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Bellajane
I just don't get this defiance. An employee at Target arm was broken because he tried to enforce the mask policy. What is the big deal about wearing a mask? Not to mention the unnecessary violence, this behavior almost seems sociopathic. Just don't care. I mean I hate wearing masks. It's difficult to breathe...always feel sluggish...and it certainly isn't a fashion statement although there are some cute homemade masks out there. I still see people walking down the aisles in the market the wrong way. I don't know if they're being defiant or just not paying attention.
Wearing masks, washing your hands, using sanitizer, and keeping your distance really isn't too much to ask to ensure your health and well-being and everyone else for that matter. I'm deathly afraid of this second wave that they're predicting. I don't know if our healthcare system can handle it.
it's dumbfounding, isn't it?
the "experts" dropped the ball big-time by not coming out fast-and-strong w/ a "Wear Ya Masks" UNIFIED chorus from DAY ONE.
instead they turned it into a debate/argument...and now want to back-track. That rarely works.
States should've had "mandatory masks" from the beginning....and cops should be out patrolling and handing out fines (or arresting defiant dinkbags).
ps...I think the grocery store thing is mostly not paying attention.
pps..but, being an American, I feel I can say this: Americans are not really the best rule-followers and/or most disciplined people on the face of the Earth. It's just who we are, for better or worse.
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Stoneage
I don't get this fixation with masks. Masks are often false security.
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Stoneage
I don't get this fixation with masks. Masks are often false security. The Corona virus is not airborne. Most of them aren't good enough and most people can't handle them the right way.
In fact they could be counterproductive. They are essential in the health sector though. They need to be of medical standard (FFP3 or N95). And they need to be handled professionally.
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Stoneage
Okay, Dandy. Fair enough. But if you feel ill you should be in quarantine. When it comes to professional use (health care) we have the same opinion.
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Stoneage
I don't get this fixation with masks. Masks are often false security. The Corona virus is not airborne. Most of them aren't good enough and most people can't handle them the right way.
In fact they could be counterproductive. They are essential in the health sector though. They need to be of medical standard (FFP3 or N95). And they need to be handled professionally.
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TheGreek
Well said BV . It's all about having respect for each other . That is the single most thing lacking in the United States - Respect for one and other , and then that gets turned into don't infringe on my rights to live my life as I see fit . To which I say that during a pandemic in this emergency we must conform to medical science period ! There can be no exceptions . Protect life at all costs !
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Snowflake or safety first? How face masks were drawn into Trump’s culture wars
[www.theguardian.com]
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Snowflake or safety first? How face masks were drawn into Trump’s culture wars
[www.theguardian.com]
The other 1% are joggers who seem to think that, if they run fast enough, the virus won’t catch up with them
this is infuriating. I live next to the Bike Path and I see the same thing w/ bikers and joggers...
when HEAVY BREATHING (and spitting, hacking, clearing throat) all are MORE likely to transmit "droplets" into the air.
[www.nbcsandiego.com]
I get it...I'm a jogger...running w/ a mask/face cover SUCKS....but, TOO F'N BAD....
ugh.
I've taken to running at 4:30am so I don't see anybody...and I still wear a "Buff" face-covering...out of respect.
Trump not wearing one is so lame....but, I see the same thing from EVERY "out on the beat" reporter on my local news....there they are, out in the street, yacking away the news....w/ NO mask on....
same w/ my Governor and Mayor...they have one on walking around, but take it off to talk into the f'n microphone....
so, the message is that "if it interferes w/ talking (which it doesn't really) then it is OK to take it off????".....ugh....
what a surprise that some lady in the supermarket pulled her mask down to answer her f'n cell phone the other day....
$50 says 100% of people respect the "Mask Ordinance" at the gun shops, though.
what a world.
