To mask, or not to mask, THAT, is the question

[MacFromOK]

You wear yours then and I'll still not wear one.

Your call. I sincerely hope that none of your loved ones become victims.

 

[TedKennedy]

Jenks just passed a mandate - coupled with a 200 dollar fine.

I want to meet the cops that write those tickets. Front-line heroes, I tell you!

 

[HJB]

Doesn't matter, Biden is going to mandate masks nation-wide.

Mandate ? hahahahaha

That carries absolutely no legal weight. The governors will still decide and even then they really don't have much clout either. I'm a supporter of wearing masks, but I'm not a supporter of Biden "mandating" anything !

 

[SMS]

For what it’s worth... Supposed to be the first study of mask effectiveness.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article246781727.html


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There is a peer review that blasts the KU study for using deceptive models to sew the comparison. By using a 7 day rolling average, it concealed the huge growth of cases in the mask mandate counties compared to no mask mandate counties. There are other flaws identified as well.

https://sentinelksmo.org/ku-researc...z0GMVA_83ouaTkAnJkN_2gXb2ySwCTaXp1M1jNxDS5LhA

I still wear a mask in crowded places though...just like I carry a gun.

 

[HJB]

There is a peer review that blasts the KU study for using deceptive models to sew the comparison. By using a 7 day rolling average, it concealed the huge growth of cases in the mask mandate counties compared to no mask mandate counties. There are other flaws identified as well.

https://sentinelksmo.org/ku-researc...z0GMVA_83ouaTkAnJkN_2gXb2ySwCTaXp1M1jNxDS5LhA

I still wear a mask in crowded places though...just like I carry a gun.

I always wear a mask anywhere that I am around people because I have N95 masks to protect myself from the jerks that don't have the decency to wear on out of respect for others. I don't always carry my gun because unless I expect there is a chance to get into a situation that might be dangerous, I just don't want to carry it.

I think now that the vaccine has basically been deemed successful, there will be fewer and fewer people who will wear masks because they think the danger is over. I am a senior with some health problems and I certainly feel it is my responsibility to protect myself. But when I go to the grocery store at 6:00 AM once every two weeks on "senior day"
to get the things I want to pick out myself, and some non-senior decides to come in because there is not much of a crowd, I'm kind of glad I don't have my gun because I'm afraid I might be tempted to shoot the piece of garbage !

 

[JD8]

There is a peer review that blasts the KU study for using deceptive models to sew the comparison. By using a 7 day rolling average, it concealed the huge growth of cases in the mask mandate counties compared to no mask mandate counties. There are other flaws identified as well.

https://sentinelksmo.org/ku-researc...z0GMVA_83ouaTkAnJkN_2gXb2ySwCTaXp1M1jNxDS5LhA

I still wear a mask in crowded places though...just like I carry a gun.

I remember asking another member here to look at the Oklahoma posted data after the Mandates here in Tulsa. They kept rising.....and rising. Even after 6wks? He said there wasn't enough data still. The numbers never stopped rising. his isn't to say that masks are ineffective, it's to say that people seem to forget the other aspects of protecting themselves while wearing one. Mainly because that's all anyone ever focuses on IMO.

 

[yukonjack]

I always wear a mask anywhere that I am around people because I have N95 masks to protect myself from the jerks that don't have the decency to wear on out of respect for others. I don't always carry my gun because unless I expect there is a chance to get into a situation that might be dangerous, I just don't want to carry it.

I think now that the vaccine has basically been deemed successful, there will be fewer and fewer people who will wear masks because they think the danger is over. I am a senior with some health problems and I certainly feel it is my responsibility to protect myself. But when I go to the grocery store at 6:00 AM once every two weeks on "senior day"
to get the things I want to pick out myself, and some non-senior decides to come in because there is not much of a crowd, I'm kind of glad I don't have my gun because I'm afraid I might be tempted to shoot the piece of garbage !

I hope your disposing of those masks after every trip out. If you’re not you’re just dragging the virus around with you.

 

[HJB]

I hope your disposing of those masks after every trip out. If you’re not you’re just dragging the virus around with you.

Actually that's not correct. The virus does not live forever on any surfaces. They can be reused or if a cloth mask they can be laundered.

 

[Snattlerake]

Actually that's not correct. The virus does not live forever on any surfaces. They can be reused or if a cloth mask they can be laundered.

I jus turn mine inside out and wear it again like my underwear.

 

[BobbyV]

I remember asking another member here to look at the Oklahoma posted data after the Mandates here in Tulsa. They kept rising.....and rising. Even after 6wks? He said there wasn't enough data still. The numbers never stopped rising. his isn't to say that masks are ineffective, it's to say that people seem to forget the other aspects of protecting themselves while wearing one. Mainly because that's all anyone ever focuses on IMO.

From what data has been shared in the various meetings I've been in, the positives who wore a mask were at like 24/100k vs positives who didn't wear a mask being at 27/100k . . .