Mask Burn Party

[MrPrena]

I just had a local pickup. I was wearing a mask even I don't even know a mask cotton can do any help unless I had to sneeze with covid 19 load being high.

whenever I have a local pickup, they ask me if they want them to wear a mask. I say "Nope."


I wear it just to not to offend anyone.

who knows. next viral pandemic, we might really need to wear a level3 biohazard suit or encapsulated suit.

[Great-Kazoo]

I just had a local pickup. I was wearing a mask even I don't even know a mask cotton can do any help unless I had to sneeze with covid 19 load being high.

whenever I have a local pickup, they ask me if they want them to wear a mask. I say "Nope."


I wear it just to not to offend anyone.

who knows. next viral pandemic, we might really need to wear a level3 biohazard suit or encapsulated suit.

The lockdown will be limited to quarantining in Level 3 & 4 bio safety labs.

Or as it will come to be known as. The Andromeda Strain

[MrPrena]

The lockdown will be limited to quarantining in Level 3 & 4 bio safety labs.

Or as it will come to be known as. The Andromeda Strain

I did some little division and subtraction, but even if there is 99% of human population wipeout, there will be 79mil humans. More than enough to sustain some kind of economy. I just hope that I am that 1%.



Going back to the Topic. I probably would still keep new masks I have. Who knows Someone who might need it after chemo/-mab therapy.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I have been mulling over the idea that the pandemic mandates were an intentional tactic to make the general populace unhappy and dissatisfied with life in the run up to the election. Trump had done what was thought impossible with restoring the economy after Obama/Biden pretty much destroyed it and was heading for a shoo-in victory.

The pandemic itself was bad enough due to lives lost but the economic impact from the closures and the general unhappiness about lockdowns and mandatory masks seemed targeted toward stirring up the generally uninformed population. In addition, they gave the MSM and others an opportunity to paint Trump supporters as uncaring ("you want to kill Grandma") and ignorant ("believe the science" -- always laughable coming from people who couldn't pass high school physics). The same morons freaking out over barbecues and picnics saw no problem with clustering and yelling (way to spew more saliva in the air) at "peaceful protests".

There were lots of instances of ignorant people protesting the masks and lockdowns -- the facts are that if we'd been more diligent about tackling the spread, we could probably have beat it down much sooner but it would have been at great cost in liberties as well as finances. Of course, Trump and Pence are being given no credit for coordinating a federal response that accelerated not just development but testing of the various vaccines in ways that were allegedly impossible. Somehow, Joe the Idiot gets credit despite all the vaccines being developed before Election Day.

As far as mask burning goes, count me out. I'll be happy to retire my masks but I'm keeping them for my international travels just in case. The experience in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, etc. shows that broad mask wear does help slow the spread of respiratory viruses.

[Eric P]

The masks I have been wearing were shown to be the effective. Neck sleeves or whatever they are called had only the benefit of keeping my neck warm. We have to wear them at work still, but at least those serve a purpose for dust control.

My typical response to those telling me to wear one out side was either ignoring them or just saying fvck off. If they persisted I would raise my arm and ask what the fvck are you going to do about it. That always work as my shirt would raise high enough to reveal the not so CCW.

I agree with other posts. These lock downs served the will of the economic overlords by killing smaller competitors and partially normalizing teleworking so they could reduce real estate overhead.

[Irving]

Where are you being people telling you to put a mask on, especially outside? I traveled all over the country the past year and with the exception on an employee informing me of the rules of the place (in Hawaii), I only ever had one person say anything to me. It was a lady in the very beginning, and she actually said something out loud to the employee she was talking to in some bitchy, passive aggressive move. This was before masks were mandatory. I very bluntly informed her that if she was going to wear a mask, it had to cover her nose as well as her mouth, otherwise she was just pretending. She shut the fuck up after that. Besides that, I haven't had any mask conversation with anyone, nor even witnessed one. Keep it classy with brandishing over a mask by the way. Jesus.

[Eric P]

Where are you being people telling you to put a mask on, especially outside? I traveled all over the country the past year and with the exception on an employee informing me of the rules of the place (in Hawaii), I only ever had one person say anything to me. It was a lady in the very beginning, and she actually said something out loud to the employee she was talking to in some bitchy, passive aggressive move. This was before masks were mandatory. I very bluntly informed her that if she was going to wear a mask, it had to cover her nose as well as her mouth, otherwise she was just pretending. She shut the fuck up after that. Besides that, I haven't had any mask conversation with anyone, nor even witnessed one. Keep it classy with brandishing over a mask by the way. Jesus.

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[Irving]

I doubt I would react very kindly to someone telling me to wear a mask outdoors. I might not be mean, but I wouldn't be kind.

[FoxtArt]

I haven't been wearing a mask in quite a long while, although I probably will again come wintertime to help protect my elderly parents. Not because anyone or anything ever told me to, simply because as pointed out, proper, quality respirators do actually work to some degree and that was my position before the US Gov got involved as well. The new strains are also affecting younger people harder than the originals did, so I prefer to not have to deal with it if I don't have to.

I've never thought it should be mandated at all, mandates would backfire anyway, and all the passive aggressiveness and enforcement was unwarranted/improper, but likewise, all the anti mask mouth foaming has been equally face-palmy. It's been one of the dumbest hills for people (both directions) to die on I can think of in the last few years.

I will only add that it's a seasonal virus... which it is still incredibly strange that isn't openly acknowledged by -anything-. Be more careful when it's cold and wet. Almost nothing to worry about when it is warm and dry. Totally ignored because..... ?

Good points throughout the thread.

[Wulf202]

The company I work for hasn't reduced their regs.

Never really bothered me. the cotton masks are far more comfortable that n95 masks and do about the same job. I've spent weeks in n95s 8-12 hours a day

Plus making face identification software at the stores work harder entertains me