I HAAAAATE this argument. If I’m not sick, I can’t spread the virus. Therefore no need to wear the stupid face diaper. Your health is NOT my civic duty.Originally Posted by GeorgeP
Also, if masks work so well, how did I get the virus from someone who wears her mask everywhere? Just stop with this nonsense already.
If YPU feel safer wearing one, go for it.
The problem with Covid is that you don't *know* if you're sick. There can be 3-5 days where you're infectious and don't realize you have it.
Are masks perfect? Of course not. But they do reduce the rate of re-infection.
Ron Wanttaja
That was not the case when I got it. Exposed Sunday. Monday I knew I was in for some fun.
My point stands. If you don’t have it, you can’t give it. With rapid testing, if you want to know, you can.
If you have it, you have it wether you feel it or not. My personal opinion is that everyone who is going to get it will get it.
And other people react differently. Some have a longer asymptomatic time. It also hits people differently. You recovered from Covid...does that mean you don't believe ANYONE has died from it? Shouldn't precautions be based on protecting the most number of people?
Few of us are politicians or football players; we don't get tested every day. The most-common guidance is to get tested IF you think you have it...by which point, it's really too late, as far as protecting anyone else.
Ron Wanttaja
Of course not......but let's be honest, people die from sicknesses all the time. This one hit us hard, and seemingly fast. Combined with the fact that from all indications, nobody's immune system had seen it before, it is unavoidable that people would die from it.....I'm not trying to be harsh here, but from a facts point of view.
If I thought that wearing a mask would actually save the actual people I passed by in the store, etc, sure, I'd wear one. Maybe it's my rural life, but I just don't buy into the "if it saves just one life" way of thinking. If that was the case, they wouldn't have sent Covid patients to nursing homes.....That was an action that directly killed people (and I believe more people than would ever have been killed if nobody wore a mask).
Look, I'm not wishing that anyone gets sick, or God forbid, dies, but there needs to be a balance between personal freedom and personal responsibility for one's own health.
Anyway, However this all works out, I wish you all good health, and a great Airventure this year! (I'm staying slightly optomistic on that last one)
Medical masks have been used to minimize transmission of disease for over 100 years; there are pictures of doctors in the Civil War era wearing them. Until a year ago, there was no controversy....NONE....about the use of masks to reduce the effect of contagious diseases. Seems to me that millions of medical professionals would have been eager to get rid of them, otherwise.
(Good article at:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/l...207-1/fulltext
How analogous is your rural life to the AirVenture environment? Do you think a crowded, public venue requires more precautions than a lifestyle that meets, say, two strangers a day?
I am absolutely fascinated. I've been to many businesses over the years that have signs saying, "No Shirts, No Shoes, No Service." Please explain to me why THIS is not a threat to my personal freedom, while wearing a mask is.
Ron Wanttaja
Hey I’m totally happy that I got my first vaccine dose (Moderna) today. Had to drive an hour up into north Georgia but it was worth it. As difficult it was to get scheduled I was surprised how low the foot traffic was. There were 9 station in my area but only 3 including myself were in use. In and out in less than 20 minutes and 15 of that was just sitting after the injection. Treated myself to some good BBQ for lunch and stopped at a couple of vineyards on the way back. All in all not a bad day.
Dave Shaw
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Not correct. First hand knowledge here. My son is in elementary school and has been in the classroom all day, every day this school year (with everyone wearing masks). We were notified a week and a half ago (a Saturday) that his teacher was COVID positive. Our whole family got rapid tested that day. All of us came up negative.
To be sure, we had him re-tested (both tests) on Monday (two days later). The rapid test was positive and the longer test result came back positive on Wednesday.
So, there can definitely be a lag period between when you catch the virus and when you will start testing positive.
BTW, he's doing fine, locked away in his room playing video games for 10 days with us shoving food under the door...
A lot of pancakes and pita bread.
Tortillas, fruit rollups (unrolled, of course), thin sliced sandwich meat. A 10 year old's dream.
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