Masks

Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »

You should have told that to the WHO 3 months ago

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Where’s the “i only wear it in shops because of the nasty looks i get if i dont “ option?

Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »

Even medical experts don’t agree on face masks.

Where was everyone with the face masks 3 months ago when they were actually needed but instead people who had never gotten off the couch suddenly needed to gout outside for their 5k walk, the same people who now think they’re so enlightened because they “understand the science”.

There is no need for face masks now, there are zero deaths, nobody is being admitted to hospital but the whole country is tiptoeing around wearing face masks.

Everything you typed there is wrong. At this point if you still can’t understand what is happening there is no point explaining it again. It’s been explained 100 times in this thread. It doesn’t matter anyway. Mask usage is up around 80 or 90% now so that’s enough. You might find it difficult to do your shopping in a week or two when it becomes law though.

Tickers, face masks are a preventative measure. Why would they only be necessary once things get bad again?

Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »

So do we go around wearing face masks for the rest of our lives because 3 people have Covid? Do you want to live in a society like that, constant angst over face masks and social policing that’s currently already going on?

The numbers are so low that it’s not necessary. The cure is worse than the disease at this stage.

So your reason for not wearing a mask 5 months into a virus is that you are dreaming about wearing them in the future. Here’s a thought. Wear them now, as advised by experts and stop worrying about years from now which hasn’t happened.

Literally like saying I’m not going to wear sun screen now, in case I have to wear it for the rest of my life.

Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »

Why not go a step further and lace up in a full PPE suit. I’m sure medical advice would back up that assertion that it reduces the risk or transmission? On that basis, why aren’t you wearing a full PPE suit if you base all your life decisions around expert advice?

Do you take all medical advice that literally, I expect you exercise regularly, don’t drink alcohol, don’t smoke have a perfectly balanced diet, don’t engage in unprotected sex and wear sunscreen. If so, congratulations your blue peter badge is in the post and we’ll all go home and hang out heads in shame.

No, just wear a mask if going to enclosed places where others are. Wash your hands and engage in social distancing. Is anything about that wrong?

Seatbelts save lives. Everyone knows this. “Morons” as their called apparently know this. But wearing a seatbelt gives a false sense of security unfortunately.
Ignore the fact for a second that it is illegal to be in a moving vehicle without a seatbelt.
Imagine you were about to set off on a journey in a car, as a passenger or a driver and for some reason your seatbelt was broken but you had to make this journey. Would you as a driver driver a little slower or if you were a passenger would you ask the driver to slow down a bit? The vast majority of people here I imagine would do so.
It’s unfortunate that this same sense of false security effects most humans when wearing a mask.
I am all for wearing masks if they are used properly in inclosed spaces. But the false sense of security of wearing a mask will cause countless people to go out in public with a slight cold or sniffle, thinking it’s ok to do so because they are wearing a mask. This will happen and is happening. And if these people are not using them properly, it’s an even bigger issue immediately.
Mask wearing has been enforced in countless countries now but why in nearly all of these countries has the number of cases began increasing again after weeks if not months of face coverings?
Is it because all people without masks are causing the issues or is a completely different approach needed, free of a false sense of security.
I think face masks should be used, if they are used properly and only by those who believe themselves to be without any symptoms.
Anyone who has the slightest symptom of a cold, should be self isolating. Period. Masks unfortunately prevent this from happening in many cases.

Spiderman0081 wrote: »

Seatbelts save lives. Everyone knows this. “Morons” as their called apparently know this. But wearing a seatbelt gives a false sense of security unfortunately.
Ignore the fact for a second that it is illegal to be in a moving vehicle without a seatbelt.
Imagine you were about to set off on a journey in a car, as a passenger or a driver and for some reason your seatbelt was broken but you had to make this journey. Would you as a driver driver a little slower or if you were a passenger would you ask the driver to slow down a bit? The vast majority of people here I imagine would do so.
It’s unfortunate that this same sense of false security effects most humans when wearing a mask.
I am all for wearing masks if they are used properly in inclosed spaces. But the false sense of security of wearing a mask will cause countless people to go out in public with a slight cold or sniffle, thinking it’s ok to do so because they are wearing a mask. This will happen and is happening. And if these people are not using them properly, it’s an even bigger issue immediately.
Mask wearing has been enforced in countless countries now but why in nearly all of these countries has the number of cases began increasing again after weeks if not months of face coverings?
Is it because all people without masks are causing the issues or is a completely different approach needed, free of a false sense of security.
I think face masks should be used, if they are used properly and only by those who believe themselves to be without any symptoms.
Anyone who has the slightest symptom of a cold, should be self isolating. Period. Masks unfortunately prevent this from happening in many cases.

This is a decent and well reasoned post. Especially the bit about isolating if displaying symptoms.

The reason that someone may make a mistake about how to wear a mask is a legitimate concern. But not a reason for people to espouse not to wear them Carte Blanche. I remember at the start of the lockdown an advertisement saying, yes some people make mistakes about how to wash their hands but that’s not a reason for society to stop washing hands.

Masks decrease (I’ll emphasise not stop) transmission.

Nobody can say that not wearing a mask decreases transmission. So wash hands, social distance, isolation if symptoms is the most important. But wear a mask too.

Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »

But you’re the one taking the experts advice so literally. In that case why not suit up if all the experts agree?

But they haven’t said that. Is your argument based on something in your head that hasn’t happened? Kendrick Jolly Ibex nobody can legitimately be arguing against a moderate mitigation like occasional mask wearing with a bogus thought.

Stick to what the advice is.