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I must admit I was wrong when I thought that people could handle wearing masks properly. I took my first trip out in months this weekend to visit family at thei
by stx 6y ago
I must admit I was wrong when I thought that people could handle wearing masks properly. I took my first trip out in months this weekend to visit family at their house in the mountains. We stayed away from people the whole time and only went out to get groceries. When driving through the town (its a small Colorado tourist town with one strip of shops) only about 50 percent of people had masks on at all. Of those with masks most had them around their chin or not covering their nose. I know that its not as simple to get a perfect air tight fit with n95/p100 but I am not talking about that. People literally just had them hanging on their chin while in large crowds. This was during the day and after dusk. I also noticed a person at the store pull their mask down to talk or sneeze which is the time when its most important to be covered.
- Fjolsvith 6y agoViruses are a part of life. Those 50% have accepted this and moved on.
- ugexe 6y agoHow do those type of people explain safe sex? I hope it’s not the “sheep” defense...
- Fjolsvith 6y agoMarital sex?
- Fjolsvith 6y agoWhy weren't officials demanding everyone wear condoms all the time during the HIV scare?
- ugexe 6y agoBecause someone choosing to have unsafe sex and getting aids isn’t going to give their e.g. grandma aids. They are choosing to risk themselves, which is not the same as risking others that have not chosen to partake in the risky behavior. This may be hard to reconcile for those who think the world revolves around them.
- mritun 6y agoThen why are buying ventilators and asking doctors to put their lives at risk? We never bought ventilators for flu and never had so much focus on vaccines. Maybe your point is to just go on and accept that few more millions will die of this new cause.
- Fjolsvith 6y agoCalifornia is shutting down schools for the year and they've not had a single death of anyone under 18. Tell me this ain't politically motivated. I mean, with a straight face.
- reitzensteinm 6y ago"its a small Colorado tourist town with one strip of shops" You're probably suffering from sampling bias here; cautious people that take care to wear masks properly are much more likely to be at home than walking around a tourist town, even if you are an exception.
- Barrin92 6y agothe people who walk around in tourist towns matter as far as correct mask wearing is concerned, the people at home don't.