Face masks

RandySavage said:
So will a cloth mask stop me 100% from possibly catching the virus by breathing it in?
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No No No,
I'm not entirely sure how many times we have to explain this to you. Muttley has tried numerous times and I have tried numerous times.

PLEASE comprehend why we think masks should be mandatory before arguing against it with something different.
 
SmallTown said:
No No No,
I'm not entirely sure how many times we have to explain this to you. Muttley has tried numerous times and I have tried numerous times.

PLEASE comprehend why we think masks should be mandatory before arguing against it with something different.
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I'm not arguing I'm asking a question. It is you who has decided to go on this white knight quest to get EVERY single person in the country wearing a cloth mask without weighing up the pros cons and maybes.
I asked if a cloth mask would stop me getting the virus and I got my answer.
Therefore if wearing a mask becomes mandatory in this country (which for the record I think will scare people back into staying indoors and with no support from the government this time as they haven't enforced a lockdown, will kill the high street for good and lots of industry supporting the high street) I will go the whole hog and purchase a fully sealed unit that will filter out the nasties in the air.
If that costs me more money then I will have to weigh up the price in the long run compared to just buying stuff online.

If it does become mandatory I expect to see police officers wearing them, TV personalities on recorded and live TV wearing them and people partaking in indoor sports wether that be squash, snooker, darts etc.
 
RandySavage said:
I'm not arguing I'm asking a question. It is you who has decided to go on this white knight quest to get EVERY single person in the country wearing a cloth mask without weighing up the pros cons and maybes.
I asked if a cloth mask would stop me getting the virus and I got my answer.
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You did, the frustration is you KEPT asking even though Mutley and I answered more than once.

Sorry if I seem short with you and apologies if you missed all of our answers. It just has become so frustrating to answer the same question multiple times.
 
SmallTown said:
Which studies? I agree we should have scientific evidence but you can't argue (though, as is the norm for this place, some will) that countries with high mask use have far lower transmission and death rates than those without.

Also, you can actually prove it yourself We all know that the virus is spread through water droplets. Try fogging up a mirror with your breathe. Now trying fogging up the same mirror, in the same location, with the same humidity, whilst wearing a mask. Congratulations, You've just proven that wearing a mask limits water droplet spread and by extension, coronavirus spread.
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ST - THe WHO did a pretty thorough study of the use of face masks and found they had little benefit.

On your second point, I wouldn't disagree, however that ignores how you dispose of any infected face masks. I keep saying this and no one has addressed this yet on the thread. It is discarding heavily infected masks that cause the virus to spread, in the WHO study.
 
Laughing said:
ST - THe WHO did a pretty thorough study of the use of face masks and found they had little benefit.

On your second point, I wouldn't disagree, however that ignores how you dispose of any infected face masks. I keep saying this and no one has addressed this yet on the thread. It is discarding heavily infected masks that cause the virus to spread, in the WHO study.
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I have a cloth mask that is washable. That’s the way to go. If you have a disposable one, rub it with alcohol wipes before binning it
 
Would there be buildings where the use of face mask isn't allowed?
Serious question before I'm accused of misunderstanding etc
 
Laughing said:
ST - THe WHO did a pretty thorough study of the use of face masks and found they had little benefit.

On your second point, I wouldn't disagree, however that ignores how you dispose of any infected face masks. I keep saying this and no one has addressed this yet on the thread. It is discarding heavily infected masks that cause the virus to spread, in the WHO study.
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Put the mask in a bin within bin bag ideally. Then wash your hands. Most of those emptying bins are wearing gloves and following stricter guidelines. The hotel i'm in has biohazard bins just for that but I dare say that they go in the same rubbish dump as the other bin bags.
 
RandySavage said:
Would there be buildings where the use of face mask isn't allowed?
Serious question before I'm accused of misunderstanding etc
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You mean like banks? Possibly for security reasons.
I was also outside a dentists a few weeks ago, where they didn't have a waiting room anymore you just waited outside and then went straight in to the room. They guy waiting ask if he needed to keep his mask on. I imagine a dental check up is quite tricky if the customer is wearing a mask!
 
SmallTown said:
You mean like banks? Possibly for security reasons.
I was also outside a dentists a few weeks ago, where they didn't have a waiting room anymore you just waited outside and then went straight in to the room. They guy waiting ask if he needed to keep his mask on. I imagine a dental check up is quite tricky if the customer is wearing a mask!
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Banks, petrol stations, border security, television and movies.
Dentists are still only doing check ups aren't they?
 
SmallTown said:
I actually said we should wear masks until any disease that has no vaccine, no known cure, and hasn't been properly studied by medical science is rife in the population.

As you seem to be too slow to work out to what I was referring: I meant covid.
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And when it is rife are you going to stop wearing them?
 
SmallTown said:
That isn't even remotely what he said though.

The infection rate is going up BTW.
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Which everyone knew as that's what we were told would happen.
Yet deaths are going down by the way.
So what does that tell us about the virus?
 
SmallTown said:
Interesting how you have change your own argument. You actually started talking about infection rates not death rates.
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no I haven’t changed my argument, these are the same, though updated, figures I posted yesterday, they show how drastically the death rate is falling, the infection rate is the same, without the use of masks. My point is still that all of the unmasked protests etc didn’t cause an increase in infection rates, far from it they fell.

Now I know your argument involves comparing this with totally different cultures and environments to try to prove your point.

you wear one if you want but the only argument for making them compulsory is so that the government can calm paranoid people down so that they come back out and get the economy working. A placebo.
 
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