Yup. This guy germaphobes. It's pathetic seeing all the Karens out there screaming about masks. Bitch, I've been avoiding doorknobs since before the day you got your gender studies degree.
Putting produce back was a great point. I saw a lady at walmart with a full facemask covering (not muslim) and she picked up like 30 bell peppers, onions, and garlic and put all but 3 back.
She didn't clean her hands before and I'm sure everyone else didnt either. But I was more pissed that can't even apply her own logic to the food she was interacting with.
See and this is the thing I’m mindful of. I don’t wear a mask and only visit places that don’t force me to wear one. At the grocery store I’m very mindful of what I touch always have been, I look at produce before grabbing and I keep what I pick up. I feel that goes much further than a mask, but then again what do I know.
I'm not germaphobe and that made me gag lol. Why must people remind everyone that shit is literally on everything. I want no part of your daily nightmare thank you lol
Every booger pickin’, finger lickin’, ass scratching idiot is in the store touching everything in sight and nobody is batting an eye.
Nobody is wearing eye protection either which is a direct portal for a virus just the same. This funneling of the people is bound to be very dangerous very soon.
Nobody is wearing eye protection either which is a direct portal for a virus just the same.
👆🏼THIS! Pedes, use this fact with any Maskaren that accosts you. My liberal nurse friend started lecturing me the other day about “all these damn people who refuse to wear a mask are the reason for this spike in cases.” I told her if masks are. “The Law”, then what about eye protection? She was seriously confused. I said “doesn’t the virus just as easily enter your eyes? Can’t you catch it that way?If someone who has it sneezes in your face and you have a mask on, but no eye protection, you would still get it, right?Shouldn’t they also make safety glasses the law as well if they thought face coverings work?” She said “well, yeah...” Then she switched to saying “well, people could wear those face shields, I guess.”🤣
Corporations are starting to implement the national face mask. Since it isn't the government, we lose the freedom argument. Watch for others to implement same rules.
Shit-mart isn't getting a penny from me. When you tell me I HAVE to wear one is when I tell you to fuck yourself. I don't live in goddamn communist China. I'm not wearing some bullshit nonworking virtue signaling fashion fad. I don't care if people wear them. That's their choice to look like an idiot.
Trying to remove germs from our systems completely is going to weaken our immune systems and when we finally get sick from common illnesses - we're going to lose a huge chunk of the population. This is all globalist population control.
My program manager for the last 10 years of working, and I'm sure there are other nasty people out there like him. That slovenly prick bypassed the sink every single time I ran into him in the rest room. After I saw that for the first time, I never shook his hand ever again, and I told everybody what I'd seen too so that he wasnt contaminating unknowing people or me, through them. Yeesh!
The OP is 100% correct, and I have (anecdotal) proof.
I'll be 100% honest here. My aunt is retarded, like, she's a legit, born with a tumor in the brain, retard. She's 60 years old, but has the mental ability of a 3rd grader. She lives on her own in her own house, but obviously the state takes care of her.
She called and was telling me how I had to wear a mask.
Walmart has mandatory face diaper orders starting Monday cause the limp wrists in California were mad the rest of us were enjoying our freedom. Fuck Wallyworld.
The Wal-mart near me in upstate NY was wiping down all their self service scanners between customers for the first time 2 weeks ago. Then they made half the macines cash and half plastic. Last night I stopped in and none of the self service machines took cash. They had 3 manned registers open, the only ones that took cash and all three had huge lines while all the self service machines had no wait at all.
I agree. What I was saying is that for 3 months didn't do anything about the self check outs and then went from that to no cash in 3 weeks in 3 stages. It looks like they want to end cash purchases if they are keeping the cash lines so long.
If it were really an infectious situation we'd have real lockdowns. Instead we have Cronyism saying that only the big companies can make money while you live a suppressed life under the authority of the big corporations.
It's amazing in a way, somehow everyone on earth forgot about hands and masks, the things you pull on and off your face with your hands are the ONLY thing that can block it.
