I think a lot of stores don't care. Sure they have to put up the signs cause it's the "law" but that was the first time anyone, even a karen, asked me to put one on.
I don't wear one cause I think we all need to be gradually exposed to get immunity.
The menards I work at and all the other ones I know of require it and hired a new security company to put a guard at the door to stop people, and if they ignore them, the gm, who is the biggest, angriest asshole Ive met in my entire life, including boot camp, will come and bitch them out and kick them out of the store. Its ridiculous. And I have never seen him wear a mask himself.
They can't ask if you have a disability for bringing a service dog, and they sure as hell can't ask you what disability would keep you from wearing a mask.
Will they let you wear the clear face shields? I ordered some that fit onto the bill of a ball cap. Those blue ones are not created equal. The cheapie types are very hot
The place I work makes us have some kind of mask, they dont care what kind, so I wear a camo mask and I look like im about to rob a bank lol. I keep getting people jokingly asking if Im going to rob them. And usually I look them in the eyes and say yes, then laugh. They usually think its funny. Ill probably get in trouble eventually though.
Member when this meme made them go so insane, they straight up censored it from off the internet like it was an actual, literal expletive?
The notion that they don't have a functioning internal monologue and that they are mere automatons acting out their thoughtleaders' mental programming is deeply offensive to them, because deep down they know that it's right.
It wasn't for a long while, then someone reported a mean tweet and they made me verify it to keep using the account, so I used a virtual or google number, probably sometime last summer. Either way, have had the same npc meme as my profile for a while, before and after verified
TBQPH the masks are useful in preventing spread from people who are infected (whether they know it or are symptomless) by trapping droplets. The only reason the CDC was saying "don't do it! don't wear them!!!" is because the supply of masks was so low that the CDC was afraid hospitals would run out.
Taiwan and Japan both had people wearing masks from early on (mostly because everyone did it by default, not because of government orders) and the spread was contained. Remember when Japan was Ground Zero? That's because all the tourists on floating petri dishes cruise ships didn't have masks.
If they had simply just recommended it, I wouldn’t have an issue with it, and would probably be wearing one when I go out. But because they wanted to force it up our asses, I’m not wearing one.
Love my mother dearly, and she’s a good conservative, but she’s old enough that the media’s got her terrified of this virus. She got mad at me today for saying “I’d rather die free than live a prisoner or a slave,” when we were talking about all of this
I choose not to wear a mask when I go out, but I'd like to play devil's advocate in order to better understand the whole situation. This is the second to last paragraph under "Mask, N95 respirator filtering performance" in the article:
These studies demonstrate that cloth or homemade masks will have very low filter efficiency (2% to 38%).
I put this statement together based on what I read; tell me what you think: "Cloth masks are very inefficient at filtering the virus. However because their efficiency is greater than zero, and because they do reduce the oral transmission radius of a carrier; the carrier's wearing of a cloth mask reduces the risk of spreading the virus to other people"
When someone wears a makeshift cloth mask they tend to have a feeling of false security against the virus. That false security leads to breaking the "social distancing" six foot rule.
The cloth mask will lead to an increase of face touching because the wearer adjusting the mask, pulling it down to talk, scratching their face, etc.
These actions further reduce the effectiveness of the cloth mask.
The study with 4 people has the right idea, just needs more people and definitely needs to figure out why they weren't detecting the virus on the inside of the mask (from people who were coughing and had the virus).
Most home made masks reduce the transmission rate of the virus coming in, by about 40-60%. Surgical masks are about 70-80% filtration coming in. You are still getting some exposure, just not as much. The transmission radius going out - as you put it, is a very good way of explaining it. It isn't stopping material from getting out during a cough, but it is trapping the larger droplets and impeding the flow somewhat of the tiniest ones.
The study's statement here: "Alternatively, the small aerosols of SARS–CoV-2 generated during a high-velocity cough might penetrate the masks." matches up with testing data 3M and other companies have done on cotton and surgical masks.
We went through a drive thru this evening. The cashier was wearing a mask. She touched her face a total of 4 times in our 30 second interaction. It looked like it was a little bit too big for her and she was adjusting it. One time she pulled it down so that she could pull in some air through her nostrils. These things really don't work.
I mean that’s mostly just user error. They work better than not wearing a mask at all as long as people know how to use them.
If I was going into surgery I’d like the people in the room to at least be wearing a surgical mask so they don’t accidentally hock a tonsil stone into my abdominal cavity or something.
For surgery sure, but the makeshift cloth mask that is being pushed on everyone is being falsely articulated as protecting against the spread of a virus.
A cloth mask and even a surgical mask cannot stop a virus. Only an N95 or stronger can. Otherwise why wouldnt healthcare workers just wear bandanas if they are so effective?
