Does anyone honestly think masks do any good?

Dave_Anderson
It still blows my mind people are going along with the mask absurdity.

I can forgive people for accepting lockdowns, shutdowns, even the social distancing (its actually kind of nice not having people pushing into your personal space in the store), but I will never, ever forgive them for being such complete sheep to think healthy people wearing a piece of cloth to restrict their breathing was sane, rational, or going to do anything helpful to prevent a microscopic virus from being transmitted.

The whole idea doesn't make rational sense. If the idea was to prevent an illness from flying through the air into another person's nose and mouth when someone sneezes or coughs, or even when talking, then wouldn't it be more effective to carry a handkerchief and hold it up to your mouth when you are about to sneeze, cough, or talk, without irrationally surpressing oxygen intake the rest of the time?

If the claim is that the illness constantly flies out of the mouth simply when people breathe and floats through the air and drifts into other people's mouth and nostrils, or is some new Legionnaire's Disease that gets into ventilation systems and floats through the air, then there's no reason to believe it couldn't get around the corners of the mask. If its this crafty and contagious why wasn't the transmission rate been much higher?

Even a pro-establishment study recently admitted that universal mask wearing by healthy people in everyday life was nearly statistically useless (in fact this study likely overstated mask usefulness).

The mask insanity being forced on people by governments, businesses, and busybodies in public ranks as a crime against humanity, albeit not of the magnitude of mass murder but still a crime. Its been about control, nothing more.

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  • Dave_Anderson
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    4 years ago
    Billions of masks have ended up in the oceans and wilderness areas killing countless sea life and wild animals and polluting the planet.
  • shailynn
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    4 years ago
    Did you mom drop you on your head a lot when you were a kid?
  • Neobwh
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    4 years ago
    All those oxygen deprived surgeons.........
  • reverendhornibastard
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    4 years ago
    Medical opinions expressed on TUSCL can be amusing but I prefer to get my medical advice from people with degrees in medicine.
  • Mate27
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    4 years ago
    Masks are simply a courtesy to other people when your in public. It protects others and not the mask wearers, so when you go in public w/out wearing a mask you’re basically telling that person you have no regards to their safety or well being. End of story.
  • twentyfive
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    4 years ago
    Scientists are hard at work trying to find a cure for stupid, is the OP part of the control group or did he get the placebo?
  • jackslash
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    4 years ago
    The science-deniers hate the masks and vaccines recommended by medical experts like Dr. Fauci, but they love Trump, who wanted to cure COVID by drinking bleach.
  • Salty.Nutz
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    4 years ago
    yes mask work, but not like you think. We have to be treated like the lowest denominator. If youre sick you should sneeze cough in your hand or hanker chief to prevent the spread of germs, but since most people are too stupid and lack common courtesy we have mask mandates. if youre not sick you dont need a mask but those few bad apples ruin it for everyone.
  • Salty.Nutz
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    4 years ago
    Theres no "science."

    "God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.”
  • ime
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    4 years ago
    Make sure to wear two or six of them.
  • datinman
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    4 years ago
    Tell me, what color is the sky in your world, Dave?


    https://youtu.be/lbS2KSRUVHo
  • Mate27
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    4 years ago
    ^^ government is such a waste and most in efficient way to implement something. Need to implement, free markets.
  • CarlitosPeligro
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    4 years ago
    As with most of the shit out in the media today the truth is somewhere in the middle. Yes masks are not 100%. They aren’t blocking particles below a certain size but apparently a lot of virus is contained in larger droplets of moisture that is blocked somewhat. So they are not nothing not are they everything and I agree we are erring on the side of too much mask. Especially outdoors and in combination with distancing. It’s over the top a lot of the time. The bigger concern I have is how to unring the overdone fear mongering as the vaccines and natural immunity kick in. How are we king to convince enough of the hand wringers that the schools need to open fully? If it means full day with masks I support it even though it’s overkill. If the theatrical quality gets things closer to normal let’s wear masks like morons or Japanese commuters.
  • CarlitosPeligro
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    4 years ago
    ^^ what’s the free market incentive to work toward community health? Who will pay?
  • pistola
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    4 years ago
    Anyone not masking up is a fuckwit. And I’m no liberal, it’s common sense and respect for others.
  • docsavage
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    4 years ago
    If masks work then Texas, which ended its mask mandate a month ago, should have increasing cases while Michigan, which continued its mask mandate, should have declining cases. Instead cases have declined in Texas for the last month and Michigan has had an increase in cases and currently has the highest case rate of any state in the country.
  • whodey
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    4 years ago
    Masks are one way to reduce the spread. Do they stop it completely? No. Are they the best way to stop the spread? No, that would be getting vaccinated.