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Snowflake or safety first? How face masks were drawn into Trump’s culture wars
[www.theguardian.com]
The other 1% are joggers who seem to think that, if they run fast enough, the virus won’t catch up with them
this is infuriating. I live next to the Bike Path and I see the same thing w/ bikers and joggers...
when HEAVY BREATHING (and spitting, hacking, clearing throat) all are MORE likely to transmit "droplets" into the air.
[www.nbcsandiego.com]
I get it...I'm a jogger...running w/ a mask/face cover SUCKS....but, TOO F'N BAD....
ugh.
I've taken to running at 4:30am so I don't see anybody...and I still wear a "Buff" face-covering...out of respect.
Trump not wearing one is so lame....but, I see the same thing from EVERY "out on the beat" reporter on my local news....there they are, out in the street, yacking away the news....w/ NO mask on....
same w/ my Governor and Mayor...they have one on walking around, but take it off to talk into the f'n microphone....
so, the message is that "if it interferes w/ talking (which it doesn't really) then it is OK to take it off????".....ugh....
what a surprise that some lady in the supermarket pulled her mask down to answer her f'n cell phone the other day....
$50 says 100% of people respect the "Mask Ordinance" at the gun shops, though.
what a world.
What state are you in? Fortunately in California most wearing masks. Only place I have seen an issue is at Walmart. I have hear from some in red states who have been harassed for wearing masks.
I have a discussion with my business partner and he equated not wearing a mask to wearing a red MAGA hat. Only in America would something this stupid be happening.
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Javadave
The mask issue has some tricky angles to it. Some have legitimate reasons not to wear one. The deaf and hard of hearing who rely on facial cues or lip reading are one group that can’t. Here in the U.S., certain demographics in the population already feel stigmatized due to racial prejudice. This is particularly acute for black males here. Many have expressed a concern that wearing a mask will make them even more targeted for unwarranted profiling and harassment.
As a retail vintage music and movie media store owner in Seattle, I am trying to anticipate how the mask issue will play out once we are given the green light to reopen. Our city has said that mask wearing in public is strongly recommended but not mandatory. Businesses are allowed to have their own mandatory mask policy as long as they don’t discriminate in any other way. It seems it will be difficult and potentially contentious to demand people wear a mask. We will have signage reminding people to maintain physical distance, to not enter if feeling ill, and encouraging them to wear a mask for their own and others well-being. I will be wearing a mask any time I have to be around others. I will have to see how this works, and may remain closed if the risks and headaches outweigh the benefits.
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Javadave
The mask issue has some tricky angles to it. Some have legitimate reasons not to wear one. The deaf and hard of hearing who rely on facial cues or lip reading are one group that can’t. Here in the U.S., certain demographics in the population already feel stigmatized due to racial prejudice. This is particularly acute for black males here. Many have expressed a concern that wearing a mask will make them even more targeted for unwarranted profiling and harassment.
As a retail vintage music and movie media store owner in Seattle, I am trying to anticipate how the mask issue will play out once we are given the green light to reopen. Our city has said that mask wearing in public is strongly recommended but not mandatory. Businesses are allowed to have their own mandatory mask policy as long as they don’t discriminate in any other way. It seems it will be difficult and potentially contentious to demand people wear a mask. We will have signage reminding people to maintain physical distance, to not enter if feeling ill, and encouraging them to wear a mask for their own and others well-being. I will be wearing a mask any time I have to be around others. I will have to see how this works, and may remain closed if the risks and headaches outweigh the benefits.
While we have been closed, I have continued working in the shop almost daily, as I have ventured into online selling for the first time in 15 years here. I spend a good portion of my day listing more items for sale, answering queries about things I’m selling, packaging orders and taking them to the post office to ship, all the while continuing to play-test records and process new inventory. Fortunately I have bought a lot of records through the years and have enough of a stash to keep me going for a few years even if I cannot continue buying them.
I am in a basement location with one stairway leading down to the shop. The heat has not been turned off yet in the building, and even with no heat directly turned on in my space (I never turn it on), we get a lot of ambient heat from three pipes that run through our space carrying the radiator heat to the rest of the building. I keep the front door open with fans running to regulate the temperature.
