Face mask police theHating: Am I the only one here who thinks this shift in sentiment toward the face mask issue is giving non-essential businesses a false sense of security?  (Post deleted by staff ) theHating: And breath hangs around and goes further than 6 feet. So it just seems like wearing a facemask and expecting it not to end up inside your mask is like swimming in shit and expecting the inside of your speedo to be dry. (Post deleted by staff ) theHating: The face mask police claim face masks are the only thing that slows down the spread, apparently forgetting all about social distancin, testing, contact tracing. And as for handwashing, the only soap I trust is napalm. theHating: I wonder how many children under 2 are going to suffocate from their masks or be strangled to death by the face mask police theHating: I remember going to work with a mask ON, being shamed, called names, told I was paranoid, and now those same people are shaming people for not wearing a mask. What else is new (Post deleted by staff ) MJ59: https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/492268-man-not-wearing-a-mask-forcibly-removed-from-bus-by-police-in-philly (Post deleted by staff ) (Post deleted by staff )  Wild__: If the masks work why are businesses closed? If the masks don't work why are we required to wear them? (Post deleted by staff ) theHating: "If the masks work why are businesses closed? If the masks don't work why are we required to wear them?" It's not that black and white. Nobody believes condoms are 100% effective or ineffective. In fact, someone compared contact with the public w/o a mask to having unprotected sex. Now, i see businesses packing mask-wearers into their buildings and surprise! A new peak of twice as many infected. No quarantine, no moderation, "just wear a mask and resume business as usual" Frothing mask-wearers tell me to keep my germs to myself or that means I'm trying to get them sick, well, for some reason they believe masks keep all my germs to myself and not even the CDC is allowed to moderate that discussion anymore. Basically, we knew months ago that wearing a mask to stop corona was like wearing a pasta strainer while scuba diving, but the powers that be (business interests) are too cheap and narrow-minded elitist pieces of shite are favoring this idea of herd immunity and the false sense of security provided by wearing a mask, so we cut off entitlements to the unemployed pandemic working class and put them back to work. Because economics-reasons 101 - the demand for entitlements doesn't correlate at all to a sharp demand for cash, but actually debt slaves who just want to go back to work. They don't need money, they need work.  (Edited by theHating)  AretoNyx: Masks and washing hands work better than none as evidence shows in hospitals. Antivaxxers avoid vaccines but there are also disease denialists with bad hygiene. Yes some refuse washing hands and it is a good way for unsanitary types to spread it to vulnerable. See Myles Power AIDs denial debunking as well. Condoms are not 100% either but many wear them. (Post deleted by staff ) AretoNyx: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_e0DBcigH_9IgVmSSKAn3h_OCVRmZDBk ... this link should help with the nonsense. Though better argument is about disease in general and history of how it is stopped and eradicated. There are "Karens" / idiots that get ridiculous or destructive. I wear a mask and my husband doesn't. He has me do the grocery shopping. Meh (Post deleted by staff ) | Science Chat Room 2 People Chatting Similar Conversations |