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and I love it. this is my first year I've not had a bad cold. I'm starting to wish everyone would wear masks all the time and keep their distance
by Semaphor 6y ago
and I love it. this is my first year I've not had a bad cold. I'm starting to wish everyone would wear masks all the time and keep their distance
- viraptor 6y agoI'm considering keeping the mask for shop trips and school pickups in the future, after covid dies down. There's just no downside to that really.
- Semaphor 6y agoI wish there wasn't, but I have minor claustrophobia and masks make it worse. But my understanding is that the vast majority of protection comes from other people wearing masks, is that wrong?
- Larrikin 6y agoThe thinking before the pandemic was that there was almost no protection in wearing the mask for yourself which has been shown to be incorrect. The best thing to stop infection is still for everyone to wear a mask.
- aquadrop 6y agoCan you point to where it was shown to be incorrect?
- Larrikin 6y agohttps://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/masking-science-sars-cov2.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/masking-scien... The US has been extremely behind other countries but even the CDC has finally acknowledged the benefits
- mensetmanusman 6y agoIf you wear a properly fitting N95, you are protecting yourself, full stop.
- Semaphor 6y agoFrom what I've read, that also requires you to be clean shaven
- mensetmanusman 6y agoYes. If you are working somewhere with known hazards, the standards for mask wearing are much higher.
- jonas21 6y agoAs long as your facial hair doesn't cross the area where the mask seals to your face, it's fine. For example, a Hitler mustache would probably be okay (though it may negatively impact your health in other ways) https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/files/2017/11/FacialHairWmaskSmall.jpg https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/files/2017/11/Facia...
- Semaphor 6y agoFor some reason that style of beard is even less accepted in Germany than elsewhere. And anyway, my beard is a bit bigger than just a Nazi stache.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoIt’s more acceptable with a mask on.
- nostromo 6y agoThe downside is that your immune system is strengthened by interacting with mild pathogens.
- zszugyi 6y agoWe just need a startup to sell mild pathogens online.
- raziel2701 6y agoDon't give them ideas, "move fast and break things" is not something I want mixed with infectious diseases.
- phonon 6y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTHg-tGvlJ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTHg-tGvlJ8 One of the funniest things I've seen :-)
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- jonplackett 6y agoPretty close to just being a vaccine.
- PopeDotNinja 6y agoYou’ll need a viral marketing campaign.
- abootstrapper 6y agoYearly flu shots.
- viraptor 6y agoYou can still be exposed to mild stuff everywhere. YMMV. I choose shopping and school pickup because they're the places of biggest concentration of random sick people in my experience. I have regular contact with medical clinics and GPs so will get mild exposure either way. Also, as others mentioned - flu shots.
- rossdavidh 6y agoWait, are you serious? I truly cannot tell if that was a sarcastic comment or not.
- capableweb 6y agoI truly cannot tell if your comment is sarcastic or not. What is the downside to using mask if you feel like it?
- mpfundstein 6y agoif you treat your body like a weak little b*tch, it will become one. you need exposure.
- Thlom 6y agoI get that some might want to use masks forever, but to me it's alienating. We are already quite isolated from our community in our homes and in our cars, if everyone starts wearing masks at normal places to meet other people in the community I think that would be a bit sad.
- mdifrgechd 6y agoExactly. In all of the mask discussions, there should be more focus on the kind of life we want and less on the science of masks. I think it's pretty obvious that masks have immediate infection control benefits, and always will. But it's a perfectly valid opinion that the benefits do not outweigh the societal impact of treating each other like infection vectors instead of having normal social behavior (as well as the option to wear a mask or stay away from people if your priorities are different). I would rather risk death than live the rest of my life in a bubble, and there needs to be more of a discussion of what people value and the tradeoffs we're making.
- bloodorange 6y ago"I would rather risk death than" Whose?
- goodside 6y agoThis was common in Japan (and other Asian countries) long before COVID. Wearing a mask when sick has always been expected etiquette, and they’re also worn by healthy people who just want to be left alone in public.
- beamatronic 6y agoWhat if we created a better world, and it was all for nothing
- spacephysics 6y agoGlobalists would love that
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