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[LouderVol]

Johns Hopkins says we should wear masks. Sorry, but no one holds a candle to their expertise and knowledge.

Coronavirus Face Masks & Protection FAQs

You realize they are saying you should wear it properly. Which is precisely what so many on here having been pointing out people arent doing.

Seems like that bit of expertise is ignored.

 

[Purple Tiger]

Geez this is stupid.

It really doesn’t mean death for a lot of people, it actually means saving more lives in the long run. Why do you want to drag this out and maximize the death count?

Young healthy folks will not die from this. Period. They won’t even get hospitalized, statistically, outside of some silly anecdotal story you can dig up.

You want to save old and at risk people from death and long term disability? Let these young people get this virus, develop immunity, and stop with the fear peddling. As long as hospitals aren’t overloaded (which they aren’t) then there is literally no issue. At this point anybody at risk would know it and is self-isolating. And if they aren’t, the healthy folks walking around without masks aren’t killing them, it is the at risk people that are pointing the gun at themselves.

And I’m not Christian, FWIW.

I would say that your opinion is stupid because it runs contrary to those of epidemiologists and doctors. Is it possible for those infected young people to transmit the virus to their bosses, professors, parents or other older relatives? YES.

No joke you aren't a Christian or even a humanist.

 

[VolnJC]

What is your track record on COVID? Oh, that's right, you know bumpkis about it.

I know this from teaching aseptic technique and maintaining a sterile environment...most people who wear masks
1) do it incorrectly
2) end up touching their face more
Also gloves are only effective until you touch something and gloves give many the false thinking they don't need to perform frequent hand washing
I used to go thru 40-50 pairs of gloves and several stacks of sterile pads keeping our compounding area sterile...the best approach is limiting trips, social distancing, and frequent hand washing

 

[Purple Tiger]

You realize they are saying you should wear it properly. Which is precisely what so many on here having been pointing out people arent doing.

Seems like that bit of expertise is ignored.

Of course you should properly wear a mask. I do. Where do wear your mask? Across your ass?

 

[Volsfaninva917]

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Facebook factchecked this for some reason. It says Freedom To Breathe Agency on it. No **** its fake lol.

Lol

 

[Purple Tiger]

I know this from teaching aseptic technique and maintaining a sterile environment...most people who wear masks
1) do it incorrectly
2) end up touching their face more
Also gloves are only effective until you touch something and gloves give many the false thinking they don't need to perform frequent hand washing
I used to go thru 40-50 pairs of gloves and several stacks of sterile pads keeping our compounding area sterile...the best approach is limiting trips, social distancing, and frequent hand washing

Thanks for the info. Are you doing anything different in your sterilizing routine with COVID?

 

[VolnJC]

Thanks for the info. Are you doing anything different in your sterilizing routine with COVID?

Yeah the 3 things I mentioned plus I wear masks where they are required.. but I work from home now and we homeschool and do curbside pickup for groceries...our life hasnt changed much

 

[LouderVol]

Of course you should properly wear a mask. I do. Where do wear your mask? Across your ass?

Two layers usually. Unless I am going commando.

I havent seen any hard numbers for either side here. But the argument boils down to"

1. Wearing masks properly is a good idea.
2. However since 95% of the general population arent wearing masks properly is it still a good idea?
3. I have seen several sources saying that improperly wearing masks actually increases exposure.

So on paper it's a good idea to wear a mask. But in reality there is a reason health care workers dont wear masks out in public generally.

 

[NurseGoodVol]

In Nashville. I was asking about the city in which you work. Or general area.

I live in Norfolk.

 

[37L1]

I don’t think we have to wear masks 24/7. Just use a little common sense for the time being wear one for the time being if you’re in a particularly crowded public place. We can mitigate this without quarantines and shutting everything down if people will just think a little about the way they go about their business.

Yet people, weren't wearing them/were wearing them/on their chin, on mouth not noses/not 6' social distancing/all day-night, during the protests/demonstrations/riots and virtually no one was having a fit about it then.

Now it's so important.

I can see why some might think it's BS or really doesn't make a significant difference regarding the reason for wearing them, "protecting others."

 

[Purple Tiger]

I live in Norfolk.

No wonder you have been poo-pooing the seriousness of COVID and against taking precautions from it. You live in the 91st most populous city in the US, a town that is smaller than Chattanooga, TN. I think Clarksville, TN may be bigger, too. Norfolk has only had 855 cases of COVID and 9 deaths from it. Go talk or listen to Nashville's Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventative medicine and infectious diseases. He's been on local Nashville media as well as national outlets and is an advisor to the CDC and the government. He can tell you exactly how bad things are like in most American cities and infection hotspots. By the way, Nashville has had 12 times the number of cases and deaths than Norfolk.

