IMO they should be telling vulnerable people to wear N95 masks to protect themselves. Nobody cares more about one's own health than oneself. They will be motivated.
Telling young people who don't really have much to worry about to wear masks that won't stop them getting the virus --- you can see why that's a tough sell. Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > They don't contain completely that much is pretty obvious but, since people > complain about masks restricting airflow its pretty clear that the mask > reduces the velocity of the air coming out of you which means the virus is > more likely to stick with you than to float around free. > Nobody with any brains is saying "masks prevent transmission 100%". The idea > is to reduce the speed of transmission to keep hospitals from being > overloaded. I'm pretty much in the camp that believes that we're all going to > get it, its just a matter of time. The thing is I want there to be some > hospital capacity available so that if I'm one of the people that needs > hospitalization I can get in. For that to be true we need to not do what > Florida is doing... > Actually we kind of need to not do what New England is doing. MA for instance > has been seeing under 300 new cases per day for more than a month. Our > hospitals have loads of free capacity. At this rate it'll be a decade before > we get everybody infected and can get on with life. > -Curt > > On Thursday, July 23, 2020, 4:29:22 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The problem is we do not know if they help to contain the virus. They say > they think it might be spread by droplets from coughing etc. A report then > came out that it might be airborne. First we need to figure that out. Next, > what size is the virus? What micron rating are the masks? So far these are > things we have not been told, or are not known. If I missed it somebody > please post that study. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 23, 2020, at 2:25 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >> Sanitizing maybe, my pet theory is that the "otherwise healthy", young, >> strong people who are dying or really suffering with COVID are also the >> people who are excessively clean. I'm thinking that germophobes don't build >> as strong immune systems. >> >> If you're just staying away from other people you're still experiencing a >> whole world of germs. >> >> And for the last time THE MASK DOESN'T KEEP GERMS OUT. Wearing one won't >> compromise your immune system because it doesn't filter germs out, it keeps >> your germs on your face and away from me. >> >> The pee metaphor is apt, if some dude is peeing and neither of you is >> wearing pants you're at high risk of getting pee on you. If you're wearing >> pants you get a tiny amount of protection but you're probably still going to >> get pee on you. If he's wearing pants you get way more protection. The pants >> don't stop the pee completely but they seriously slow the stream. >> >> -Curt >> >> On Thursday, July 23, 2020, 3:07:26 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> Not days. Months or years of isolating, masking, and sanitizing might do it >> though. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Jul 23, 2020, at 1:50 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >> > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> > >> > Yeah, the idea that your body will lose its ability to fight off regular >> > colds "within days" that some are saying is the pretty dumb. You're still >> > experiencing other infectious agents, theres not really any practical way >> > to not... >> > -Curt >> > >> > On Thursday, July 23, 2020, 1:47:42 PM EDT, Dimitri Seretakis via >> >Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> > >> > Sorry but that is total crapola. Wear the damn mask. Protect others, >> > protect yourself. Contain this virus and let’s move on! >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > >> >> On Jul 23, 2020, at 1:31 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> They your body loses the ability to fight common colds and flus then the >> >> deaths go up from that. >> >> >> >> All of these places are giving you new disposable cups for refill, >> >> everything in styrofoam to go boxes, disposable menus, utensils. I bet >> >> the amount of trash and pollution for all of this is unbelievable. >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >>>> On Jul 23, 2020, at 12:25 PM, OK Don via Mercedes >> >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Well, that was Arkansas, after all ... >> >>> IIRC, the incidence of colds and old style flu are way down since social >> >>> distancing and masks. >> >>> >> >>>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 12:11 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >> >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> After traveling by air last week and spending this week in Arkansas >> >>>> where >> >>>> it is mandatory masks, I’m convinced this is causing red death to spread >> >>>> faster. People fiddle with them, remove them, touch things then fiddle >> >>>> with >> >>>> and touch the mask. They might as well wipe down surfaces with the mask >> >>>> then put it on their face and breath it in. I misspoke, this might not >> >>>> be >> >>>> spreading red death but is almost certainly spreading plenty of other >> >>>> things that normally would it be spread like this. >> >>>> >> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> >> >>>> _______________________________________ >> >>>> 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 >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> OK Don >> >>> >> >>> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to >> >>> pause and reflect." 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