Just yesterday I was thinking about this because we were out shopping and here's this gift store where everyone is wearing masks and absolutely everyone is picking up everything, rubbing, touching, holding, staff is passing boxes or items, customers giving things to staff, some kids are smearing and humping all over certain toys they want while mothers pulls and grab the kids and toys and its okay because we're all wearing masks.
Everyone I watch pulls at their mask, sales girls itch at their masks, moms use their fingers to pull up and down the children's masks, I also pull down my mask but rub my finger across my lips again, I've handled 20 items, someone else is seen scratching their itchy eye with their finger. I got a mask fiber stuck to my eyelid so i finger and grab it off my eyelid.
There hasn't been a case of corona.. no, i dont mean a death but a single new infection for over 2 months.
If this were as contagious as we're supposed to believe, we would have seen massive outbreaks among retail workers back in April and May before they started masks and social distancing in stores.
Was just saying this about gas station refills. I was filling up a big 64 oz. Hydro Flask with ice and the cashier can't and told me I couldn't refill my container directly from the dispenser and gave me a small 8 oz. cup to use to dump the ice into my bottle.
So I can't fill up my own container, but I can use a cup. Which I will refill several times after I've not only touched it but also it's touched my bottle.
Logically, if being in the store at all requires a mask, then all employees should be wearing a mask 100% of the time that they are in the store; which in turn means that logically, it is unsafe for employees to eat or drink while in Wal-Mart, since eating and drinking requires the removal of the mask.
I was at The Dollar Store a couple weeks back. Was 4 back in line at the cash register. Watched 2 people use the debit/credit card keypad that had a plastic sandwich bag over it. I get up there and use the same keypad with the same bag. They never changed it. I asked what the point of it was. I just got a shoulder shrug.
I hate to piss on this parade, but we do actually clean those things. At my walmart at least. Bottles of disinfectant all over the place, and the Self Check Hosts spritz and wipe as often as they can, as we're being observed.
But yeah, I STILL see people come out of stalls and go to shop without washing their hands. I think we should be able to assault those gross shitbags. Or at least remind them that it's better to not shop WITH SHIT ALL OVER THEIR FUCKING FINGERS.
You may be supported by the experience of public transportation. A few bus drivers and other workers caught COVID and died before stricter precautions were used to protect them, but there are no known links to riders (but who knows if anyone even tried to keep track of those).
But this may not quite compare. The reason is that we've done this since time immemorial and have built up immunity and resistance to small doses of the usual stuff in our modern environment. But this coronavirus is NEW. The results have shown up in the clusters due to parties, at least one funeral, and at least one choir practice. What the authorities say is not a total crock.
Having said all that, my uninformed opinion is that masks by themselves work in most situations. But you need extra precautions for places like hair salons and barbers, where close, continuous personal contact is necessary. Maybe social distancing is enough for patrons in restaurants and bars but employees need gloves and masks.
You are making a lot of assumptions. I don't touch my body with my hands when at the grocery store and using my mask. I use hand sanitizer before I take the mask off. Literally everything in the title of this posts actually argues in favor that masks do in fact work. People aren't getting sick from touching things because they are wearing a fucking mask. Lmao.
You are making a lot of assumptions. I don't touch my body with my hands when at the grocery store and using my mask. I use hand sanitizer before I take the mask off. Literally everything in the title of this posts actually argues in favor that masks do in fact work. People aren't getting sick from touching things because they are wearing a fucking mask. Lmao.
Jacobs, J. L. et al. (2009) “Use of surgical face masks to reduce the incidence of the common cold among health care workers in Japan: A randomized controlled trial,” American Journal of Infection Control, Volume 37, Issue 5, 417 – 419. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19216002
N95-masked health-care workers (HCW) were significantly more likely to experience headaches. Face mask use in HCW was not demonstrated to provide benefit in terms of cold symptoms or getting colds.
None of the studies reviewed showed a benefit from wearing a mask, in either HCW or community members in households (H). See summary Tables 1 and 2 therein.
