Polis to mandate masks across the state

[Irving]

Not when you can't leave a hotel room.

[ray1970]

I will just say that when I have to wear a mask to go into a business you can bet it will have a fun little message written on it in sharpie. Maybe a simple ?fuck off? or ?eat a bag of dicks? or something else to express my dissatisfaction with the paranoia of those around me.

[GilpinGuy]

I will just say that when I have to wear a mask to go into a business you can bet it will have a fun little message written on it in sharpie. Maybe a simple ?fuck off? or ?eat a bag of dicks? or something else to express my dissatisfaction with the paranoia of those around me.

My wife, whose Asian, showed me a pic from FB of some dick in Walmart with "Thanks Chinks" written on his mask. Very nice.

[Bailey Guns]

Of all the problems in this country, being required to wear a facial covering in public in an attempt to reduced the spread of sickness during a pandemic is the least of my concerns.

I am not sure why everybody is so indignant about it, both right and left. Pick another hill to die on.

Is it perfect?- No.

Is it annoying and frustrating?- Yes.

Does it help reduce rates of transmission?- Yes.

Does your not wearing of a facial covering marginally increase my chances of getting sick?- Yes.

Does your not wearing of a facial covering marginally increase my chances of vectoring sickness to my elderly parents?- Yes.

I swear some people believe if they wear a bandanna over their face today to go shopping at Walmart, that the .gov will be at their house tomorrow to collect their guns...

Bailey- I think you have made it perfectly clear in past threads where you think plenty of people "don't get it" or are "uninformed" about topics with which you are familiar.

What I said was:

...stop trying to pretend that <snip> the rest of us "don't get it" or we're uninformed because we don't wear a mask.

And, yes, you clearly seem to be one that thinks that way. It's OK, though...you're entitled to your opinion. But make no mistake...it's just an opinion despite your assertions to the contrary. Why should I take your statements above, in bold, as fact? Do you have secret information I'm not privy to? I've seen plenty of medical professionals argue this thing in support of both sides. That tells me they really don't know for sure one way or the other.

[ray1970]

My wife, whose Asian, showed me a pic from FB of some dick in Walmart with "Thanks Chinks" written on his mask. Very nice.

Well, my mask decor may be crude and socially unacceptable but I wouldn?t stoop to making any remarks that would specifically target a group of people based on the color of their skin, their religion or ethnicity, or their gender.

[TEAMRICO]

Why haven’t we wore masks during the last few pandemics? Why now and what changed?

Election year fear mongering.

I will be wearing my Chemical Protective mask into stores tomorrow.

[.455_Hunter]

FYI, my silly post wasn't directed at you.

There are many sources for BOTH sides of the issue. I don't blindly follow one or the other. Our family doc told us that for US (my family) wearing masks would have a greater chance of having us get some microbial infection from moisture growing nasties and advised to not wear one unless mandated. Awesome. Now its mandated by Government. But I guess I'm a "selfish bastard" for wanting to protect myself and my kids. WTF?

Before casino work I was a geologist for 10+ years using microbes to degrade hydrocarbons and other pollutants from spills, leaks, etc. to what the State declared "accptable" levels. It was absurd to spend hundreds of thousands or even millions of tax dollars in some cases to clean up a few hundred gallons of gasoline in the middle of nowhere that would have no impact of anyone and would degrade on their own eventually anyway. A site in Brush comes to mind. Every time I drive by there 20 years later I think about what a waste of time and money that was. And that's why I stopped sucking off the taxpayer tit and really have no faith in what ANY politician says.

To answer your question (which I hope wasn't a veiled insult), casinos are doing the State mandated mask thing for guests and staff, doing temp checks at the door, enforcing distancing when possible (which is a joke), increased sanitization by housekeepers, etc.

I've been deemed non-essential for 4+ months now - poker and table games are still not allowed by the government - so I'm still furloughed. We got word today that it will be at least 2 more weeks before the powers that be make another judgement on our livelihoods. Unemployment will run out in a few weeks. Sweet.

Some say, "Just go out and get another job". Sure, a 50 something dude that built a 20 year career on something suddely deemed non-essential (though pot, booze, tattoos, etc. are) can just go out and make the same doing what? Delivering pizza? Painting? 7-11 cashier? Uber?

I have a few ideas for doing something else but it would involve serious family disruption, uncertainty and most likely moving us out of this state. Maybe this is what we need to finally do that.

I know I'm not the only one in this position but it is REALLY frustrating. Gilpin County has had 8 cases and not not one fatality. MUST WEAR MASK NOW! Seriously?

Rant over. I regret getting involved in this thread.

Thank for your response. My question about the casinos was legitimate- high percentage of people with co-morbidities sitting indoors in one spot for a long time. I know you have been off the clock for a long time and I hope you can get gainful employment again soon.

[Gman]

Who wants to put money on this virus still being front and center after the election?

[.455_Hunter]

Who wants to put money on this virus still being front and center after the election?

I have no doubt that politics will definitely play a role how the situation is assessed after the election. What we are dealing with is not made-up, nor is it Ebola. There is a lot of gray area, and how you fall in that gray area depends on many factors, politics included. I feel that intelligent mask wearing, like keeping them clean, not touching them, using only when in close quarters or inside, has benefits that outweigh the negatives, and is NOT a conditioning step for more governmental control. I have tried to avoid these threads and got sucked into this one. Good night.

[def90]

From the New England Journal of Medicine:

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2006372