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  • #7442
    screamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,193 ✭✭✭screamer


    Yes: to protect others
    Tickers and all similar mask sceptic posters, you might consider keeping us updated on how your health fares as we transit to the virus spreading season, as to whether you contract covid19 or not without wearing any masks. I’d be truly interested to see how the get along.


  • #7443
    timetogo1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 892 ✭✭✭timetogo1


    No: I don't care enough
    GT89 wrote: »
    Yes as it's a face covering and not a mask that's required and a visor falls into this category

    However since your asthmatic you can always say you have a medical exemption and wear neither.

    If you're that bad maybe don't go out. If your asthma is that severe then covid would be a nightmare or life threatening.

    I've asthma and a mask makes virtually no difference to my breathing.


  • #7444
    i_surge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭i_surge


    screamer wrote: »
    Tickers and all similar mask sceptic posters, you might consider keeping us updated on how your health fares as we transit to the virus spreading season, as to whether you contract covid19 or not without wearing any masks. I’d be truly interested to see how the get along.

    They will probably get along fine as the amount of virus out there is very low now (and hopefully continues that trend), doesn't make them less stupid of course and the worst part is they will feel vindicated.


  • #7445
    dwayneshintzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,343 ✭✭✭dwayneshintzy


    Yes: to protect myself and others
    Risteard81 wrote: »
    Why don't you prove that they do work? Even so it wouldn't justify the totalitarianism.
    Expecting people to wear masks during an unprecedented, worldwide pandemic is not totalitarianism. It's a ridiculous thing to say, and you must have lived an awful sheltered life to view it as such.


  • #7446
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    screamer wrote: »
    Tickers and all similar mask sceptic posters, you might consider keeping us updated on how your health fares as we transit to the virus spreading season, as to whether you contract covid19 or not without wearing any masks. I’d be truly interested to see how the get along.

    It's a risk I'm willing to take, the same way I've done for my whole life when flu season comes around. I'm very unlikely to get sick and extremely unlikely to die from it.


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  • #7447
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    joeguevara wrote: »
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/16/plastic-visors-arent-safe-should-worn-masks-say-swiss/

    Most recent advice say that visors aren’t anywhere near as effective as masks. This was coupled with a hotel where every member of staff who wore a visor contracted Covid whereas none who wore a mask did.

    But I thought masks only prevented people with the virus from spreading it to others? That means the people who wore the visors contracted it from the people wearing masks...


  • #7448
    dwayneshintzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,343 ✭✭✭dwayneshintzy


    Yes: to protect myself and others
    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    It's a risk I'm willing to take, the same way I've done for my whole life when flu season comes around. I'm very unlikely to get sick and extremely unlikely to die from it.
    You just don't much care if you pass it along to someone else, obviously.


  • #7449
    dwayneshintzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,343 ✭✭✭dwayneshintzy


    Yes: to protect myself and others
    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    But I thought masks only prevented people with the virus from spreading it to others? That means the people who wore the visors contracted it from the people wearing masks...
    Masks help to limit the spread of covid-19, they are not a 100% foolproof block.


  • #7450
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    dwayneshintzy wrote: »
    Expecting people to wear masks during an unprecedented, worldwide pandemic is not totalitarianism. It's a ridiculous thing to say, and you must have lived an awful sheltered life to view it as such.

    Or maybe you've lived a privileged life and don't know what it's like to go without anything as opposed to previous generations who actually know their history and what it's like to live in a world without an iPhone.


  • #7451
    John O.Groats
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 837 ✭✭✭John O.Groats


    Yes: surgical
    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    It's a risk I'm willing to take, the same way I've done for my whole life when flu season comes around. I'm very unlikely to get sick and extremely unlikely to die from it.

    You don`t know that and even if you don`t get sick yourself are you OK with the strong likelihood of spreading the virus to someone who is vulnerable? Maybe even a family member or relative?


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  • #7452
    timetogo1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 892 ✭✭✭timetogo1


    No: I don't care enough
    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    It's a risk I'm willing to take, the same way I've done for my whole life when flu season comes around. I'm very unlikely to get sick and extremely unlikely to die from it.

