig through all the > extra words, is that wearing a mask when there isn't a pandemic scares > people. If you dig around a bit you find "concluded that the surgical mask > was noninferior to the N95 mask in terms of influenza transmission rates > among health care workers." > > > > Which says, straight up, that a mask reduces transmission rates. > > > > The O2/CO2 levels debate is just people spewing nonsense due to not > wanting to wear a mask, its been dis-proven time and time again. You can > find plenty of evidence of people going for a run with a mask on and not > having lowered O2 or elevated CO2. To say otherwise ignores a growing > mountain of evidence. > > > > -Curt > > > > On Tuesday, July 7, 2020, 1:26:59 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Lower o2 levels, higher co2 levels, mask catches all sorts of > contamination that you constantly breath in when putting dirty masks back > on. Here is an article I found from several years ago. > > > > https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4868614/ > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Jul 7, 2020, at 12:18 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I don't understand any possible downside from wearing a mask when > venturing outside and mingling with other people. > > > > > >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 12:57 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > >> The first mention of politics on this was just brought up by you. It > has nothing to do with politics. It has to do with facts and common sense. > If you want to wear a mask or never leave the house, fine. Otherwise there > is so much misinformation about wearing masks or not, locking or not has > done any good. The numbers are not accurate and can’t be trusted. One thing > is certain the economy has been destroyed. Next week I will be flying again > and I am not the least bit concerned. > > >> > > >> Sent from my iPhone > > >> > > >> > On Jul 7, 2020, at 11:51 AM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > We lived in fear of leaving the house here in NJ and look at our > numbers > > >> > and the rest of the New York Cory area... lock down has been very > > >> > successful. Saying otherwise is ignoring scientifically proven > facts for > > >> > political agenda. If we have a chance of fighting this, we all > need to > > >> > change our behaviors and learn to respect the science behind the > > >> > recommendations. > > >> > > > >> > If you don’t wear a mask, you shouldn’t be out in public around > other > > >> > people, period. And the federal government needs to step up and > make this > > >> > statement. > > >> > > > >> > I honestly can’t believe this is even a point to argue and > discuss... you > > >> > guys are very clouded by what you read and hear with strong > political > > >> > bias. Forget all the noise and just get back to the basic fact > that this > > >> > is a respiratory disease people die from. And wearing a mask and > avoid > > >> > others reduces its spread. It’s very simple. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 12:10 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > > >> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > >> >> > > >> >> We can’t live in fear and afraid to leave the house. What is > becoming > > >> >> apparent is this virus is not nearly as deadly or as big of a deal > as they > > >> >> made it out to be. There are lots more people testing positive > because we > > >> >> are doing a lot more test. The death rate is going down because > many people > > >> >> have had it and never knew it, and it did not kill them. > > >> >> > > >> >> Sent from my iPhone > > >> >> > > >> >>> On Jul 7, 2020, at 10:45 AM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes < > > >> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > >> >>> > > >> >>> New Zealand, Australia, China (especially China), Italy, Germany, > > >> >> Greece, Spain all had good luck with initial lockdowns. Big > economic hit, > > >> >> but far less severe than a health system collapse and a real > rather than > > >> >> induced economic downturn. > > >> >>> > > >> >>> The problem is that far too many people think getting the case > load down > > >> >> to manageable means they don't need to keep practicing all the > things that > > >> >> got it down in the first place. > > >> >>> > > >> >>> I have a couple friends who have made more than one trip to > vacation > > >> >> spots recently, for instance. Plumb nuts, there is absolutely NO > reason to > > >> >> assume vacation spots are safe, at all, ever, especially when > going there > > >> >> involves consumption of large quantites of alcohol in public. > > >> >> Unfortunately, for those friends the alcohol part is the main > reason for > > >> >> going..... > > >> >>> > > >> >>> The message should be "act like it's 1900 -- no antibiotics, no > > >> >> treatments, no drugs, no vaccine" -- the way out of this is to > treat it > > >> >> like any disease outbreak prior to the advent of antibiotics in the > > >> >> 1940's. Quarantines, social distancing, face masks (which worked > pretty > > >> >> well in 1918 too) and stay at home! > > >> >>> > > >> >>> We will get there, just gonna take a million extra dead people > before > > >> >> the unwashed masses figure it out. > > >> >>> _______________________________________ > > >> >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > > >> >>> > > >> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > >> >>> > > >> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >> >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >> >>> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> _______________________________________ > > >> >> http://www.okiebenz.com > > >> >> > > >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > >> >> > > >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >> >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >> >> > > >> >> -- > > >> > Jaime Kopchinski > > >> > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > > >> > _______________________________________ > > >> > http://www.okiebenz.com > > >> > > > >> > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > >> > > > >> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >> > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________ > > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > > >> > > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > >> > > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
