To Mask or not to two - Mask Megathread cont.

Thats me wrote: »

I have no doubts if somebody would enforce wearing masks with no reason many people would raise. But while this is not the case i see no reason to be worried in advance.

The evidence of the past 9 months suggests otherwise. It suggests that hardly anyone would protest against it. Most people have gone along with all of Anthony's rubbish since March. Anthony could decide they're needed for the flu.

robinph wrote: »

You are frightened that one city in New Zealand has switched back and forth a couple of times between having laws regarding mask wearing on busses brought in and then cancelled?

Where is the conspiracy here? What are you afraid of?

So some countries have decided to keep more widespread mask wearing in place despite what are seemingly low case numbers compared to what we have seen in Europe. Could that be part of the reason that they have low case numbers by any chance? You do know that the virus is still out there right, and as seen in most countries in Europe case numbers can easily start to ramp up again quite quickly and the vaccine isn't yet out or being administered to the worldwide population.

Maybe when one of the few things you have available as a defence against the virus is the wearing of masks it might be a good idea to keep the use of masks high until a vaccine comes along?

If those countries get rid of masks post vaccine then I'll have no reason to worry. The fact that they haven't when COVID is more or less gone from those countries suggests to me that the only reason they haven't is because they want to control people.

robinph wrote: »

You need to read up on what the definition of a pandemic is as it's got nothing to do with the number of cases in Ireland.

But I'm asking specifically about what was being called a pandemic in Ireland in the summer. Was it, based on the 1 and 2 cases a day total, a pandemic?

Thats me wrote: »

Probably they have not need it because Asians are less often demonstrating antisocial behaviour and just wearing masks as recommended.

But they're not recommended, they're mandatory. That's the point I'm making.

Sconsey wrote: »

You are talking nonsense on this thread and even worse shyte on the vaccine thread, with an account less than three days old. Stinks of some that probably got banned.

I'll give the 'ignore' button a try.

Nonsense because I disagree with you? We're entitled to have an opinion. It's a discussion forum. I'll probably end up getting thread banned because the pattern here seems to be that when somebody wants to get a person thread banned they shout 'conspiracy theorist' or insult the person because they disagree with them, i.e. "shyte".

robinph wrote: »

The pandemic is still around worldwide. There is not widespread vaccinations happening. People are dying every day. People are still catching the virus. People are still spreading the virus.

What is strange in that situation about various countries still having certain restrictions in place to try to ensure that they remain virus free?

Where is the evidence that masks are here to stay? Show us the historical proof of this happening before.

What are the reasons for governments wanting to enforce permanent mask wearing?
Why are countries around the world of all political persuasions following the same set of guidelines?
Why has there been no leak from any government worldwide about this big conspiracy to enforce the worlds population to start wearing masks? Who is running this conspiracy and why?

But the virus is gone from Taiwan. They've gone over 200 days without a case. Close to be year, and yet they're still mandatory. Why wouldn't it be the same in this part of the world post vaccine? Indeed, people are beginning to shift from "vaccine, back to normal" to "masks and distancing necessary indefinitely post vaccinations". The neverending moving goalposts.

The evidence, but not proof, which is important to say, is a country going almost a year with no cases, i.e. Taiwan, still having mandatory mask wearing in place. Further evidence is countries where COVID-19 is statistically insignificant still having mandatory mask wearing in place. Where's the evidence that they aren't permanent? The only Health Minister to have spoken of masks being a thing of the past is the Turkish Minister of Health. So there is evidence that they'll be a thing of the past in Turkey.

It's not really possible to compare the Spanish Flu, for example, with COVID-19 because the world then and the world now is so different. Crucially, there was no social media back then. Social media dictates social policy in the West. So if enough Irish people on Twitter object to masks being got rid of then they probably won't be.

If I answer your other questions in detail then I'll be accused of being a conspiracy theorist. But the answer is the World Economic Forum. That's all I'll say.