During this shutdown, unless I’m expecting a UPS delivery, I keep the gate at the top of the stairway locked, and the sign always is turned to say “Closed”. I still have had people wander in. Most were when the gate was unlocked for deliveries. Although the gate was shut and the closed sign was up, these folks just felt they had to investigate. None of them were wearing a mask. I wear a mask whenever I go out, but not when I am working alone. It is alarming enough to have unannounced visitors enter the store, but even more so when they are completely indifferent to the health risk their entrance is exposing me to. You would think they would at least give a phonecall to see if we were open, but they are too thoughtless for this. When they come in they try to walk up close to me, and I have had to demonstrably tell them to stay six feet away.
Yesterday was worse. I had no deliveries scheduled, so the gate was locked. I was shocked when some guy walked into my store around 5:30 p.m., again unmasked. He had to crawl over or through the gate to come down to the store, past the closed sign. I told him we were closed and wanted no one in the store. He wouldn’t immediately leave, saying “I just really need some music, can you help me out?” I told him no, I couldn’t until we reopen and asked him to leave, which he finally did. It was awkward and a little unnerving. I reiterated my request to my landlord to turn off the building’s heat.
This is the reality I am facing. There are countless other thoughtless, careless, and in some cases nefarious people to deal with. It’s a headache under the best of circumstances, but a full-on migraine under the current conditions. I do not want to put my employees, my customers or myself at risk to deal with a bunch of knuckleheads. So I will monitor the situation once we are green lighted to open and try to make prudent decisions about how to proceed. If necessary, I will remain closed to the public and just sell online, but if it comes to that, I will have to consider relocating.
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Snowflake or safety first? How face masks were drawn into Trump’s culture wars
[www.theguardian.com]
The other 1% are joggers who seem to think that, if they run fast enough, the virus won’t catch up with them
this is infuriating. I live next to the Bike Path and I see the same thing w/ bikers and joggers...
when HEAVY BREATHING (and spitting, hacking, clearing throat) all are MORE likely to transmit "droplets" into the air.
[www.nbcsandiego.com]
I get it...I'm a jogger...running w/ a mask/face cover SUCKS....but, TOO F'N BAD....
ugh.
I've taken to running at 4:30am so I don't see anybody...and I still wear a "Buff" face-covering...out of respect.
Trump not wearing one is so lame....but, I see the same thing from EVERY "out on the beat" reporter on my local news....there they are, out in the street, yacking away the news....w/ NO mask on....
same w/ my Governor and Mayor...they have one on walking around, but take it off to talk into the f'n microphone....
so, the message is that "if it interferes w/ talking (which it doesn't really) then it is OK to take it off????".....ugh....
what a surprise that some lady in the supermarket pulled her mask down to answer her f'n cell phone the other day....
$50 says 100% of people respect the "Mask Ordinance" at the gun shops, though.
what a world.
What state are you in? Fortunately in California most wearing masks. Only place I have seen an issue is at Walmart. I have hear from some in red states who have been harassed for wearing masks.
I have a discussion with my business partner and he equated not wearing a mask to wearing a red MAGA hat. Only in America would something this stupid be happening.
I got a MAGA hat!
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stickyfingers101
I don't think the mask-issue is just among Trumpers...
but if it is....here ya go!
[www.trump2020masks.com]
Wear the F'n thing w/ MAGA Pride...I couldn't care less....just wear it!!
Vote for Whoevah Ya Want!
Just Wear Ya Mask! Wash Ya Hands!
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MisterDDDD
If it were me I would have a strict, no mask-no service policy and have some inexpensive ones at the ready for those that don't have one.
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Stoneage
Okay, BV. Legality is another thing though. You should not break the law. And the frequent use of masks in Japan (and China) is also due to pollution, praxis and overpopulation.