Masks at Fiserv Forum

[4everwarriors]

Yes, because smoking, eating fast food and drinking alcohol are just like a communicable disease.

I would have thought a "health care professional" could understand this.

Absolutely affects each of us in many ways, daily. Would think that's elementary for those working in academia, aina?

[wadesworld]

Where I live is not relevant. I've been to five Marquette games this season already, bub.

I've had covid and am vaxxed. FOH "requiring" me to wear a mask at an arena, except when chugging beer or eating food. It's looney tunes thinking.

How many of them were at the Fiserv Forum (where the mask mandate we're discussing is being enforced)?

[Jay Bee]

Since there is no vaccine requirement to enter Fiserv, they don't know who has been vaxxed or had Covid.  So it's simply easier to enforce if everyone is required to be masked.

Again, just don't go if it is too inconvenient for you.  The games are televised, so you wouldn't be missing anything.

Going to a game is different than viewing on TV, Tex.

"Simply easier" is fine if it was useful. Me with a mask or not in a mask isn't helping or hurting anyone, it's just stupid.

And if I go I will have the mask off most the time, with food & drink in hand. So stupid.

[The Sultan]

Absolutely affects each of us in many ways, daily. Would think that's elementary for those working in academia, aina?

I didn't say they weren't health issues that we should be dealing with.  I said they aren't communicable diseases.

IMO, I can't pass obesity along to the stranger sitting next to me.

[The Sultan]

Going to a game is different than viewing on TV, Tex.

"Simply easier" is fine if it was useful. Me with a mask or not in a mask isn't helping or hurting anyone, it's just stupid.

And if I go I will have the mask off most the time, with food & drink in hand. So stupid.

So you're just a kitten who can't handle inconvenience for a couple hours..  Got it.

[Hards Alumni]

So you're just a kitten who can't handle inconvenience for a couple hours..  Got it.

He always has been, hard to expect growth out of a guy who is obsessed with living in the past.

[Jay Bee]

So you're just a kitten who can't handle inconvenience for a couple hours..  Got it.

I can handle it. I just will call it out for being stupid and will take steps to lessen the impact on me.

It's like your posts. Stupid af, but I can handle it.

[cheebs09]

Is the cloth mask is useless thought about getting the virus or spreading it? I thought it's been pretty week established that they had minimal effectiveness to stop you from getting it. I thought they still had a reasonable (albeit much reduced compared to N95) effectiveness in preventing a person from spreading it.

Maybe that's changed and I missed it. It seems those that bring up the cloth masks being ineffective focus more on the stopping you from getting infected rather than if it helps mitigate the spread.

[The Sultan]

I can handle it. I just will call it out for being stupid and will take steps to lessen the impact on me.

It's like your posts. Stupid af, but I can handle it.

Says the guy who once claimed to be withholding recruiting information because I bothered him.

Just a little kitten.

[Jay Bee]

Says the guy who once claimed to be withholding recruiting information because I bothered him.

Just a little kitten.

Oh, I absolutely have and continue to withhold info from this site.

Do you think kittens are cute? PM me Y/N/M

[Uncle Rico]

Fantastic

[The Sultan]

Oh, I absolutely have and continue to withhold info from this site.

"I can handle it" says the guy who cannot handle it.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

It's indeed the unlearned morons who are preventing the pandemic from petering out.

So it's time policies—public and private—stop trying to protect the people who are too imbecilic to protect themselves. Insurance (health and life, to name two) should skyrocket for the unvaccinated so the rest of us don't have to foot the bill when they take up precious ICU space. Because those most vulnerable to serious complications are the ones least likely to comply with mandates anyway, it's time to let Darwinism play itself out as it will.

Yes and no.  I've done everything right.  First vaccinated in March.  Booster in October.  Omicron still got me.  Wasn't all that sick, but felt kinda crappy for a few days.  Clearly this version of the virus doesn't give two rips about who did things right and who didn't. 

[Hards Alumni]

Yes and no.  I've done everything right.  First vaccinated in March.  Booster in October.  Omicron still got me.  Wasn't all that sick, but felt kinda crappy for a few days.  Clearly this version of the virus doesn't give two rips about who did things right and who didn't.

I think most people would agree with you.  You've done everything right.  The issue is with the people clogging the hospitals up.  They've done nothing right. 