“There were 17 eligible studies. … None of the studies established a conclusive relationship between mask/respirator use and protection against influenza infection.”
Smith, J.D. et al. (2016) “Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks in protecting health care workers from acute respiratory infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” CMAJ Mar 2016 https://www.cmaj.ca/content/188/8/567
“We identified six clinical studies … . In the meta-analysis of the clinical studies, we found no significant difference between N95 respirators and surgical masks in associated risk of (a) laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection, (b) influenza-like illness, or (c) reported work-place absenteeism.”
Offeddu, V. et al. (2017) “Effectiveness of Masks and Respirators Against Respiratory Infections in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 65, Issue 11, 1 December 2017, Pages 1934–1942, https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/65/11/1934/4068747
“Self-reported assessment of clinical outcomes was prone to bias. Evidence of a protective effect of masks or respirators against verified respiratory infection (VRI) was not statistically significant”; as per Fig. 2c therein:
Radonovich, L.J. et al. (2019) “N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” JAMA. 2019; 322(9): 824–833. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2749214
“Among 2862 randomized participants, 2371 completed the study and accounted for 5180 HCW-seasons. ... Among outpatient health care personnel, N95 respirators vs medical masks as worn by participants in this trial resulted in no significant difference in the incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”
“A total of six RCTs involving 9,171 participants were included. There were no statistically significant differences in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza, laboratory-confirmed respiratory viral infections, laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection, and influenza-like illness using N95 respirators and surgical masks. Meta-analysis indicated a protective effect of N95 respirators against laboratory-confirmed bacterial colonization (RR = 0.58, 95% CI 0.43-0.78). The use of N95 respirators compared with surgical masks is not associated with a lower risk of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”
CDC even says they don't do shit. I agree with you. But imho we have better arguments to make
Edit: wearing them 24/7 is a bad idea. But wearing them into the grocery story or Target is simple risk management. Hardly costs anybody anything. I do it even though I think the whole thing is bullshit just in case it helps. Not a hill worth dying on.
IMHO fighting against masks a huge distraction from Crossfire Hurricane
I’ve said in an older post that if they mandate masks, they’ll mandate more things that are “bad”‘for you such as alcohol, sugar (Big Gulp) anything and everything. Give an inch, they’ll take a mile. “That baby growing inside of you could cause health problems. You have to abort it.” Who do we know that does that?
It’s not ok, it can’t be legal and over my dead body they take away my fucking guns but that’s where this is headed. It’s a slippery slope and the masks are the start. What health problem will they tackle next? Obesity, diabetes, heart disease. Oh hey gimme that cigarette or vape, and certainly weed is a “killer” so get rid of it. I could go on and on all night. The point is, The mask mandate is commie bullshit and people should be protesting that if they want any freedom of choice in the future.
I've been challenging persons who defend masks to the following:
Wear a mask Non-Stop for 9 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 2 months in a dynamic setting where you are standing, moving around, and talking all day (basically, what you are asking of retail, restaurant, hospitality, grocery, airline workers).
Then come back, and we'll talk. 99.9% of people couldn't even last 1 day.
Agreed on that. Dems try to fix things that don't really need fixing to be "extra" and screws over those who need the normal fixes (better jobs market, less federal spending)
Yup. This guy germaphobes. It's pathetic seeing all the Karens out there screaming about masks. Bitch, I've been avoiding doorknobs since before the day you got your gender studies degree.
Putting produce back was a great point. I saw a lady at walmart with a full facemask covering (not muslim) and she picked up like 30 bell peppers, onions, and garlic and put all but 3 back.
She didn't clean her hands before and I'm sure everyone else didnt either. But I was more pissed that can't even apply her own logic to the food she was interacting with.
See and this is the thing I’m mindful of. I don’t wear a mask and only visit places that don’t force me to wear one. At the grocery store I’m very mindful of what I touch always have been, I look at produce before grabbing and I keep what I pick up. I feel that goes much further than a mask, but then again what do I know.
