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To: Lou Foxwell

There are masks with “windows” over the mouth. These were originally developed as an accessibility measure for deaf people, so they can read lips of their hearing friends/family. Also, there are clear face shields with cloth around the edges to enclose the face and provide filtration without obscuring features.

You can still see people’s eyes above the mask, and some expression.

I read somewhere that the practice of covering your mouth when you sneeze or cough is a legacy of the 1917-1919 influenza pandemic. Perhaps wearing masks in public will be a legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic. As we’re taking half-hearted measures to stop the spread, that outcome (of mask wearing culture) is becoming more likely.


8 posted on 07/30/2020 4:06:34 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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To: exDemMom

Which is why Trump needs to set a firm expiration date on New Normal.


10 posted on 07/30/2020 4:10:23 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: exDemMom

There is no evidence masks work and they may actually increase spread. Feel free to move to China where they take the kind of measures you seem to want including welding people into their buildings to die of starvation. Oh and by the way those measures didn’t work either because it is a virus that is spread in the community. I guess if you nuked every hot spot you might make some progress....


19 posted on 07/30/2020 5:50:07 AM PDT by Mom MD
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