    Can be summarised with
    "Im alright, Jack"


  • #7453
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    joeguevara wrote: »
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/16/plastic-visors-arent-safe-should-worn-masks-say-swiss/

    Most recent advice say that visors aren’t anywhere near as effective as masks. This was coupled with a hotel where every member of staff who wore a visor contracted Covid whereas none who wore a mask did.
    dwayneshintzy wrote: »
    Masks help to limit the spread of covid-19, they are not a 100% foolproof block.

    Hang on a sec, the whole argument for wearing the mask to prevent others from getting covid and that it doesn't protect you from getting covid but transmitting it to others. So how is it that the people wearing the masks didn't contract covid if the whole point of wearing a mask is not to pass it onto others???


  • #7454
    dwayneshintzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,343 ✭✭✭dwayneshintzy


    Yes: to protect myself and others
    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    Or maybe you've lived a privileged life and don't know what it's like to go without anything as opposed to previous generations who actually know their history and what it's like to live in a world without an iPhone.
    Maybe that's the case Kendrick Jolly Ibex, but how have you possibly gleaned that from anything I've said?


    I was commenting on a poster saying that requiring masks during a pandemic is totalitarianism. That's a ridiculous thing to say.


  • #7455
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,913 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    No: I don't care enough
    timetogo1 wrote: »
    Can be summarised with
    "Im alright, Jack"

    Or to quote his soulmate GT89, "I don't really care about the vulnerable tbh"


  • #7456
    Risteard81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,566 ✭✭✭Risteard81


    No: I will wait for the HSE to recommend
    screamer wrote: »
    Even wearing masks, we will see an uptick in cases but not because of masks, because we are heading into virus season, and covid cases will rise. That’s why it’s important we all do everything possible to minimise that spread.
    If I go into my local shops and see people without masks I’ll be calling out the manager to sort it out. If people haven’t the decency to abide by the rules they can f@@k off and either avail of home delivery or do without. Unless of course the local friendly covid stores will allow in all the unmasked assholes.

    It's not a lawful rule. If you want to be a spy, tout and informer then you should be utterly ashamed of yourself. Those actions are the true virus.

    Mod: Banned for ignoring threadban.


  • #7457
    i_surge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭i_surge


    The worst thing that could have happened, has happened. A pandemic in the middle of society tearing itself in two. Here we have people copycatting the worst sort of "freedom fighting" idiocy from a totally different country on the other side of the world. This covid thing could be done by now if it wasn't politicised.


  • #7458
    screamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,193 ✭✭✭screamer


    Yes: to protect others
    Risteard81 wrote: »
    It's not a lawful rule. If you want to be a spy, tout and informer then you should be utterly ashamed of yourself. Those actions are the true virus.

    Yeah knock yourself out there, words don’t hurt anyone, but covid can kill........ Utterly ashamed for calling out selfish assholes, yeah not in this lifetime Ristard.


  • #7459
    John O.Groats
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 837 ✭✭✭John O.Groats


    Yes: surgical
    Risteard81 wrote: »
    It's not a lawful rule. If you want to be a spy, tout and informer then you should be utterly ashamed of yourself. Those actions are the true virus.

    As of next Monday it will be. Spy, tout, informer? Maybe you should take off your tinfoil hat pal.


  • #7460
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    No: other
    i_surge wrote: »
    The worst thing that could have happened, has happened. A pandemic in the middle of society tearing itself in two. Here we have people copycatting the worst sort of "freedom fighting" idiocy from a totally different country on the other side of the world. This covid thing could be done by now if it wasn't politicised.
    Cramped workplaces, house parties, household spread, care homes is where we've had our cases, the bulk of which would not involve masks.


  • #7461
    Risteard81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,566 ✭✭✭Risteard81


    No: I will wait for the HSE to recommend
    John O.Groats wrote: »
    As of next Monday it will be. Spy, tout, informer? Maybe you should take off your tinfoil hat pal.

    It will never be lawful.


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  • #7462
    John O.Groats
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 837 ✭✭✭John O.Groats


    Yes: surgical
    Risteard81 wrote: »
    It will never be lawful.

    I wonder what makes you think that ? Let me guess. Something to do with the "traitorous totalitarian so called government"? Have I got your spiel right?