[NolongerWarriors]

As someone who is a caregiver and got my Moderna shots even before I was supposed to and got my booster early, I have to say this board is filled with really awful people.

Wishing Darwinism to weed out people you don't like?  Wishing insurance rates to skyrocket because people made decisions you don't like?

Just vile people here.  And liberals, every last one of them.

[SERocks]

I don't get the whole "since I can take my mask off in my seat to eat or drink, the whole mask thing is stupid" philosophy.

When you are walking around breathing without a mask you are sharing your spittle and viral particles with whomever you walk past or talk to.  If you wear a mask that mitigates the sharing of your spittle and breath.  That makes a mask at that point still valuable.

When sitting in your seat eating, you are not breathing out amongst the masses, but in your confined little space.  So you are now putting those next to you in possible harm's way, but that is a small group (and perhaps some of that group is already within your circles) and for a limited (hopefully) period of time. 

Obviously if they wanted to be completely serious about it, they would eliminate concessions completely and require full masks for the entire time you are present in the FF.  Practically speaking that is not very probable as they are trying to run a business, so they create rules that should help mitigate overall, but still allow patrons to enjoy their time. 

Why is it always all or nothing?  Mitigation measures are important and rational.

Really tired of some of my fellow Americans.

[Jay Bee]

Ok, then don't require masks when seated

[GrimmReaper33]

Yes and no.  I've done everything right.  First vaccinated in March.  Booster in October.  Omicron still got me.  Wasn't all that sick, but felt kinda crappy for a few days.  Clearly this version of the virus doesn't give two rips about who did things right and who didn't.

Yep, thousands of people that are fully vaccinated including booster AND have prior infection are still catching the virus.  Including many following and living in areas that have strict vaccine & mask mandates. 

This mask requirement is essentially saying 'look we're doing something.'  It's not going to make a difference.  Those taking things seriously likely will follow strictly and wear masks appropriately the whole time, and they likely would've worn a mask even if there wasn't a requirement.  Those that aren't too worried and not fans of wearing the mask will just half ass wear them, pull them down, eat/drink constantly, etc. anyways.  Making it all essentially useless. 

[Uncle Rico]

As someone who is a caregiver and got my Moderna shots even before I was supposed to and got my booster early, I have to say this board is filled with really awful people.

Wishing Darwinism to weed out people you don't like?  Wishing insurance rates to skyrocket because people made decisions you don't like?

Just vile people here.  And liberals, every last one of them.

You're free to leave at anytime

[Hards Alumni]

Ok, then don't require masks when seated

As long as you promise to stop breathing when seated, sure.

[Hards Alumni]

As someone who is a caregiver and got my Moderna shots even before I was supposed to and got my booster early, I have to say this board is filled with really awful people.

Wishing Darwinism to weed out people you don't like?  Wishing insurance rates to skyrocket because people made decisions you don't like?

Just vile people here.  And liberals, every last one of them.

LOL

[tower912]

As someone who is a caregiver and got my Moderna shots even before I was supposed to and got my booster early, I have to say this board is filled with really awful people.

Wishing Darwinism to weed out people you don't like?  Wishing insurance rates to skyrocket because people made decisions you don't like?

Just vile people here.  And liberals, every last one of them.

You hate Shaka.
You hate the direction Marquette has taken.
You hate liberals.
You love complaining about them all.

[forgetful]

Omnicron variant? Currently yes.

NM, no point.

[MuggsyB]

I'm not sure why people need to attack each other.

I think we can all agree on two points:

1) If you are afraid of getting covid/omicron, regardless of masks or your vaccination status, it's not rational to go to a basketball game with 18K people.

2) Hospital overcapacity impacts a huge amount of people and is a significant problem right now.  The vast, vast, vast, majority of those taking up ICU's are those that are unvaccinated.

[Hards Alumni]

I'm not sure why people need to attack each other.

I think we can all agree on two points:

1) If you are afraid of getting covid/omicron, regardless of masks or your vaccination status, it's not rational to go to a basketball game with 18K people.

2) Hospital overcapacity impacts a huge amount of people and is a significant problem right now.  The vast, vast, vast, majority of those taking up ICU's are those that are unvaccinated.

Obviously.  But if you're serious about #2, then maybe don't do #1.

Either way, it's mostly people just venting here.  No amount of crying on this forum is going to change the policy at the Fiserv.