Masks don't prevent you from getting Covid, they are only useful in stopping you from spreading it, under the assumption that you are an asymptomatic carrier.
And that is even assuming a perfect usage of the mask. My dad was opposed to masking from the get-go because as a [retired] first responder, it made no sense to him. The average person would be touching their mask, moving it around, breaking the seals, and in general contaminating things (and this is before we get to the shit on your hands). He also believed mask gave people a false sense of security and caused people to get close and spread it because they thought the mask protected them.
Needless to say, when he went into a business that tried to enforce mask, malicious compliance was the order of the day.
Correct, assuming you had the correct mask, sterilized it regularly (or only wore new ones) and wore it all day correctly; then the mask may stop you from being an asymptomatic spreader.
Meanwhile, if I get allergies from weed pollen, my only solution is to wear a full 3M face shield with filter. I actually had to sleep in it at one point this year. If a virus is 1/1000th the size of pollen, what the fuck makes you think your stupid fucking cloth mask does shit?
Not to mention the fact that asymptomatic spread is incredibly rare. It's almost impossible because they don't have a high enough viral load in their throats. They could cough in your face and you still wouldn't get it 99/100 times.
And that is even assuming a perfect usage of the mask. My dad was opposed to masking from the get-go because as a [retired] first responder, it made no sense to him. The average person would be touching their mask, moving it around, breaking the seals, and in general contaminating things (and this is before we get to the shit on your hands). He also believed mask gave people a false sense of security and caused people to get close and spread it because they thought the mask protected them.
Needless to say, when he went into a business that tried to enforce mask, malicious compliance was the order of the day.
Correct, assuming you had the correct mask, sterilized it regularly (or only wore new ones) and wore it all day correctly; then the mask may stop you from being an asymptomatic spreader.
Meanwhile, if I get allergies from weed pollen, my only solution is to wear a full 3M face shield with filter. I actually had to sleep in it at one point this year. If a virus is 1/1000th the size of pollen, what the fuck makes you think your stupid fucking cloth mask does shit?
I'm not sure these people realise that it does not simply require a big enough Twitter mob to make it retire from public life...
Twitter is real life to these people, that's the problem.
Not to mention the fact that asymptomatic spread is incredibly rare. It's almost impossible because they don't have a high enough viral load in their throats. They could cough in your face and you still wouldn't get it 99/100 times.