This, masks do work but only if the chain isn't broken early on. Asians have been wearing them en masse and going to work at the same time for decades because of seasonal hay fever. Americans here never had to deal with anything quite like that annually + widespread smog to begin with.
I wish I had a link for you, but the funniest one I recall seeing (over a month ago) had a guy in a deli with a shoe tied to his face by the shoelaces.
"We did not find evidence that surgical-type face masks are effective in reducing laboratory-confirmed influenza transmission, either when worn by infected persons (source control) or by persons in the general community to reduce their susceptibility"
Fucking brilliant!!! Only we Peres will understand. In the1st century AD, Christians would scrape the fish symbol into the sand with their foot to recognize each other. This is similar.
Recommend a mask and I’ll probably wear it. Force it on me and you can fuck right off. I’ll take dying free, standing on my feet, over living a prisoner/slave on my knees any day of the week
For who? Mask wearers look like a bunch of retards. How long are we going to hide from this virus before we accept herd immunity? All these lockdowns and shutdown orders are delaying the inevitable.
The virus is here. 60% are asymptotic, another 20% have symptoms that don’t need medical care. Wtf is everyone hiding from?
Are you going to wear a mask next flu season? I refuse to accept a “new normal”. This is fucking stupid and I refuse to play this game.
I think if the data were stronger that the virus were as dangerous as the fear porn on tv tells me, then yes, it'd be the smart thing to do. But it's not. It's mortality rate is incredibly low, at best at the same level as the flu. If the media simply didn't cover it, we wouldn't even know it was around. We'd maybe hear about an outbreak in NYC, and that's about it. The mask is a symbol of control, and wearing one not only plays into that, but helps create and push the fear they're relying on to keep this going, and keep us obedient. As conspiratorial as it might sound, it's the truth, and it's not like I'm some random shmuck, I have degrees/work in public health, my brother is a doctor in nyc and my dad is pharmacist. We've been fine without masks forever. Get sick, stay home. Scared of a hardly threatening virus, also stay home
FFS, don't put words in our mouths. It's just that most of us probably already have been exposed to it (I tested antibody-positive and didn't have any meaningful illness this/last year), the masks are pathetic posturing and signifying your blind obedience to tyranny, and it's the F'ING summer and coronaviruses don't survive in heat/UV.
Definitely stealing this idea.
Me too
metoo
....me2.
Pound me as well
Jk, I’m not wearing a mask anywhere
Me either. An employee inside Home Depot asked me nicely to please put on my mask. I said, "oh no. I can't wear a mask".
And she said Oh, I'm sorry, that's okay then"
I think you broke her programming
I think a lot of stores don't care. Sure they have to put up the signs cause it's the "law" but that was the first time anyone, even a karen, asked me to put one on.
I don't wear one cause I think we all need to be gradually exposed to get immunity.
The menards I work at and all the other ones I know of require it and hired a new security company to put a guard at the door to stop people, and if they ignore them, the gm, who is the biggest, angriest asshole Ive met in my entire life, including boot camp, will come and bitch them out and kick them out of the store. Its ridiculous. And I have never seen him wear a mask himself.
I was going to confuse her and say I have COPD (which sounds scary and which I don't have) but I didn't even need to. Lol.
Lol, I love it! I can’t wear a mask. Because I’m an American and I don’t want to, that’s why. Oh, ok...go right in.
They can't ask if you have a disability for bringing a service dog, and they sure as hell can't ask you what disability would keep you from wearing a mask.
I got away with it for 6 weeks before my boss explicitly required me to wear them. Sucks, can't breath and work in those things.
Cut a hole
My company is requiring them starting tomorrow. So stupid.
Will they let you wear the clear face shields? I ordered some that fit onto the bill of a ball cap. Those blue ones are not created equal. The cheapie types are very hot
Same... but if I did, it would be this... or maybe A Halloween mask of some kind
I've been meaning get one of those rubber masks that look like exactly like a normal human face. I'm hoping to face-bait some Karens.
I like the way you think.
The place I work makes us have some kind of mask, they dont care what kind, so I wear a camo mask and I look like im about to rob a bank lol. I keep getting people jokingly asking if Im going to rob them. And usually I look them in the eyes and say yes, then laugh. They usually think its funny. Ill probably get in trouble eventually though.
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Member when this meme made them go so insane, they straight up censored it from off the internet like it was an actual, literal expletive?
The notion that they don't have a functioning internal monologue and that they are mere automatons acting out their thoughtleaders' mental programming is deeply offensive to them, because deep down they know that it's right.
Twitter suspended my account and several others for using an NPC as my profile image. That’s how far they went.
Ha! Those were the best, when pedes had to sneak the letters in without tripping the algo. Funny stuff.
Yep, the NPC Extermination of 2018. I lasted about 2 hours. All I did was agree with liberals. Banned.