But yet, im “dirty” cuz im not wearing amuzzle.
There’s no thinking involved here, centipede. She’s reacting to the news and what’s in culture, not responding to it.
I'm not germaphobe and that made me gag lol. Why must people remind everyone that shit is literally on everything. I want no part of your daily nightmare thank you lol
Believe me, I don't want anyone living my daily nightmare. But the media seems pretty adamant that they want a full generation of germaphobes.
I haven't touched a toilet handle since the 70s. Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmid-EHoQ7Y
"Take a shit" was a real nice touch. Updoot!
many updoots
Can confirm, this site has top quality updootage
Every booger pickin’, finger lickin’, ass scratching idiot is in the store touching everything in sight and nobody is batting an eye.
Nobody is wearing eye protection either which is a direct portal for a virus just the same. This funneling of the people is bound to be very dangerous very soon.
👆🏼THIS! Pedes, use this fact with any Maskaren that accosts you. My liberal nurse friend started lecturing me the other day about “all these damn people who refuse to wear a mask are the reason for this spike in cases.” I told her if masks are. “The Law”, then what about eye protection? She was seriously confused. I said “doesn’t the virus just as easily enter your eyes? Can’t you catch it that way?If someone who has it sneezes in your face and you have a mask on, but no eye protection, you would still get it, right?Shouldn’t they also make safety glasses the law as well if they thought face coverings work?” She said “well, yeah...” Then she switched to saying “well, people could wear those face shields, I guess.”🤣
3M has entered the chat
Plus, that virus isn't even smart enough to go for the warm, wet eyeballs.
Depends if you're woke. You gain instant immunity that way.
Corporations are starting to implement the national face mask. Since it isn't the government, we lose the freedom argument. Watch for others to implement same rules.
PUSH BACK
Shit-mart isn't getting a penny from me. When you tell me I HAVE to wear one is when I tell you to fuck yourself. I don't live in goddamn communist China. I'm not wearing some bullshit nonworking virtue signaling fashion fad. I don't care if people wear them. That's their choice to look like an idiot.
Trying to remove germs from our systems completely is going to weaken our immune systems and when we finally get sick from common illnesses - we're going to lose a huge chunk of the population. This is all globalist population control.
Brilliant post
My workplace requires a mask to be worn all day even if you are sitting alone at your desk. It’s madness
Same. Ready to lose my shit over it
Same. Can’t fuckin breathe rn
I'm tired of seeing people wearing them while driving too. Facepalm
Saw a fat guy on a fast rickety scooter today. No helmet but he had a mask. If he crashes and dies he'll still be listed killed by Covid.
Everywhere... and on bikes
That’s a good one
Who takes a shit without washing their hands?
nasty women
nasty men
children with nasty parents
Hillary Clinton, probably
Hillary Clinton doesn't need to wash her hands when she takes a shit.
She does it in her pants!
Biden too for sure
cant breathe, water eyes, lol ty. i only have have the one updoot, wish i could give more.
Lots of people in my office.
My program manager for the last 10 years of working, and I'm sure there are other nasty people out there like him. That slovenly prick bypassed the sink every single time I ran into him in the rest room. After I saw that for the first time, I never shook his hand ever again, and I told everybody what I'd seen too so that he wasnt contaminating unknowing people or me, through them. Yeesh!
If a pair of underwear and jeans can't stop a fart, what makes you think a paper mask will stop a virus?
Idiots. Indefatigable Idiots think that.
The OP is 100% correct, and I have (anecdotal) proof.
I'll be 100% honest here. My aunt is retarded, like, she's a legit, born with a tumor in the brain, retard. She's 60 years old, but has the mental ability of a 3rd grader. She lives on her own in her own house, but obviously the state takes care of her.
She called and was telling me how I had to wear a mask.
The moment this started, everyone forgot what an immune system was.
Walmart has mandatory face diaper orders starting Monday cause the limp wrists in California were mad the rest of us were enjoying our freedom. Fuck Wallyworld.
