To Mask or not to two - Mask Megathread cont.

I think this is weird 😉

I live in a remote spot in the country, I work from home, I must be one of lowest risk people in Ireland for getting Covid.

I went to some concerts in Dublin recently though, I thought, thousands of people tightly packed in an indoor space? Definitely mask up, so I wore a FFP2 mask, however I was the only person wearing one out of thousands.

I know vaguely that the data supports everyone wearing masks, but is there any data / studies about my situation? Wearing a mask in a room of people not wearing masks? I want to know how much of a difference it makes for me. If it's not at all effective I could just not attend.

If you're the infected one, it's effective in minimizing spread to everyone else...

This study by Max Plancke Institute is regarded as pretty good.

Ffp2 masks apparently filter 94% of molecules down to 0.075 micrometres in size! That would be impressive if we could even visualize something that size but it is a lot less than the smallest estimated aerosol particle of Covid 19 generated https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7579175/

But I don't know what the current data is on effectiveness of one person wearing a mask among a crowd of a few thousand not wearing anything and singing and shouting at the top of their voices . I would imagine it is some protection as the masks last for 20 hours.

I do know from myself and other family members who have high risk conditions and are immunocompromised ( one very ) , that once we were vaccinated and boosted , we just got on with it . And that was multiple concerts, two festivals but only one indoors . And no masks .

None of us caught anything except a cold , but not Covid .

I would still wear a Ffp2 in healthcare settings but not otherwise anymore. Unless things change and the infection levels start to rise .

I think most healthy people who have immunity from infection and vaccination should be ok with Covid as it is now, but if you really don't want to catch it , wear the mask and avoid indoor crowded areas .

I take it you were ok after the concerts ?

Yeah I was fine after them, I have gone to a few in past few months.. I just have avoided getting Covid so far, my chances of getting it 99% of the time are nearly zero, but at these gigs obviously much higher. I just dont wanna get it cus the longterm side-effects from it are still a mystery. Eg. there have been studies surfacing in the past few months indicating a mild form of brain damage in people who had it, and so on.

Oh look, there's the nonsense word 'hysteria' trotted out again rather than responding to the points I made. We also had a 'herd mentality' in there earlier. It's like bingo.

This is what I wrote:

You didn't know how severe a dose you would be hit with, or who you might pass it on to. Or whether you have covid or just a cold or flu.

So what about everyone over 50? Or with a condition? Or a close contact of someone like that? What % of the population you think that gets us up to?

The teacher did what exactly? What else do you think a teacher might threaten detention to a pupil about?

In my old school you got detention for the wrong shoes!

The teacher mentioned family member as much to stress the reason why the masks was needed as any sort of 'emotional blackmail'.

Non story.

Lol, thats me definitely gone so!

Good for you and would be keen to avoid if I were you. As long as you are happy and living your life.

Lots of multiple effects on various systems in the body not just the brain, cardiac , neurological, renal, immune issues , not to mention inflammatory conditions like diabetes triggered.

Having said that, they have been finding these less triggered by Omicron.

All the bedwetters delighted with the news that masking coming back ...

N95 are for filtering airborne particles, more than just dust. And your 30 minutes claim? where did you get that from?

Rest of your post really should be moved to conspiracy theories.

Jimmy this is very vague and mainly just your opinion. Which is fine . But its not specific .

I have linked to the HSPC thread many times , but always to a specific part . You are just linking generally .

Show exactly where you are getting the figures that specifically back up your assertions .

At many stages during the pandemic particularly 2021, 50% of the hospitalisations and severe illness were in those under 55. And at that time incidental infections were a much lower percentage than they are since Omicron.

I've said it before many times , it makes little difference if you end up severely ill in hospital of Covid or with Covid. It is still pressure on the health service due to the increased staffing and other requirements of isolation nursing , and the many effects on the patient .

Covid is not like other respiratory diseases in so far as its inflammatory effects on vital organs and how it causes so many complications from cardiac to renal to respiratory to haematological neurological, etc

Look at your own link under the different waves and ICU admissions to see all the complications associated with the illness. It's an extremely complex infection .

That is a clear sing that things are slowly getting back to normal. You cant seriously expect people to stay home with a flu in this economic situation and pretty much non existent illness benefit. This was a norm even back then when economy was not that bad.

If you feel like you want to stay at home or wear mask I doubt anyone would have anything against your choice.

Knock yourself out