 

[rjd970]

I would say that your opinion is stupid because it runs contrary to those of epidemiologists and doctors. Is it possible for those infected young people to transmit the virus to their bosses, professors, parents or other older relatives? YES.

No joke you aren't a Christian or even a humanist.

Lol

 

[37L1]

No wonder you have been poo-pooing the seriousness of COVID and against taking precautions from it. You live in the 91st most populous city in the US, a town that is smaller than Chattanooga, TN. I think Clarksville, TN may be bigger, too. Norfolk has only had 855 cases of COVID and 9 deaths from it. Go talk or listen to Nashville's Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventative medicine and infectious diseases. He's been on local Nashville media as well as national outlets and is an advisor to the CDC and the government. He can tell you exactly how bad things are like in most American cities and infection hotspots. By the way, Nashville has had 12 times the number of cases and deaths than Norfolk.

You don't know what she does as a nurse do you?

 

[Purple Tiger]

Lol

No retort, huh?

 

[DancingOutlaw]

No wonder you have been poo-pooing the seriousness of COVID and against taking precautions from it. You live in the 91st most populous city in the US, a town that is smaller than Chattanooga, TN. I think Clarksville, TN may be bigger, too. Norfolk has only had 855 cases of COVID and 9 deaths from it. Go talk or listen to Nashville's Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventative medicine and infectious diseases. He's been on local Nashville media as well as national outlets and is an advisor to the CDC and the government. He can tell you exactly how bad things are like in most American cities and infection hotspots. By the way, Nashville has had 12 times the number of cases and deaths than Norfolk.

It’s almost as if you’re advocating that municipalities operate based on their infection rate instead of blanket hysteria.

 

[Velo Vol]

 

[Purple Tiger]

It’s almost as if you’re advocating that municipalities operate based on their infection rate instead of blanket hysteria.

Just the opposite. It is easy to downplay covid if your city's lost 9 people to it. Those of us who live in areas that have been much harder hit understand the bad news is not hysteria but reality. Perspective is everything here.

 

[37L1]

Just the opposite. It is easy to downplay covid if your city's lost 9 people to it. Those of us who live in areas that have been much harder hit understand the bad news is not hysteria but reality. Perspective is everything here.

You need to find some.

 

[allvol123]

That will certainly be healthy for all the people normally employed.

 

[DancingOutlaw]

There’s a lot of young people leaving NYC that may never return. Waitressing while trying to make it in a musical is now completely impossible. Telework will relocate finance and banking employees well outside the metro area. People will not soon forget the panic of being stuck in a massive city with a pandemic on the loose.

 

[37L1]

There’s a lot of young people leaving NYC that may never return. Waitressing while trying to make it in a musical is now completely impossible. Telework will relocate finance and banking employees well outside the metro area. People will not soon forget the panic of being stuck in a massive city with a pandemic on the loose.

But you forget, people generally, are stupid and forget a lot all the time. The more time, the more that is forgotten. And the young are invincible.

 

[0nelilreb]

No wonder you have been poo-pooing the seriousness of COVID and against taking precautions from it. You live in the 91st most populous city in the US, a town that is smaller than Chattanooga, TN. I think Clarksville, TN may be bigger, too. Norfolk has only had 855 cases of COVID and 9 deaths from it. Go talk or listen to Nashville's Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventative medicine and infectious diseases. He's been on local Nashville media as well as national outlets and is an advisor to the CDC and the government. He can tell you exactly how bad things are like in most American cities and infection hotspots. By the way, Nashville has had 12 times the number of cases and deaths than Norfolk.

You should learn how to read . Let me help you out smart guy... “ I LIVE IN NORFOLK”

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

These theaters are more than justified in making whatever business decisions they so choose, but I believe that closing until January 3rd at the earliest is a very dumb choice and not one that many of the smaller theaters will successfully weather.

 

[Velo Vol]

There’s a lot of young people leaving NYC that may never return. Waitressing while trying to make it in a musical is now completely impossible. Telework will relocate finance and banking employees well outside the metro area. People will not soon forget the panic of being stuck in a massive city with a pandemic on the loose.

There may be something to this part, but in general NYC will remain an attraction for young people. COVID isn't changing that.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

No wonder you have been poo-pooing the seriousness of COVID and against taking precautions from it. You live in the 91st most populous city in the US, a town that is smaller than Chattanooga, TN. I think Clarksville, TN may be bigger, too. Norfolk has only had 855 cases of COVID and 9 deaths from it. Go talk or listen to Nashville's Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventative medicine and infectious diseases. He's been on local Nashville media as well as national outlets and is an advisor to the CDC and the government. He can tell you exactly how bad things are like in most American cities and infection hotspots. By the way, Nashville has had 12 times the number of cases and deaths than Norfolk.

You have no clue about the tidewater area, she says Norfolk but in that area there is Hampton Roads, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Suffolk, Portsmouth and Chesapeake. Do some research before mouthing off