The Wal-mart near me in upstate NY was wiping down all their self service scanners between customers for the first time 2 weeks ago. Then they made half the macines cash and half plastic. Last night I stopped in and none of the self service machines took cash. They had 3 manned registers open, the only ones that took cash and all three had huge lines while all the self service machines had no wait at all.
If you can touch a product and not buy it, you are possibly spreading bacteria’s and viruses.
I agree. What I was saying is that for 3 months didn't do anything about the self check outs and then went from that to no cash in 3 weeks in 3 stages. It looks like they want to end cash purchases if they are keeping the cash lines so long.
Yep, while simultaneously removing the other places to make purchases by calling them non-essential.
A cashless society is a leftist’s wet dream.
if you are taking a shit in a walmart washroom, then you have more important things to worry about
I literally laughed out loud. Thank you.
Ooh somebody sounds Canadian
I usually just skip the middle man and shit directly onto the self checkout
If it were really an infectious situation we'd have real lockdowns. Instead we have Cronyism saying that only the big companies can make money while you live a suppressed life under the authority of the big corporations.
They now cash two-party personal checks? Good luck with that.
Yes.
I've been using my keys for years
There was an incident near Camp Pendleton where 4 Marines took simultaneous giant shits at a Walmart after Tacos and a night of heavy drinking.
It's amazing in a way, somehow everyone on earth forgot about hands and masks, the things you pull on and off your face with your hands are the ONLY thing that can block it.
Just yesterday I was thinking about this because we were out shopping and here's this gift store where everyone is wearing masks and absolutely everyone is picking up everything, rubbing, touching, holding, staff is passing boxes or items, customers giving things to staff, some kids are smearing and humping all over certain toys they want while mothers pulls and grab the kids and toys and its okay because we're all wearing masks.
Everyone I watch pulls at their mask, sales girls itch at their masks, moms use their fingers to pull up and down the children's masks, I also pull down my mask but rub my finger across my lips again, I've handled 20 items, someone else is seen scratching their itchy eye with their finger. I got a mask fiber stuck to my eyelid so i finger and grab it off my eyelid.
There hasn't been a case of corona.. no, i dont mean a death but a single new infection for over 2 months.
If this were as contagious as we're supposed to believe, we would have seen massive outbreaks among retail workers back in April and May before they started masks and social distancing in stores.
There’s some sick stuff you see at Walmart.
exactly
Was just saying this about gas station refills. I was filling up a big 64 oz. Hydro Flask with ice and the cashier can't and told me I couldn't refill my container directly from the dispenser and gave me a small 8 oz. cup to use to dump the ice into my bottle.
So I can't fill up my own container, but I can use a cup. Which I will refill several times after I've not only touched it but also it's touched my bottle.
Fucking retarded.
Yep, and I'm sure that happens a lot at places like WalMart. Even when there is no "pandemic".
Try being forced to wear a mask in 109 degree weather because your governor made it mandatory for places where there are more than 10 people around.
Walmart is nothing but china's garbage. Boycott Walmart.
Yea there's no logic in lockdown no more.
The illusion of safety
Logically, if being in the store at all requires a mask, then all employees should be wearing a mask 100% of the time that they are in the store; which in turn means that logically, it is unsafe for employees to eat or drink while in Wal-Mart, since eating and drinking requires the removal of the mask.
I was at The Dollar Store a couple weeks back. Was 4 back in line at the cash register. Watched 2 people use the debit/credit card keypad that had a plastic sandwich bag over it. I get up there and use the same keypad with the same bag. They never changed it. I asked what the point of it was. I just got a shoulder shrug.
You can use walmart pay on your phone and not have to touch the pad.
Target cleans them between each use.
You are totally right but I will say Walmart by me is the ONLY store that I have actually seen them cleaning the keypad between each customer.
You forgot the 50 times you adjust your mask in the store while doing all the shit you mentioned.
Yup, its the keypads that always get me, as i watch the people in front of me use it, one after the other all the while with there masks on.
There’s Purell
It can actually be worse to be honest.
