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Wearing a mask, yes or no.
- Thread starter jd56hawk
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Hospital worker here too. In fact I'm at work every day. My job is procurement. PPE is seriously short right now. Once I get to my office I take off the mask... We have no visitors- all freight is dropped on the dock/foyer areas and then I disinfect.
I bought masks/gloves/gowns in bulk in late December prior to people taking this seriously- now I look like a genious.
I bought masks/gloves/gowns in bulk in late December prior to people taking this seriously- now I look like a genious.
I went to buy a bass yesterday. I wore a fleece neck gaiter. Not the most protective thing for other folks, but then again it’s better than nothing.
i went 15 feet away from my front door today for the first time since march 13 to get a prescription delivered (yay, ralph's pharmacy!) wearing my previously worn N95 mask and vinyl gloves for the hand-off. i live in a gated community, and all the people i could see at that time were lots of moms with kids 11 and under. half of each group wore masks, not one single adult or child was distancing. none. nada. zip.
the kids were playing and including touching, running and breathing hard on each other, laughing in each others faces and so on, often from maybe a foot away. the moms were standing close together while chatting - closer than 3 feet in every case - and in most cases, a masked mom was chatting close up with an unmasked mom. most of those masks were homemade, ie not that effective.
many of those women are college freaking educated, and every building has CDC and state requirements and recommendations for distancing. btw, i believe california requires you to wear a mask in public, but only half were.
what is WRONG with people?
the kids were playing and including touching, running and breathing hard on each other, laughing in each others faces and so on, often from maybe a foot away. the moms were standing close together while chatting - closer than 3 feet in every case - and in most cases, a masked mom was chatting close up with an unmasked mom. most of those masks were homemade, ie not that effective.
many of those women are college freaking educated, and every building has CDC and state requirements and recommendations for distancing. btw, i believe california requires you to wear a mask in public, but only half were.
what is WRONG with people?
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Perhaps this might be a bit more practical. Especially the one for the baby. (WWII photo)
the thing is, the ones i've talked with in the past are intelligent, but they're... i guess maybe willfully ignorant. or in denial of something that half of them believe in enough to wear a mask, yet don't seem to really believe in.
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Oh god! I just ran across this on Google Images. I'm pretty sure this is legit.
Seriously though, I bought these.
No way am I going grocery shopping wearing a paper one...looks like people are wearing sanitary napkins on their faces!
No way am I going grocery shopping wearing a paper one...looks like people are wearing sanitary napkins on their faces!
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I bought those in early January in bulk for the hospital I work at. No one was paying attention and now I’m a genius!
Intelligence and common sense are inversely proportional, imo and ime.
Were they outside? If so, I'm with you on the kids touching. But standing and talking outside? I think they'll be OK. There's plenty to stress about. People standing outside isn't one of them.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
When I meet people in my office or are in the store, I wear a mask. When I'm walking the dogs in the park, I don't.
Yeah dozens of people walk around my neighborhood all day with no masks. I mean.... it's outdoors.
