Does OP work for the ICE? If they do, it could explain why they are so concerned. If border patrol decreases, the number of ICE agents decrease. They are probably concerned with loosing their job.
Does OP work for the ICE? If they do, it could explain why they are so concerned. If border patrol decreases, the number of ICE agents decrease. They are probably concerned with loosing their job.
SMOGZINN
Lifer
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I'm seriously considering this too. The fact is as our (both the worlds and your local) population density increases so does the risk of epidemics. It would be a good idea for masks to become a standard part of our routine. I don't care so much about triggering the fascists, they are pretty much self triggering at this point, but public safety and personal security does seem like a powerful argument for masks.
And if a business can tell you 'no shoes, no shirt, no business' they can certainly add masks to that list.
Honestly wearing masks to trigger anyone in the face of factual science is what the anti-masker conspiracy-loving Republicans would do. The whole point in wearing them is that science says it helps protect all of us.
I wear one to honor rules in places that ask me to do so. And I'm waiting a bit longer out of precaution. But that is not going to be forever, hopefully. In this area anyone who wanted to get one, could have gotten one, other than kids (and that has just opened up for over 12). I'll say this, If I see a place that says "no masks allowed" they won't get my business, period.
I wear one to honor rules in places that ask me to do so. And I'm waiting a bit longer out of precaution. But that is not going to be forever, hopefully. In this area anyone who wanted to get one, could have gotten one, other than kids (and that has just opened up for over 12). I'll say this, If I see a place that says "no masks allowed" they won't get my business, period.
HomerJS
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Reason the premise of this thread is false
Show me one single person wearing a mask to "stick it to the righities". Wearing a mask is inconvenient, uncomfortable and is done to mitigate virus spread.
I can show you hundreds not wearing masks to "stick it to the libs". Absent a legitimate medical reason unvaccinated people who refuse to wear masks are just fucking selfish.
Show me one single person wearing a mask to "stick it to the righities". Wearing a mask is inconvenient, uncomfortable and is done to mitigate virus spread.
I can show you hundreds not wearing masks to "stick it to the libs". Absent a legitimate medical reason unvaccinated people who refuse to wear masks are just fucking selfish.
There is a difference though between wearing a mask to piss off conservatives vs not wearing a mask to piss of liberals. The former does nothing but piss off conservatives. The latter pisses off liberals, but also leads to sickness, death, and a prolonged pandemic.
Burpo
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Thanks to mask-wearing in 2020, the US had only 2300 cases of the flu and near zero deaths. In 2019, the US had 38 million cases of the flu and 22,000 deaths. So there's that too.
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pete6032
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Do you have a link to that number somewhere? I only see 2019-20 numbers on the CDC website.
Burpo
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Here's most recent data & zero deaths was a reading error on my part.
600 is the revised number (2020-2021)of flu related deaths.
Flu Has Disappeared for More Than a Year
Mask wearing, social distancing and other steps to stop COVID-19 have also curtailed influenza
dank69
Lifer
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I know drinking heavily is bad for memory but just last week Tucker told his millions of viewers to aggressively confront people who wear masks.
PingSpike
Lifer
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Its probably a mistake to attribute all of that to just masks though. We were also doing social distancing, work from home, extra deep cleaning (I hardly go to the office these days and I still recognize all the new cleaning people) remote school, etc.
brianmanahan
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it's just that they're terribly comfortable
i think everyone will be wearing them in the future
i think everyone will be wearing them in the future
ch33zw1z
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Considering that wearing a mask has helped tremendously with my allergies this year, the OP can keep guzzling shit and I'll be smiling behind my mask the entire time knowing how much it pisses off the whiny bitch fascists.
In the meantime, some advice for the OP. Why don't you go ask your family if you can suck their dick next time, maybe they'll take you up on that offer, its a win-win, you STFU and get a free meal out of it.
In the meantime, some advice for the OP. Why don't you go ask your family if you can suck their dick next time, maybe they'll take you up on that offer, its a win-win, you STFU and get a free meal out of it.
Zorba
Lifer
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You mean all the things anti-maskers claim is theater and doesn't do anything? (which is likely true on all the extra deep cleaning)
It's not like everyone is WFH or remote schooling either. The schools here have at least been partial physical all year. Day cares here never closed, etc. Masks and social distancing have worked against the flu in big ways.
himkhan
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It's been non existent this season. Being as that it is droplet I'd say 90% masks 10% cleaner surfaces.
Zorba
Lifer
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I think the droplet thinking is going to be rethought, new research shows the old "not airborne over 5 microns" was bogus and based on misapplied research on TB.
The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No, aerosols! At the heart of the fight was a teensy error with huge consequences.
blackangst1
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Zorba
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I agree, the way it was rolled out sucked. Basically everyone took it as no more masks, not no more masks if vaccinated. Amazingly around here only 40% are vaxxed, but nearly 100% are unmasked.
Probably so in places where the anti-mask anti-vax idiots are prevalent. They can just pretend to be vaccinated & enjoy their freedumb. The only reason they ever wore masks is because they were forced into it. Aren't you supposed to be against the Nanny State, anyway?
blackangst1
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Funny how I never noticed your criticisms of of the covidiots while the pandemic raged & Trump rallied them all over the country.
Homerboy
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To be fair, as much as I'm now learning wearing a mask triggers these snowflakes, I might just keep doing it.
blackangst1
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