  • #7463
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    John O.Groats wrote: »
    You don`t know that and even if you don`t get sick yourself are you OK with the strong likelihood of spreading the virus to someone who is vulnerable? Maybe even a family member or relative?

    So should we do the same when the flu virus comes around every year? If you want to live in fear and go around wearing a mask because you might have the flu even though you feel fine and show no symptoms but "oh God I could have a disease an not know it" what type of way is that to live your life or what type of mindset is that to have?


  • #7464
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    Risteard81 wrote: »
    It's not a lawful rule. If you want to be a spy, tout and informer then you should be utterly ashamed of yourself. Those actions are the true virus.

    and you know that in real life he wouldnt say boo to anyone.


  • #7465
    dwayneshintzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,343 ✭✭✭dwayneshintzy


    Yes: to protect myself and others
    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    So should we do the same when the flu virus comes around every year? If you want to live in fear and go around wearing a mask because you might have the flu even though you feel fine and show no symptoms but "oh God I could have a disease an not know it" what type of way is that to live your life or what type of mindset is that to have?
    Covid-19 is much more dangerous than the common flu; it's a novel disease, that nobody had any experience of prior to this year. More precautions make sense for this, due to the higher rate of death and serious complications.


    However, it'd be no bad thing if people who think they have the flu in future (voluntarily) wore masks. Why would it be?


  • #7466
    John O.Groats
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 837 ✭✭✭John O.Groats


    Yes: surgical
    Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »
    So should we do the same when the flu virus comes around every year? If you want to live in fear and go around wearing a mask because you might have the flu even though you feel fine and show no symptoms but "oh God I could have a disease an not know it" what type of way is that to live your life or what type of mindset is that to have?

    I would hope it would be considered a responsible mindset. You should try to adopt it yourself. You might be a better person for it.


  • #7467
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 10,049 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    joeguevara wrote: »
    This has all Shown to be false. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/how-effective-are-face-shields_uk_5f1eac05c5b6945e6e3d2a3e?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvLnVrLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJre13YvcCPoCTtWK3dX7haa1WdMfWaPFoH1Y44oeXoFRZmQaevqlwOsNkUFHmgAl28PHGDXyBSRrjs2NEWThjcf6_QffyzUPeVnE0268TRc0KojmhDYtiXTQDFvH0vFck7IztcoZj6A_Aq90fbs-XR3xw3dpJGQp5eft0W7bh2m

    Does not contradict anything I wrote. Most transmission is droplet based not aerosol, visors block droplets, therefore reducing spread. The original contention was they are useless, not that they are not perfect, and are probably as effective or even better than single layer cotton masks


  • #7468
    i_surge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭i_surge


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Does not contradict anything I wrote. Most transmission is droplet based not aerosol, visors block droplets, therefore reducing spread. The original contention was they are useless, not that they are not perfect, and are probably as effective or even better than single layer cotton masks

    They are not. Stop spreading misinformation.


  • #7469
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 10,049 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    i_surge wrote: »
    What a lame argument.

    Use a proper mask so. If you can genuinely feel somebodies spittle passing through your mask, stay at home for your own sake, you are doing everything wrong.

    Visor + mask ...Great

    Visor on its own, waste of time.

    You are not changing your mind but you are also talking nonsense. I use a proper double layer cloth face covering. It doesn’t make visors useless though. Aerosols are a tiny fraction of spread, and if we eliminated all spread except through aerosols we would be clear of the virus pretty quickly


  • #7470
    i_surge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭i_surge


    Deleted User wrote: »
    You are not changing your mind but you are also talking nonsense. I use a proper double layer cloth face covering. It doesn’t make visors useless though. Aerosols are a tiny fraction of spread, and if we eliminated all spread except through aerosols we would be clear of the virus pretty quickly

    A visor is great I agree but only if paired with a mask.

    I'm not changing my mind because anyone saying a visor is a good substitute for a mask is still wrong.


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  • #7471
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 10,049 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    i_surge wrote: »
    They are not. Stop spreading misinformation.

    https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-how-is-covid-19-transmitted

    https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html

    https://www.mayoclinic.org/novel-coronavirus/expert-answers/faq-20478727


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