07-16-2020, 02:22 PM
(07-16-2020, 02:15 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: It is proven. Do they keep everyone 100% safe? No. Do they reduce transmission? Yes. That's a proven fact.
I'm not calling people names simply for not buying into "the bs". I'm also calling them names because they don't even have the common decency to don an incovenience that's akin to wearing a tie on the off chance maybe this is shit is actually serious.
Even if people think it's all bs, how many things do we do in our lives to not offend or inconvenience others? Ex: Farting in public, swearing in front of children, wearing dress pants to a funeral, eating with utensils in a restaraunt rather than your hands. Think of wearing a mask like that.
Would I like to wear sweatpants or basketball shorts 24/7? Yeah. Is it "my right"? Yeah. Do I do it? No. And why is that? Because I'm not an asshole. Same reason I don't talk on the phone in a theatre or clip my toenails on a bus.
If someone doesn't wear a mask at this point they're an asshole. Period.
And fwiw, my intention wasn't to name call. Fred tried to insinuate that this is a conservative or political statement. My point was that it extends far beyond that and across the spectrum. Idiots and assholes come in many shapes and sizes, and from both sides of politics.
I agree with a lot of what you say here Wes but with just putting on and taking off the mask you are touching your face all the
damn time which is not a good thing regardless of what sickness it is. If I was in the city and around a lot of people I would
wear a mask, but people are getting sick all the time while wearing them too.
I just don't think we know enough about this thing to say one way or the other definitively.
People just saying wear the mask all the time and this will go away in a couple weeks I think are wrong too. The molecules in
this virus are extremely small and get through masks so I think this notion is wrong to just always wear masks.
As is locking down and staying in your house all scared. This is not a good idea as when you eventually do get this thing your
immune system will be down and it will hit you harder.