    Should they be worn. Absolutely. Just like wearing a seatbelt doesn't prevent all traffic fatalities they do reduce the total so mask up / buckle up.

    For those of you who still complain that the government has no right to infringe on your freedom by requiring you to cover your mouth with a piece of fabric, why aren't you equally upset that they require you to wear pants in public? Requiring you to wear a mask to protect others from being exposed to you is no different than requiring pants for the same reason.
  • nicespice
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    4 years ago
    To be fair, Texas may have ended things at the state level, but most businesses are still requiring it. And some places are still (by choice) only allowing take out for food. At the main grocery store chain in the central Texas area it’s “requested” but not “required”—but nonetheless haven’t seen anyone go maskless anyways.

    I honestly don’t feel like things are really any “different”(in Texas specifically) but then again I haven’t been in any clubs or any other nighttime venue, nor outside a city where I’m sure attitudes are different.
  • CarlitosPeligro
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    4 years ago
    Comparing states and cities on masks alone may miss the point. There are studies that claim to correlate spikes with relaxing local mask mandates but I don’t believe them either. There are many factors. I think some states like CA and NY and WA that had huge spikes in the cities last year must be experiencing an effect of partial herd immunity by now. Someone reported 1/3 citizens of LA were likely already infected by Dec 2020. If so, that alone is going to slow the progression I would think. Not enough to end it but slow it. It seems to have plateaued in a lot of those early hotspots. I wasn’t watching Detroit last year, did they spike near the numbers on the coasts? Are they just catching up and burning through what coastal cities already suffered? I always thought this thing was going to have to do a certain amount of burning through the population before it slows down. I’m just pissed off today reading about more anti-vaxxers. Idiots who think their solidarity with republican leaning wing nuts and “owning the dems” is more important than public health. The “oppression” drama is just stupid. The preamble to the constitution explicitly says that its purpose and by extension the purpose of government is to promote the general welfare. There is nothing more common-sense than using the power of government to stop a virus outbreak which may require people to get jabbed with a needle or wear a mask. We kicked smallpox and polio this way. It wasn’t optional. It was mandatory. I’m much more concerned about people who want to control information with an unholy combination of surveillance and censorship than I am about people that want to control public health.
  • SanchoRG
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    4 years ago
    Masks definitely have a beneficial effect. Beyond being a litmus test for basic emotional intelligence among adults, they provide a means of hiding your face to hinder facial recognition cameras. Down with the panopticon!

    Mark my words: when this is all done, the people in power will teeter back to wanting to outlaw masks so they can flush out their dossiers on us more effectively and track our every move. Shit the UK is already there.
  • TFP
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    4 years ago
    All I know is, since I started wearing the masks last year I haven't so much as caught a single cold. Whereas usually I catch at least 4 colds a year. So I'm a believer that it is helping.
  • Dave_Anderson
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    4 years ago
    Report not true? If so why?

    https://www.afinalwarning.com/502243.htm…
  • twentyfive
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    4 years ago
    If you look around the room at the gaggle of relatives and strangers occupying the space and cannot immediately identify who the stupid one is, it's a good bet the stupid one is you.

    This is not only experientially accurate as a joke, it's literally true as scientific fact.
  • Lil Jayne Doe
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    4 years ago
    Yes, I can mouth fuck off to customers without them knowing....
  • Tetradon
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    4 years ago
    What TFP said above. I think these protective measures made it a mild flu season. I'll keep masking up for fewer colds even if we eradicate COVID.
  • georgmicrodong
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    4 years ago
    Yes. It's far easier to be anonymous, foiling all the face recognition various people are doing.
  • Icee Loco (asshole)
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    4 years ago
    I think masks and the vaccine give people a false sense of security. Its all about making us feel safe enough to keep engaging in mindless consumerism so businesses can profit off of us. And to make us complacent with rushed reopenings while a 4th surge is starting.

    That said masks don't hurt and neither does better hygiene
  • skibum609
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    4 years ago
    Once the Democrats forcing business out of business with their mask bullshit, decided that the urban terrorists of BLM could riot and steal without masks, I decided to not wear a mask unless I felt it was for my benefit. Like flying to denver to buy weed.
  • 48-Cowboy
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    4 years ago
    ^ everything is about slackers like you... I get it boss.
  • bkkruined
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    4 years ago
    Does anyone honestly think saliva doesn't fly out of their mouth when they talk, or just breath?

    If you find they are really that uncomfortable, maybe try flossing and a rinse with Listerine.
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