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  • #6812
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    If you knowingly have a cold/flu symptoms and go out, you're a tool. The problem with this is being infectious before showing symptoms and that's if you do show symptoms and you're still infectious without showing symptoms. Not to mention the wide range of symptoms, not just cold and flu symptoms, hairdressers thinking they had allergies and continued on working. So masks are helpful with all this.

    The problem with that is that anyone who has a toothache is now paranoid they have Covid.


  • #6813
    railer201
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 968 ✭✭✭railer201


    Yes: valved
    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    Round and round in circles with all this mask talk.

    Virus is spread by respiratory droplets, a mask catches those droplets, preventing spread to others.

    I really don't understand why people don't want to protect others around them.

    God, it really is that simple, what is there not to understand ? :confused:


  • #6814
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,255 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    The debate is far from over and interesting how the conversation has moved from deaths to cases.

    Debate to your heart’s content but while doing so follow the experts and stop thinking you are better than them based on advice from someone selling sage and snake oil.


  • #6815
    McGiver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,492 ✭✭✭McGiver


    No: I don't care enough
    odyssey06 wrote: »
    This explains why the CDC changed their stance on masks
    https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/06/417906/still-confused-about-masks-heres-science-behind-how-face-masks-prevent

    Waiting for vaccine or better treatments.

    Herd immunity not really a runner in Europe or anywhere with a lot of vulnerable demographic. It might happen in India and similar profile countries.
    Herd immunity in India would mean several million dead minimum, due to poverty, poor governance, corruption etc. Not an option.


  • #6816
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,255 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    The problem with that is that anyone who has a toothache is now paranoid they have Covid.

    Is that a reason not to wear a mask? Some people think reptiles rule the world. Stop using that as a basis for not following legitimate advice. Surely you see how stupid the toothache post is. Is this a parody account?


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  • #6817
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    railer201 wrote: »
    God, it really is that simple, what is there not to understand ? :confused:

    Cigarettes cause lung cancer.


  • #6818
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,255 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    Cigarettes cause lung cancer.

    Moron. Or troll. Equally as bad.


  • #6819
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    Again there is an attempt to try and smear people who don’t agree with wearing face masks as conspiracy theorist as a way to **** them up.
    The debate is over the cost v benefit. By your logic we should all wear full PPE suit because experts agree that it reduces the risk of transmission.


  • #6820
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,255 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    Again there is an attempt to try and smear people who don’t agree with wearing face masks as conspiracy theorist as a way to **** them up.
    The debate is over the cost v benefit. By your logic we should all wear full PPE suit because experts agree that it reduces the risk of transmission.

    No no fcuking no. Not one expert has said wear a full ppe suit. They did say wear masks. Stop making sh1t up as an argument. It’s not a conspiracy theory argument.

    Again give a legitimate reason not to wear one that trumps wearing them. Try being a grown up in the debate and stop making stuff up.


  • #6821
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    joeguevara wrote: »
    Moron. Or troll. Equally as bad.

    But going by expert advice. All the face mask people with their newly found zeal should also quite smoking and anything else which experts agree are bad for your health and are significant cost to the state in terms of healthcare.


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  • #6822
    Boggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,566 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    The cure is worse than the disease at this stage.

    Wearing a face mask for a few minutes in a shop is worse than choking on your own mucus?

    Interesting perspective.


  • #6823
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,255 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Boggles wrote: »
    Wearing a face mask for a few minutes in a shop is worse than choking on your own mucus?

    Interesting perspective.

    See the actual argument by most who disagree with mask wearing is that the virus is mild and won’t effect them. Literally the amount of time they spend arguing about the reasons not to wear one is longer than the amount of time it’s required.

    It’s not required walking down the street.

    It’s not required driving your car.

    It’s not required in the great wide open.

    It is required on public transport.

    It is required in enclosed spaces where social distancing isn’t easy like a supermarket or a shop.

    It is required getting your haircut.

    It’s not required in the moronic dreams of people who argue not to wear one because they saw a post about it.


  • #6824
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    Boggles wrote: »
    Wearing a face mask for a few minutes in a shop is worse than choking on your own mucus?

    Interesting perspective.

    Face masks prevent other people from getting infected so how would I choke on my own mucus by not wearing one?


  • #6825
    Spiderman0081
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭Spiderman0081


    joeguevara wrote: »
    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.
    Would a lockdown be necessary if everyone completed the above tasks correctly?


  • #6826
    bush
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,878 ✭✭✭bush


    No: other
    I wonder what percentage of people wearing masks just to avoid hassle and then not following other advice like going to parties. I'd say 8/10 keep wearing the same old mask everytime without washing it.


  • #6827
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    joeguevara wrote: »
    See the actual argument by most who disagree with mask wearing is that the virus is mild and won’t effect them. Literally the amount of time they spend arguing about the reasons not to wear one is longer than the amount of time it’s required.

    It’s not required walking down the street.

    It’s not required driving your car.

    It’s not required in the great wide open.

    It is required on public transport.

    It is required in enclosed spaces where social distancing isn’t easy like a supermarket or a shop.

    It is required getting your haircut.

    It’s not required in the moronic dreams of people who argue not to wear one because they saw a post about it.

    Are you a smoker Joe?


  • #6828
    harr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭harr


    Huge differences in shops when it comes to masks , my local super value started off fantastic in adhering to guidelines a few months back, now the sanitiser is nearly always empty no enforcement of distance in shop and no extra as far as I can see cleaning process.. staff not wearing face covers and quiet happy to stop and chat to whoever.. and the thing is some locals are praising them for easing back on the guidelines. Already two members of staff have had Covid and this is one of the worst affected counties.
    In contrast to a smaller shop yards away who insists on masks and are adhering to guidelines as much as possible and who are getting ridiculed on social media for asking people to wear masks so much so in fact certain people on Facebook have asked people to boycott the shop on the grounds that shop has no legal right to force you to do anything. The mind boggles at some people’s attitude at being asked to do anything.
    The shop owner has quite rightly come out and said he is protecting staff and more vulnerable customers and the shop probably wouldn’t survive if an outbreak did happen as he only has 4 staff members and that all staff would need to self isolate.


