MCorps0311
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How long a couple more months or one year from now or more.
Covid-19,opinions how long will we be wearing the Mask?
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Targets Guy
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I haven't started yet.
For me thus far it has been never. I don't see this changing, since masks are basically useless.
Stay 6' away from people, keep your hands away from your face, and keep your hands clean. You will be fine, unless you have a weakened immune system or other serious health problems, including obesity. If so, forget the mask also, and isolate yourself for the rest of your life as there might never be a vaccine.
Stay 6' away from people, keep your hands away from your face, and keep your hands clean. You will be fine, unless you have a weakened immune system or other serious health problems, including obesity. If so, forget the mask also, and isolate yourself for the rest of your life as there might never be a vaccine.
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Rpg
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Folks, the mask isn't to protect you - the person wearing it. It's there to protect ME from you.
I'd sure appreciate you wearing one.
I'd sure appreciate you wearing one.
It depends on your location and population density. The Japanese have been wearing masks for years.
I'm afraid life won't get back to normal for quite some time. Fall gun shows and other mass gatherings here in Michigan are already suspect. We probably won't see life return to pre-virus days until an effective vaccine is developed and readily available.
I've lost a friend to covid-19, know several others who were severely ill and recovered and others who tested positive and exhibited only minor symptoms. The accounts of those who were sick convinced me that I want no part of it.
I'm afraid life won't get back to normal for quite some time. Fall gun shows and other mass gatherings here in Michigan are already suspect. We probably won't see life return to pre-virus days until an effective vaccine is developed and readily available.
I've lost a friend to covid-19, know several others who were severely ill and recovered and others who tested positive and exhibited only minor symptoms. The accounts of those who were sick convinced me that I want no part of it.
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Minus a resurgence and constant reporting I think we will see fewer and fewer people wearing a mask once Summer is in full swing. Personally, I only put one on when I enter a place and it is required.
Same here. I have a nice mask with two canisters from my HazMat Tech days that looks really nifty.
sigp220.45
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I haven't worn one yet, and I doubt I ever will.
I'm not sick. I haven't sneezed or coughed in public since this madness started. If you're worried, stay home or six feet away.
I'm not sick. I haven't sneezed or coughed in public since this madness started. If you're worried, stay home or six feet away.
Fishinfool
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Most stores around here require one to enter, including the auto parts store I work at part time. I wear one at work because I have to, and we kick anyone without one on out of the store. The 6 foot rule is fine and all, but a lot of the customers don't follow it.
Lost count over the last couple months of how many I have seen coughing into their hand, sneezing, then wiping their noses with their hand, you know, before they hand you their CC or cash. Some sorry *** people out there.
I am in the "high risk" group, and would kind of like to make it to next hunting season...
Larry
Lost count over the last couple months of how many I have seen coughing into their hand, sneezing, then wiping their noses with their hand, you know, before they hand you their CC or cash. Some sorry *** people out there.
I am in the "high risk" group, and would kind of like to make it to next hunting season...
Larry
I'm in high risk. I turn 70 in a couple of months. Masks and distancing all year, and probably into next, except around tested family and coworkers. It's going to take a while to change from what looks like a new normal to remembered normal.
So people choose not to wear masks or social distance, just what is supposed to happen to them?
Some will get sick and recover. Some, a few, will get sick and die. And
people who believe in the merits of mask wearing and social distancing will do their best to avoid them.
I have a contractor friend who flew with his girlfriend to Hawaii and back in late March on a vacation. He is not worried about catching Covid-19, although in my opinion, since he is high risk in terms of his age, he ought to be.
But he wears a mask. He told me he considers it a sign of respect to those among us who do worry about it, and who do believe in wearing masks.
people who believe in the merits of mask wearing and social distancing will do their best to avoid them.
I have a contractor friend who flew with his girlfriend to Hawaii and back in late March on a vacation. He is not worried about catching Covid-19, although in my opinion, since he is high risk in terms of his age, he ought to be.
But he wears a mask. He told me he considers it a sign of respect to those among us who do worry about it, and who do believe in wearing masks.
Say if your 60 and your girlfriend is 20 does that lower the average age of the pair to 40, thereby taking them out of the high risk category? Or perhaps the 60 year old does kick the bucket, but with a smile on his face?
keith44spl
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No mask for me....I'm out in the fresh air everyday,
I had some kinda upper respiratory infection in December,
but as you can see, I survived it. No worse for wear. In the early
fall I had a pneumonia shot, a flu shot and daily shots of Wild Turkey...
I do feel sorry for folks stuck in town.
** A tip I got from a 13 year old....if you can blow a candle out
while wearing a mask....it's not doing the job you think it is.
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I had some kinda upper respiratory infection in December,
but as you can see, I survived it. No worse for wear. In the early
fall I had a pneumonia shot, a flu shot and daily shots of Wild Turkey...
I do feel sorry for folks stuck in town.
** A tip I got from a 13 year old....if you can blow a candle out
while wearing a mask....it's not doing the job you think it is.
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This was my opinion in another thread: I have read and reflected on this thread. My thoughts turned to my Grandfather who served in WWI, he was wounded by machine gun fire, a gas attack and shrapnel from an ordinance attack that caused problems his whole life, but he did live into his eighties and I was blessed to have that time to love him.
I also think of my Father who served in WW2, survived a plane crash during the War and lived not long enough and died in his 70's.
I have wondered if they were alive today would they be angry, sad or terribly disappointed by people actually being infuriated by being asked to wear a piece of cloth over their faces to protect their fellow citizens? I suspect all three.
We are not being asked to climb out of the trenches and go over the barbed wire in virtual suicide attacks in WWl. We are not being asked to storm the beaches of Normandy or liberate Iwo Jima. We are being asked to wear a mask to protect our fellow citizens. In comparison to our parents and grandparents it sure seems a very minor sacrifice to me, one I will gladly make! I am not a veteran but it is my opportunity to save a few of my fellow citizens if I am infected, an opportunity I gladly accept.
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I also think of my Father who served in WW2, survived a plane crash during the War and lived not long enough and died in his 70's.
I have wondered if they were alive today would they be angry, sad or terribly disappointed by people actually being infuriated by being asked to wear a piece of cloth over their faces to protect their fellow citizens? I suspect all three.
We are not being asked to climb out of the trenches and go over the barbed wire in virtual suicide attacks in WWl. We are not being asked to storm the beaches of Normandy or liberate Iwo Jima. We are being asked to wear a mask to protect our fellow citizens. In comparison to our parents and grandparents it sure seems a very minor sacrifice to me, one I will gladly make! I am not a veteran but it is my opportunity to save a few of my fellow citizens if I am infected, an opportunity I gladly accept.
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I do think it makes a very big difference whether one is in a rural environment where people are few and far between, or in a crowded, urban downtown where one needs to dodge fellow pedestrians on the sidewalks.
My own rule is as long as I can keep six feet apart, I don't wear a mask outside unless I am meeting someone, and I always put on a mask when going into a building — grocery store, liquor store, etc. — other than my home.
My own rule is as long as I can keep six feet apart, I don't wear a mask outside unless I am meeting someone, and I always put on a mask when going into a building — grocery store, liquor store, etc. — other than my home.
I stopped in a tiny store in a mountain town this afternoon and the few of us lined up were six feet apart and wore masks. Some guy came in behind me and practically stood on my heels and wasn't wearing a mask. After one minute he walked back out of the store. He must have been psychic and picked up on my vibe when I noticed him... (I'm very high risk)
By not wearing one you are sending me a message and I feel the same way about you now. Back off *******!!
By not wearing one you are sending me a message and I feel the same way about you now. Back off *******!!
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