I remember that
You aren't allowed to use it as a Twitter profile pic
It’s been mine for 2 or 3 years now, no issues
It wasn't for a long while, then someone reported a mean tweet and they made me verify it to keep using the account, so I used a virtual or google number, probably sometime last summer. Either way, have had the same npc meme as my profile for a while, before and after verified
NPC = Nose Protective Covering
Barbra Streisand has always needed to wear one of these. It's an improvement on her actual face.
Sheer genius.
Obey.exe
I'm not anti-mask— if you choose to protect yourself from real or imagined Communist Lung Herpes, God bless, whatever— and this is fucking hilarious
TBQPH the masks are useful in preventing spread from people who are infected (whether they know it or are symptomless) by trapping droplets. The only reason the CDC was saying "don't do it! don't wear them!!!" is because the supply of masks was so low that the CDC was afraid hospitals would run out.
Taiwan and Japan both had people wearing masks from early on (mostly because everyone did it by default, not because of government orders) and the spread was contained. Remember when Japan was Ground Zero? That's because all the tourists on
floating petri dishescruise ships didn't have masks.If they had simply just recommended it, I wouldn’t have an issue with it, and would probably be wearing one when I go out. But because they wanted to force it up our asses, I’m not wearing one.
Love my mother dearly, and she’s a good conservative, but she’s old enough that the media’s got her terrified of this virus. She got mad at me today for saying “I’d rather die free than live a prisoner or a slave,” when we were talking about all of this
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data
Only an N95 or better will actually prevent harmful particulates. A surgical mask or makeshift mask will not prevent the spread of virus.
I choose not to wear a mask when I go out, but I'd like to play devil's advocate in order to better understand the whole situation. This is the second to last paragraph under "Mask, N95 respirator filtering performance" in the article:
I also read the article at the link further below at https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-1342 and another article at https://www.healthline.com/health-news/face-masks-importance-battle-with-covid19 along with the user comments. I even went as far as looking for strong arguments to wear masks on various sites, and all I could find was "Because the CDC said so" and "Because countries with lots of people who wear cloth masks fared better" although I've seen no proof of correlation.
I put this statement together based on what I read; tell me what you think: "Cloth masks are very inefficient at filtering the virus. However because their efficiency is greater than zero, and because they do reduce the oral transmission radius of a carrier; the carrier's wearing of a cloth mask reduces the risk of spreading the virus to other people"
I think you may want to consider:
These actions further reduce the effectiveness of the cloth mask.
The study with 4 people has the right idea, just needs more people and definitely needs to figure out why they weren't detecting the virus on the inside of the mask (from people who were coughing and had the virus).
Most home made masks reduce the transmission rate of the virus coming in, by about 40-60%. Surgical masks are about 70-80% filtration coming in. You are still getting some exposure, just not as much. The transmission radius going out - as you put it, is a very good way of explaining it. It isn't stopping material from getting out during a cough, but it is trapping the larger droplets and impeding the flow somewhat of the tiniest ones.
The study's statement here: "Alternatively, the small aerosols of SARS–CoV-2 generated during a high-velocity cough might penetrate the masks." matches up with testing data 3M and other companies have done on cotton and surgical masks.
Sounds about right.
They’re not available at stores!
Basically anything/everything helps prevent you from spreading it (droplets). Only N95/99/100/etc. will do a reasonable job at protecting the wearer.
That's not what the article says.
We went through a drive thru this evening. The cashier was wearing a mask. She touched her face a total of 4 times in our 30 second interaction. It looked like it was a little bit too big for her and she was adjusting it. One time she pulled it down so that she could pull in some air through her nostrils. These things really don't work.
I mean that’s mostly just user error. They work better than not wearing a mask at all as long as people know how to use them.
If I was going into surgery I’d like the people in the room to at least be wearing a surgical mask so they don’t accidentally hock a tonsil stone into my abdominal cavity or something.
For surgery sure, but the makeshift cloth mask that is being pushed on everyone is being falsely articulated as protecting against the spread of a virus.
A cloth mask and even a surgical mask cannot stop a virus. Only an N95 or stronger can. Otherwise why wouldnt healthcare workers just wear bandanas if they are so effective?
Other way around. They don’t contain the virus in infected patients but could keep non-infected people from being exposed.
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-1342
This, masks do work but only if the chain isn't broken early on. Asians have been wearing them en masse and going to work at the same time for decades because of seasonal hay fever. Americans here never had to deal with anything quite like that annually + widespread smog to begin with.
I saw a woman wearing a t-shirt sleeve around her head. So tight and nose uncomfortably smashed. What else can they get them to do? Hilarious.
I wish I had a link for you, but the funniest one I recall seeing (over a month ago) had a guy in a deli with a shoe tied to his face by the shoelaces.
That's not enough.
