05-19-2020, 04:58 PM
(05-19-2020, 04:28 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: The CDC’s recommendations to wear a face covering while in public are the same for both of us for the same reasons.
I don’t wear a N95 masks out in public. I only wear it at work. (But, I still wear procedure masks at work depending upon the situation.) The one I wear in public will not prevent me from inhaling the novel coronavirus, but it will reduce the spread of respiratory droplets to others through breathing, coughing and sneezing. It also prevents me from coughing or sneezing on my hand then contaminating the things I touch with my respiratory droplets which could contain the virus.
I just went to the grocery store this week and while there I watched a couple put several packages of cold cuts back on the shelves. If they coughed or sneezed on their hands then those packages are contaminated and could get others sick. A face covering could prevent something like that from happening. Which means less sick people which means we get through this faster.
I don’t want people to lose their job, apartment, savings, or not be able to pay their bills or buy groceries almost as much as I don’t want people to get sick, but not as much as I don’t want people to die.
We’ve done a poor job of educating people on why people should follow the recommendations.
We're all going to die. I always seem to be shopping at the same exact time as one of those who like to pick up, scrutinize every single meat package on the shelf, prior to making their "final decision". That is a peeve of mine, even in times of non-crisis. Makes me want to shout in my sternest, most booming voice that I can muster, "Why must you, put your grimy hands on every effing package on the damn shelf??".
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