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Can anyone explain the people who drive with their masks on??
If you just follow those steps, getting sick BECAUSE of wearing a mask is virtually eliminated. The danger is really in your hands, and what else you've touched. It's unlikely COVID germs would have been "deposited" on your mask - unless you were too close to people, or one of those heathens referenced above coughed on you (Joke - take it easy...)
Not trying to start anything but if it is unlikely covid germs got on my mask would it not be unlikely covid germs got in my mouth/nose/eyes? I have always thought it was a lot more likely to have germs on your hands than for them to pop into you mouth. I have a mask that i pull up from neck that i wear so i am not against masks just asking a question
Tribalism is alive.
This sums up a lot in one poll. From CNNViews of Coronavirus outbreakRepublicans71% the worst is behind us26% the worst is yet to comeDemocrats23% the worst is behind us74% the worst is yet to comeIndependents44% the worst is behind us51% the worst is yet to becomeTribalism is alive. College graduates nearly split. Non college grads more in the worst is yet to come camp. Women more worried than men. Whites less worried than non-whites.
I can explain the underlined in one sentence. Democrats are more likely to believe in science, whereas Republicans are more likely to believe “whatever he just said” (see, e.g., Hydroxychloroquine debate).
I don't see this turning out well for the country. Instead of following the advice of CDC and peer-reviewed data, the White House is actively seeking out doctors who agree with his views, with a promise of TV time if they say the right thing. Note: this article is from the politically-central Associated Press.Trump allies lining up doctors to prescribe rapid reopeninghttps://apnews.com/4ee1a3a8d631b454f645b2a8d9597de7Republican political operatives are recruiting “extremely pro-Trump” doctors to go on television to prescribe reviving the U.S. economy as quickly as possible, without waiting to meet safety benchmarks proposed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.The plan was discussed in a May 11 conference call with a senior staffer for the Trump reelection campaign organized by CNP Action, an affiliate of the GOP-aligned Council for National Policy. A leaked recording of the hourlong call was provided to The Associated Press by the Center for Media and Democracy, a progressive watchdog group.
I think this is a broad brush. However, I think it is more a symptom of the lost opportunity to unite the country. Science is always evolving, but stoking the divisions and contradicting the experts employed by the executive branch nearly every step of the way has left many people exhausted (or energized I guess). That's why I sadly have given up -- all I care about at this point is my state/region since we were told to figure it out ourselves, my family and my work colleagues. I want to care about more, but I think that ship has sailed .
This is absolutely terrifying.
My thought exactly. I am pretty surprised the story isn’t getting more airtime, but with all that is going on in the world, it seems that “terrifying“ barely moves the needle anymore.
As hards pointed out - in the non-medical setting (grocery store, etc) the masks are are mostly to keep your "droplets" from getting far away from you and reaching someone else. Yes, they also provide some protection against germs getting in - but that depends on the type of mask you wear and how it is fitted. To your point about "would it not be unlikely covid germs got in my mouth/nose/eyes" - the idea here is much like "herd immunity". The concept really only works if we have "herd mask wearing". If you're the lone guy at the grocery wearing a mask - you should probably find another grocery. The mask there will do you little good - and everybody else is already gambling with your well-being by being a potential germ spreader.At least - that's the theory.
This is an honest question, in any enclosed public space, I’m masked up...but I go out for walks 2x a day, but generally keep my mask down, but will happily put it back up as a see folks approach if we can’t be six apart. This cool?