Yeah but wearing a makeshift mask does nothing to protect from a virus.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article
"We did not find evidence that surgical-type face masks are effective in reducing laboratory-confirmed influenza transmission, either when worn by infected persons (source control) or by persons in the general community to reduce their susceptibility"
These are the same people that have lied to you about damn near everything
If the masks and stuff are useless, why do hospitals need them so desperately?
Why did China gobble up the world supply of them?
They wanted it to spread, GEOTUS presumably takes hydroxychloroquine so he doesn’t have to wear a mask
The people that are going to be around POTUS are also screened.
Use some logic. In hospitals they were an N95 to protect against viruses. The 95 stands for 95% of particulates.
A surgical mask and especially a makeshift mask is not going to stop any harmful virus particulates from entering or exiting your airway.
Since you dont trust the CDC link here is one from the Center of Infectious Disease Research and Policy:
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data
The co-author of that article’s Twitter:
https://mobile.twitter.com/msietsema?lang=en
Some highlights:
I’ll see your “logic” and raise you common fucking sense
Wrong, it does protect from exiting airway.
The CDC isn’t trustworthy
No shit Sherlock, they protect everyone else but the person wearing it, that's the point.
...about as well as pants protect others from your farts.
The Smell of Farts
Flatus often stinks! There are several chemicals that contribute to the smell of farts:
Some of these happen to be bigger than viruses, don't you know.
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Everything works perfectly in theory. In practice, not so much.
KEK!
ORANGE MAN BAD
Awesome!
I WANT ONE - CNN TOLD ME SO!
But the nose will get messed up when you wear it.
Draw it after you have it on, using a mirror!
This guy masks.
not if you wear cryin chuck schumer style lol
great idea pede
So scalable... download into any photo phone app... edit repeat.
This is the only site on the internet where I laugh out loud for 20+ seconds at some of the posts. Holy mother of kek this is a spicy meme
It’s reality now.
Hand these out at the Democrat National Convention
Thanks for the idea. It's also easier to do it with N95 facemask, since it has a hard shell.
I had to take a flight and wore an N95. The people with socks over their mouths around me put my life in "danger".
Be safe!
This is great. Dems are so stupid you could make a fortune selling these.
If you must wear a mask, this is the way.
Fucking PRICELESS
Yes! I hope I see one in the wild. 🌚 (Npc emoji?)
HO LEE SHIT
Based AF.
Excellent creativity
Love this !
Holy fuck. Now I have to start wearing one just for this. Damn you! Damn you straight to hell!
I've heard they're designing masks that will work with Apple Face ID. These must be them.
Here is a video— still up on YouTube!!— of Dr. Fauci himself saying people shouldn’t wear masks. https://youtu.be/oLNBw7XCM4Q
Fucking brilliant!!! Only we Peres will understand. In the1st century AD, Christians would scrape the fish symbol into the sand with their foot to recognize each other. This is similar.
I refuse to wear a muzzle.
why the hell do I want to wear a mask now.
Nice however I don't want to sniff sharpie for a couple of hours.
Speak for yourself
go into walmart...release fart spray when people complain point out the idiocy of the mask
Brilliant idea!
Make sure you write it about 10 minutes before you wear it so your not breathing in the permanent marker smell.
Beautiful IRL shitpost
Good Halloween costume.
Go the fuck to China, you’ll fit right in.
Recommend a mask and I’ll probably wear it. Force it on me and you can fuck right off. I’ll take dying free, standing on my feet, over living a prisoner/slave on my knees any day of the week
For who? Mask wearers look like a bunch of retards. How long are we going to hide from this virus before we accept herd immunity? All these lockdowns and shutdown orders are delaying the inevitable.
The virus is here. 60% are asymptotic, another 20% have symptoms that don’t need medical care. Wtf is everyone hiding from?
Are you going to wear a mask next flu season? I refuse to accept a “new normal”. This is fucking stupid and I refuse to play this game.
I think if the data were stronger that the virus were as dangerous as the fear porn on tv tells me, then yes, it'd be the smart thing to do. But it's not. It's mortality rate is incredibly low, at best at the same level as the flu. If the media simply didn't cover it, we wouldn't even know it was around. We'd maybe hear about an outbreak in NYC, and that's about it. The mask is a symbol of control, and wearing one not only plays into that, but helps create and push the fear they're relying on to keep this going, and keep us obedient. As conspiratorial as it might sound, it's the truth, and it's not like I'm some random shmuck, I have degrees/work in public health, my brother is a doctor in nyc and my dad is pharmacist. We've been fine without masks forever. Get sick, stay home. Scared of a hardly threatening virus, also stay home
Tell that to Trump
FFS, don't put words in our mouths. It's just that most of us probably already have been exposed to it (I tested antibody-positive and didn't have any meaningful illness this/last year), the masks are pathetic posturing and signifying your blind obedience to tyranny, and it's the F'ING summer and coronaviruses don't survive in heat/UV.