Who doesn’t wash their hands after a shit. That’s disgusting
I hate to piss on this parade, but we do actually clean those things. At my walmart at least. Bottles of disinfectant all over the place, and the Self Check Hosts spritz and wipe as often as they can, as we're being observed.
But yeah, I STILL see people come out of stalls and go to shop without washing their hands. I think we should be able to assault those gross shitbags. Or at least remind them that it's better to not shop WITH SHIT ALL OVER THEIR FUCKING FINGERS.
You may be supported by the experience of public transportation. A few bus drivers and other workers caught COVID and died before stricter precautions were used to protect them, but there are no known links to riders (but who knows if anyone even tried to keep track of those).
But this may not quite compare. The reason is that we've done this since time immemorial and have built up immunity and resistance to small doses of the usual stuff in our modern environment. But this coronavirus is NEW. The results have shown up in the clusters due to parties, at least one funeral, and at least one choir practice. What the authorities say is not a total crock.
Having said all that, my uninformed opinion is that masks by themselves work in most situations. But you need extra precautions for places like hair salons and barbers, where close, continuous personal contact is necessary. Maybe social distancing is enough for patrons in restaurants and bars but employees need gloves and masks.
You realize that all the things you listed not getting people sick argues in favor that masks do in fact work...
You are making a lot of assumptions. I don't touch my body with my hands when at the grocery store and using my mask. I use hand sanitizer before I take the mask off. Literally everything in the title of this posts actually argues in favor that masks do in fact work. People aren't getting sick from touching things because they are wearing a fucking mask. Lmao.
You are making a lot of assumptions. I don't touch my body with my hands when at the grocery store and using my mask. I use hand sanitizer before I take the mask off. Literally everything in the title of this posts actually argues in favor that masks do in fact work. People aren't getting sick from touching things because they are wearing a fucking mask. Lmao.
https://streamable.com/oml2rf
Lmao one minute you people hate that mf the next you are using him to justify your ignorance. Okay retard.
Wow you got angry fast when you saw the video of your hero laughing at you.
Evidently he is your hero. You are the one using his dumbass as a citation LMAO.
Ah shit you like citations.
Jacobs, J. L. et al. (2009) “Use of surgical face masks to reduce the incidence of the common cold among health care workers in Japan: A randomized controlled trial,” American Journal of Infection Control, Volume 37, Issue 5, 417 – 419. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19216002
N95-masked health-care workers (HCW) were significantly more likely to experience headaches. Face mask use in HCW was not demonstrated to provide benefit in terms of cold symptoms or getting colds.
Cowling, B. et al. (2010) “Face masks to prevent transmission of influenza virus: A systematic review,” Epidemiology and Infection, 138(4), 449-456. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-infection/article/face-masks-to-prevent-transmission-of-influenza-virus-a-systematic- review/64D368496EBDE0AFCC6639CCC9D8BC05
None of the studies reviewed showed a benefit from wearing a mask, in either HCW or community members in households (H). See summary Tables 1 and 2 therein.
bin-Reza et al. (2012) “The use of masks and respirators to prevent transmission of influenza: a systematic review of the scientific evidence,” Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 6(4), 257–267. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00307.x
“There were 17 eligible studies. … None of the studies established a conclusive relationship between mask/respirator use and protection against influenza infection.”
Smith, J.D. et al. (2016) “Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks in protecting health care workers from acute respiratory infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” CMAJ Mar 2016 https://www.cmaj.ca/content/188/8/567
“We identified six clinical studies … . In the meta-analysis of the clinical studies, we found no significant difference between N95 respirators and surgical masks in associated risk of (a) laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection, (b) influenza-like illness, or (c) reported work-place absenteeism.”