  • #6829
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,255 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    Are you a smoker Joe?

    Nope.


  • #6830
    YellowBucket
    Closed Accounts Posts: 491 ✭✭YellowBucket


    Washing up liquid wouldn’t really be any better than laundry detergent and may be more irritating to skin. They design these products to wash clothes, not dishes, so they’re generally very safe to use with fabric that’s in contact with your skin.

    The main thing is just rinse everything very well.

    If you want to use anything, a good quality liquid hand soap might be safer than dishwashing liquid.

    If it were me, I would just throw them into the machine on a cotton cycle (with the short / time saver or similar option) set and just forget about them. It will do a very good job of removing anything.

    The main issue with laundry detergents tends to be the lingering scents though. If you’re very concerned, there’s a product by Unilever called Neutral, which you can order easily enough online. It’s entirely scent free and is very popular in Scandinavia and cleans as well as Persil.

    Also Ecover Zero should be available in a lot of shops and is extremely effective and has no scents and is very skin friendly.


  • #6831
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,255 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Spiderman0081 wrote: »
    Would a lockdown be necessary if everyone completed the above tasks correctly?

    Ok let’s play along. Firstly the chances of a lockdown would be decreased by following them. But even with them, because of the actual contagiousness of the virus it wouldn’t guarantee it. But that doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be followed. It’s literally the same as saying that even following a healthy lifestyle doesn’t guarantee that you won’t get ill so why follow a healthy lifestyle.

    Honestly what was the reason for your question?


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  • #6832
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,643 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    Face masks prevent other people from getting infected

    There we have it. In a nutshell.


  • #6833
    Boggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,566 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    Face masks prevent other people from getting infected so how would I choke on my own mucus by not wearing one?

    Apologies I didn't realize you lived in a bunker sealed off from society.

    You should have mentioned.


  • #6834
    Spiderman0081
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭Spiderman0081


    joeguevara wrote: »
    Ok let’s play along. Firstly the chances of a lockdown would be decreased by following them. But even with them, because of the actual contagiousness of the virus it wouldn’t guarantee it. But that doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be followed. It’s literally the same as saying that even following a healthy lifestyle doesn’t guarantee that you won’t get ill so why follow a healthy lifestyle.

    Honestly what was the reason for your question?
    I agree with you that they should be followed. “ But even with them, because of the actual contagiousness of the virus it wouldn’t guarantee it.“
    It’s impossible to get everyone to apply all the recommendations correctly. It’s impossible. And even if it was possible the virus according to you would not guarantee the end of a lockdown. So why is this the main selling point by the government for eventually getting out of the lockdown.
    I agree with the recommendations. The lockdown is causing more harm than good in countless ways, with the full effects yet to be seen.
    Follow the recommendations. End the lockdown.


  • #6835
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    Graham wrote: »
    There we have it. In a nutshell.

    Most people don’t have the virus, what’s the point in wearing the mask if I don’t have the virus. Who am I going to pass the virus to?


  • #6836
    PMBC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,117 ✭✭✭PMBC


    Yes: to protect myself and others
    Ive been washing mine by hand with hand soap or liquid soap after each, albeit infrequent use. Since the soap acts on the ?fats on the virus surface I felt that this was an OK way to go. Now Im not too sure!!


  • #6837
    Allinall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,339 ✭✭✭Allinall


    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    Most people don’t have the virus, what’s the point in wearing the mask if I don’t have the virus. Who am I going to pass the virus to?

    How do you know you don’t have the virus?


  • #6838
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    joeguevara wrote: »
    Nope.

    Have my doubts. Saw a post about it before.

    Either way, any smokers who harp on about a mask a following medical advice need to stfu.


  • #6839
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,255 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Spiderman0081 wrote: »
    I agree with you that they should be followed. “ But even with them, because of the actual contagiousness of the virus it wouldn’t guarantee it.“
    It’s impossible to get everyone to apply all the recommendations correctly. It’s impossible. And even if it was possible the virus according to you would not guarantee the end of a lockdown. So why is this the main selling point by the government for eventually getting out of the lockdown.
    I agree with the recommendations. The lockdown is causing more harm than good in countless ways, with the full effects yet to be seen.
    Follow the recommendations. End the lockdown.

    Firstly the post of mine you quoted was in response to someone asking a question with the preface that all measures I had previously posted were followed.

    Secondly we are not in a lockdown. If you think we are, please explain.

    The purpose of this thread is to discuss masks. It’s a mitigant to decreasing transmission and not a silver bullet. Not one person who promotes wearing masks has said otherwise. Countless times I have seen anti mask debaters say, why wear them because it won’t cure the virus. That’s not an argument.

    Again, every reasonable person here is saying, in enclosed spaces where people are, wear a mask. Nothing more, nothing less. Stop with bullsh1t arguments and cop on. If you are saying that not wearing a mask helps stop the virus being transmitted, all I can say is I hope the legally mandated carer that person has puts the mask on them. (I’m not saying that is you)


  • #6840
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    Allinall wrote: »
    How do you know you don’t have the virus?

    The same way I know I don’t have AIDS or cancer.


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  • #6841
    Allinall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,339 ✭✭✭Allinall


    That doesn’t answer the question.

    Have you been tested?

    Most people that have the virus don’t think they have it.

    Just like you.


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