The Logic of My Mind: Masks

[Firepath]

I read a study somewhere that said those droplets travel further with louder voices, singing, yelling, etc. So, everyone keep your voices down.

 

[Cornell]

Two mask stories from today:

1) Today is my mother's 87th bday. She lives in a retirement community that is large (on a big campus) that has all levels / styles of living / care. She in assisted living. Today my daughter and I drove over there to stand outside her window and to wish her a happy birthday. My mother lives on the 2nd floor. She stood in the window and chatted with us on the phone.

During this, "public safety" from her community came by and told me and my daughter that we had to put masks on. Why? There was not a single person near us....not even within eyesight. Nor would anyone come near us b/c my mother lives in a corner of the property that is tucked away and not near an entrance. Makes absolutely ZERO sense at all .

On top of it, there were all kinds of residents that we saw (who live in independent living ) on our drive in walking around the campus, working on their garden projects outside without masks.

2) Talked to my 80 year old uncle today. He got pulled over yesterday for not wearing a seatbelt and was issued a ticket (this is in Illinois). As the cop finished up with the ticket he reminded my uncle that masks are required in Illinois. Yet the policeman was not wearing a mask.

It's the arbitrary nature of all this that makes me crazy.

 

[Cornell]

Maybe it is just me, but I just do not get it. Why wouldn’t people want to do every thing possible to mitigate this pandemic. IMHO it doesn’t matter if I believe this pandemic is serious or not. Unless everyone is tested and we know who has had the virus, who is a carrier, or whatever, it will not kill anyone to wear a mask, not to protect me but to protect others.
If I pass on the virus to someone, then they can pass it on to others more vulnerable than I am. IMO, as Panina has said, some people just do not have enough empathy for others in their community, city or state, or in my case in my province. It really shows all of us in the world how uncaring a lot of people are towards their friends, and/or family. They are only concerned about themselves, how deplorable is that!!

"deplorable" - political alert

 

[Panina]

Just saw this, need to research more but if good an option for mask wearers,

Made-in-Israel anti-pathogen mask ‘Registered for Marketing’ by FDA

Sonovia developed an almost-permanent, ultrasonic, fabric-finishing technology for mechanical impregnation of zinc oxide nanoparticles into textiles.

www.jpost.com

Found this, not approved for institutional use.

Anti-Bacterial Fabric Startup Sonovia is Headed to NASDAQ

Sonovia develops sonochemical coating for fabrics to make them anti-bacterial and odorless

www.calcalistech.com

 

[Brett]

"deplorable" - political alert

not gonna comment

 

[bbodb1]

I read a study somewhere that said those droplets travel further with louder voices, singing, yelling, etc. So, everyone keep your voices down.

How's this, @Firepath ?

 

[Ken555]

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[bbodb1]

Maybe it is just me, but I just do not get it. Why wouldn’t people want to do every thing possible to mitigate this pandemic. IMHO it doesn’t matter if I believe this pandemic is serious or not. Unless everyone is tested and we know who has had the virus, who is a carrier, or whatever, it will not kill anyone to wear a mask, not to protect me but to protect others.
If I pass on the virus to someone, then they can pass it on to others more vulnerable than I am. IMO, as Panina has said, some people just do not have enough empathy for others in their community, city or state, or in my case in my province. It really shows all of us in the world how uncaring a lot of people are towards their friends, and/or family. They are only concerned about themselves, how deplorable is that!!

From your profile @Chrisky - it appears home for you is in the greater Toronto area. You certainly live in a more urban area than I do as I live in rural Arkansas. I can almost entirely avoid ANY contact when out by choosing certain times of the day. I use the self serve checkouts or the app on my phone to eliminate human interaction. I'll wait for an aisle to clear (or visit another aisle while waiting) instead of crowding down an aisle. I use the wipes and hand washing stations provided in our local stores.

In your (more urban) area, I suspect such times (to avoid human interaction) are fewer and further between (if they even exist) as there are a lot more people in your area compared to here. Every situation is different. But painting every person with such broad brush paint strokes as you do with the bolded statement is a vast over reach.

 

[DeniseM]

I knew that the "high road," was going to be too high for some of you - thread closed.