It's difficult to tell so early in the life of this thread whether it will or won't accelerate quickly down the path to "lock." My gut tells me "yes."
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I see 10 warnings and a lock. Give it til tonight and people have a few freedom beers.
Lock? Oh definitely, yes. We have our own coterie of hotheads here.
Think this would have happened with a pipe smoker? Pipsters seem more chill than 'gar aficionados.
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personally I like wearing the mask. Though I never thought I'd be in a situation where I had to put a mask on before going into a store. Most of the time that doesn't work right.
What boggles my mind are the folks who wear them under their noses or even chins. CDC had to come out with an advisory telling people not to wear them under their chins. If anyone doesn't realize the necessity of that, then they have a boatload of stupid going on. 
If I had to wear one, I'd punch a hole in it for my pipe.
I wear it at work for quite a bit and I work 240 hours a month. The surgical is no issue, the N95 becomes a real pain.
But there you have it, the surgical doesn't do squat:
The pipe hole in my mask would be the one spot where the virus would be effectively stopped.
I am no expert at all, and I'm really nothing but a big oaf.
I think I heard though that surgical masks and cloth masks are effective at catching the water droplets that come out when we talk. And that that is a big carrier of the virus.
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I think I heard though that surgical masks and cloth masks are effective at catching the water droplets that come out when we talk. And that that is a big carrier of the virus.
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Ding ding dingI am no expert at all, and I'm really nothing but a big oaf.
I think I heard though that surgical masks and cloth masks are effective at catching the water droplets that come out when we talk. And that that is a big carrier of the virus.
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But there you have it, the surgical doesn't do squat:
The pipe hole in my mask would be the one spot where the virus would be effectively stopped.
I've been declared exempt from mask-mania because I have been in a perpetual state of involuntary face palming since around April of this looney-tunes year. Unfortunately my doctor has warned me that the continual face palming leaves me just as susceptible to the hypercapnia and other negative health effects as the masked masses.
Of course it's difficult for a lay-person to know which medical opinions to follow with so much disagreement on many fundamental issues among highly qualified experts. But luckily I recently discovered a little known scientific fact: the honesty and accuracy of a "medical professional" is directly proportionate to their baseball pitching abilities. I know...it's an odd thing...quantum physics stuff I guess...has something to do with their subconscious apparently.
Or you can just follow the money and their personal history...but not many will put in the effort required for that.
There's a lot more up to date info regarding how the various types of masks do with regard to blocking transmission. Most of them don't completely block transmission, but they do significantly reduce the radius of expelled droplets. How significant? With a stitched quilted cotton mask from the standard 6 feet, spread is reduced to 6 inches. So distancing remains an important component for evading transmission.But there you have it, the surgical doesn't do squat:
The pipe hole in my mask would be the one spot where the virus would be effectively stopped.
BTW, does that chain link fence carry an electrostatic charge, like an n95 mask? Makes a difference, you know.
That bastion of fringe leftist politics, The Wall Street Journal, ran an article on the continual mounting evidence that masks work. I saved it on my iPhone.
For those who can read material from the WSJ, here it is:
Face Masks Really Do Matter. The Scientific Evidence Is Growing.
Face masks are emerging as one of the most powerful weapons to fight the novel coronavirus, with growing evidence that facial coverings help prevent transmission—even if an infected wearer is in close contact with others.
www.wsj.com
It's just one of hundreds of articles that pursue factual data rather than ideological correctness.
Here's another interesting article on how Peter Tsai, inventor of the synthetic material that is used to make n95 mask, is continuing his research and has a method for reviving n95 masks so that they don't need to be tossed after use if there are no replacements available:
He invented the N95 mask filter. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit and he was called to help once again | CNN
Peter Tsai, the scientist who invented the fabric used to make N95 masks, resumed work on sterilizing the masks in March when the pandemic began.
www.cnn.com
Looks like they caught him:
www.mcall.com
Man sought in mask dispute shot and officer also wounded in Slatington chase, shootout
Officers were on their way to serve a warrant Saturday morning to Adam Zaborowski, charged with attempted homicide over a mask dispute at a Bethlehem Township business the day before, but police sa…
www.mcall.com
?There's a lot more up to date info regarding how the various types of masks do with regard to blocking transmission. Most of them don't completely block transmission, but they do significantly reduce the radius of expelled droplets. How significant? With a stitched quilted cotton mask from the standard 6 feet, spread is reduced to 6 inches. So distancing remains an important component for evading transmission.
BTW, does that chain link fence carry an electrostatic charge, like an n95 mask? Makes a difference, you know.
That bastion of fringe leftist politics, The Wall Street Journal, ran an article on the continual mounting evidence that masks work. I saved it on my iPhone.
For those who can read material from the WSJ, here it is:
Face Masks Really Do Matter. The Scientific Evidence Is Growing.
Face masks are emerging as one of the most powerful weapons to fight the novel coronavirus, with growing evidence that facial coverings help prevent transmission—even if an infected wearer is in close contact with others.
It's just one of hundreds of articles that pursue factual data rather than ideological correctness.
Here's another interesting article on how Peter Tsai, inventor of the synthetic material that is used to make n95 mask, is continuing his research and has a method for reviving n95 masks so that they don't need to be tossed after use if there are no replacements available:
He invented the N95 mask filter. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit and he was called to help once again | CNN
Peter Tsai, the scientist who invented the fabric used to make N95 masks, resumed work on sterilizing the masks in March when the pandemic began.
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