Offeddu, V. et al. (2017) “Effectiveness of Masks and Respirators Against Respiratory Infections in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 65, Issue 11, 1 December 2017, Pages 1934–1942, https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/65/11/1934/4068747
“Self-reported assessment of clinical outcomes was prone to bias. Evidence of a protective effect of masks or respirators against verified respiratory infection (VRI) was not statistically significant”; as per Fig. 2c therein:
Radonovich, L.J. et al. (2019) “N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” JAMA. 2019; 322(9): 824–833. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2749214
“Among 2862 randomized participants, 2371 completed the study and accounted for 5180 HCW-seasons. ... Among outpatient health care personnel, N95 respirators vs medical masks as worn by participants in this trial resulted in no significant difference in the incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”
Long, Y. et al. (2020) “Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks against influenza: A systematic review and meta-analysis,” J Evid Based Med. 2020; 1- 9. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jebm.12381
“A total of six RCTs involving 9,171 participants were included. There were no statistically significant differences in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza, laboratory-confirmed respiratory viral infections, laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection, and influenza-like illness using N95 respirators and surgical masks. Meta-analysis indicated a protective effect of N95 respirators against laboratory-confirmed bacterial colonization (RR = 0.58, 95% CI 0.43-0.78). The use of N95 respirators compared with surgical masks is not associated with a lower risk of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”
More analysis of the above: https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/masks-dont-work-covid-a-review-of-science-relevant-to-covide-19-social-policy
agreed but arguing against masks is terrible persuasion. there are better things to fight
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article
CDC even says they don't do shit. I agree with you. But imho we have better arguments to make
Edit: wearing them 24/7 is a bad idea. But wearing them into the grocery story or Target is simple risk management. Hardly costs anybody anything. I do it even though I think the whole thing is bullshit just in case it helps. Not a hill worth dying on.
IMHO fighting against masks a huge distraction from Crossfire Hurricane
I understand your viewpoint, but redpilling normies and stopping the steal is the name of the game right now.
Bad optics for normies is bad optics. I'd rather wear my Trump 2020 mask around the store like a giant freedom billboard
It takes less than 5 minutes to send/call Walmart voicing disagreement.
The mask doesn't cost me jack shit to wear, but just might save a life.
Just like my conceal and carry.
You make a good point with the first one but you lost the plot by the end there buddy.
Go take a walk and clear your head. Despite this disagreement I am not your enemy
I’ve said in an older post that if they mandate masks, they’ll mandate more things that are “bad”‘for you such as alcohol, sugar (Big Gulp) anything and everything. Give an inch, they’ll take a mile. “That baby growing inside of you could cause health problems. You have to abort it.” Who do we know that does that?
It’s not ok, it can’t be legal and over my dead body they take away my fucking guns but that’s where this is headed. It’s a slippery slope and the masks are the start. What health problem will they tackle next? Obesity, diabetes, heart disease. Oh hey gimme that cigarette or vape, and certainly weed is a “killer” so get rid of it. I could go on and on all night. The point is, The mask mandate is commie bullshit and people should be protesting that if they want any freedom of choice in the future.
The hill to die on was like 30 hills ago.
I've been challenging persons who defend masks to the following:
Wear a mask Non-Stop for 9 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 2 months in a dynamic setting where you are standing, moving around, and talking all day (basically, what you are asking of retail, restaurant, hospitality, grocery, airline workers).
Then come back, and we'll talk. 99.9% of people couldn't even last 1 day.
It sucks big Mike’s hairy ballz
I used to work a job where wearing respirators in 110 degree heat for several hours was common.
An N95 is a cakewalk by comparison
Now is anyone going to really give a fuck about wearing a mask for a 12 hour shift after a few weeks? No. Nobody is gonna follow that.
Then go get a job in restaurant, hospitality, retail, grocery, or the airlines for near minimum wage, and let us know how happy you are.
I bet your 110 degree respirator job paid you far more.
Ironically, the people Lefties claim they are trying to help, minorities and POC, are often the ones most affected by this mask bullshit.
Hell yeah it paid awesome.
Agreed on that. Dems try to fix things that don't really need fixing to be "extra" and screws over those who need the normal fixes (better jobs market, less federal spending)
Your wimpiness is terrible persuasion.
pragmatism. I'll fight on plenty of other issues