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Wearing masks have benefits beyond covid. Think about how many lives per year we could save from the flu let alone other airborne respiratory viruses if mask we
by halfmatthalfcat 6y ago
Wearing masks have benefits beyond covid. Think about how many lives per year we could save from the flu let alone other airborne respiratory viruses if mask wearing was normalized.
- JasonFruit 6y agoWearing foam rubber padding all the time has benefits, but that doesn't mean everyone should do it. There are other considerations beyond mere safety.
- ghaff 6y agoOr at least bike helmets all the time. Lots of people get seriously injured or killed because of falling and hitting their head. I expect mask wearing will be more common in cultures where it was almost unheard of like western Europe and the US. But even in a country like Japan where it wasn't unusual, it certainly wasn't anything like the norm.
- brandon272 6y agoWearing a mask is a lot more convenient than foam rubber padding.
- mrfusion 6y agoI’ve heard it argued that our immune systems need exposure to germs to keep them effective.
- bluGill 6y agoI've heard that too. But never does anyone back it up with anything that could be remotely called good science.
- jimbob45 6y agoAgreed. I think of the 5+ times I’ve gotten sick from planes and airports and I kick myself for not having worn masks during air travel in years past.
- ghaff 6y agoYou probably need everyone else wearing masks to have a big effect and that's not likely to be the case going forward although you can obviously take whatever precautions you like.
- postalrat 6y agoJust think of how many lives will be saved if people never leave their homes.
- halfmatthalfcat 6y agoAmazing how insecure people get when you suggest a simple gesture that would ultimately better society. Mask wearing is normalized in the East, why not in the West? Is it because "mah freedoms?" Grow up.
- postalrat 6y agoDid you just reply to the wrong comment? I didn't say anything about masks.
- halfmatthalfcat 6y agoYour comment wasn't constructive and at worst, sounded like you were making light of mask wearing by suggesting we should just never leave our houses. Of course if everyone was confined to their houses, there would be less sickness but nobody is debating that. We're debating the normalization of mask wearing.
- postalrat 6y agoIt sounds like your concern is masks, not saving lives. Because if you care more about saving lives you will realize people only need to stay home. Fewer fatal accidents, infections, and other disturbances if people just never ventured outside their homes.
- halfmatthalfcat 6y agoI'm not sure what kind of strange reality you're speaking from but it's not one that currently exists.
- dboreham 6y agoIt has been both enlightening and pleasant to not have caught any symptom-causing diseases in the past 12 months. Unknown whether mask wearing played a part of course.