Posted on 07/03/2020 5:37:07 AM PDT by Kaslin
Excellent observation.
Veritable petri dish...
Masks are made of? Cloth. You dry after a shower with? Cloth.
Why?
Cloth is ABSORBENT.
Cloth, especially cotton, absorbs moisture. The material my masks were made of is unknown, to me, maybe not cotton, but definitely absorbent.
Not trying to be gross, but when I wore them, in 2 minutes I was fighting to breathe, getting overheated, and my sinuses draining like faucets. Leave the grocery store and I’d have a large wet spot INSIDE the mask, from sinus drainage. Outside too. (not much fun and a bit embarrassing, when I had to clean it off my face too...4 kleenex to dry my face and beard.)
So anything wet that hits this mask, like these tiny airborne water droplets containing up to hundreds of little virus critters, is absorbed by the mask, ready to invade when I touch it...
Not to mention the fact that it fit so loose it constantly fogged my glasses...
And now my governor, who I liked pretty well until yesterday, says we all have to wear petri dishes on our faces...
I never understood this anyway. Has anyne paid attention to pictures from China the past 10 years or so? They wear masks daily already to filter the incredible smog. Yet their masks did not stop a major epidemic in China before it left their country.
I see people every time I go to town wearing various face coverings, almost all have large gaps on the sides of the nose. Most also have a hump that curves away from the face between tbe straps.
This is what people mean when referring to ill fitting masks. Mine are no different. That’s why my glasses fog. If enough humid air gets OUT to fog my glasses, how much gets IN?
Then there are the dozen or so articles I’ve read (thanks Freepers) that say masks offer little or no protection against viruses, and minimal protection even in surgery, against much larger bacteria...
Yes, on the breath out. But what about the breath in when in an environment with the unmasked? That’s my point and I presume the authors. Even then, your droplets are on the inside of your mask and with every breath out, you expell the virus, albeit not in droplet form. Then there’s the whole issue of mask sanitization and disposal.
A doctor on the radio said that masks are meant to control bacteria, which are much larger than viruses. The masks do nothing to screen a virus.
Well “in an environment with the unmasked” is kind of the problem right? Imagine if there were no “unmasked.”
No, I do not. Even breathing is sufficient. The internal structure of the lungs has many myriads of sharp turns with accelerations and decelerations of gas flow sufficient to break off microdrops. The behavior of fluid flow in micro-channels involved a significant part of my career.
Free online book!
It’s a fascinating short story that aligns with the psychopathic politics of today, and the ending is the best part. :)
The Marching Morons by C. M. Kornbluth
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51233
Texans hate this.
I broke my back last year. I was going to the gym everyday to walk, do water aerobics, and yoga to strengthen my core and reduce my pain. I cannot exercise with a mask on. It makes me feel like I’m going to suffocate. This time of year I can’t walk outside because of the heat and humidity.
So disappointed Gov. Abbot mandated this for Texas.
Don’t confuse the idiot with facts.
The virus travels by droplets, which are larger than mask pores.
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Well said krug. I don’t wear the mask though the Orange county Mayor has ordered us to. I go into stores and everyone is wearing masks and no one says anything to me. I’m a tall dude so maybe that’s why, but I doubt it.
One great point the author makes is that masks are WORSE than not wearing a mask because everyone touches all kinds of surfaces then they invariably put their hands right around their noses and mouths while fiddling with their slave masks.
I am just an honest reporter of the news. It was interesting to see the M.D. freak out about the possibility of triage. As I indicated , he probably has never seen a mass casualty situation that required triage. There is definitely a group within the medical community in Arizona trying to panic people. Last week someone at Banner hospitals said they were at capacity. The Governor held a Covid news conference and it was reported that there was capacity within the Banner group.
Your logic is irrelevant to mask lovers. They want everyone to wear masks because they think it raises the odds they, the mask lovers, stay well. Your beliefs and/or difficulties with the mask wearing is irrelevant them also. This is about them and only them.
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IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T READ IT.
No one forces you to!!!
Well kinda hard to “don’t read it if you don’t like it” when it takes 6 paragraphs to get to the inane point of the article, then reread around that point to be convinced the author is in fact that deranged.
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