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Are you still wearing a mask?


Are you guys wearing a mask maybe in certain situations?

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No.. Not at all. I do see employees at restaurants or fast food sporting them

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Sunday morning, I drove by a guy standing alone at the bus stop wearing a mask. I instantly knew he voted for Biden.

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Once in a blue moon, I'll see a student wearing a mask while driving and no one else in the vehicle with them

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I think we both know why people on the left are still wearing masks, they are ugly. People on the right are usually better looking.

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I'd say the prevalence of mask wearing in my neck of the woods is down to maybe 1%. Possibly lower, even. But then you see these liberal enclaves on the news and they're still wearing their underwear on their faces left and right. For example, look at those 'tards who were protesting Google over Israel (the ones that got pink slipped). Every one of them was donning the fag rag. Drones, the lot of them.

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Still? I didn't wear one to begin with. I believe in science.

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Thats hilarious

Do you believe 2020 election was rigged?

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Methinks the lady doth protest too much.

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why dont you make a separate thread about whether the election was rigged or not. Then you and your rump ranger friend robotard can post incessantly about it.


Yes I know it's a public board. Thanks for your cooperation.

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So do you still wear a mask?

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nope .
not seen anyone wear one for a year or two

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJpS_jajub0&t=80s


agreed, masks dont stop shit.

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even the guy fitting his mask incorrectly to demonstrate his point is still proving that masks *do* do shit.
https://youtu.be/hJpS_jajub0?t=604

Two people talking face to face wearing masks and vaping like he is would be inhaling a lot less of each other's smoke.

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Where did masks work? Why didn't they stop or keep steadily low transmission rate in a country like Japan, where mask usage was practically universal? If masks work, why did they have the same waves as every other country?

In the spring of 2020, there were a few voices out there trying to point out that the relevant literature to that point overwhelmingly concluded that they were ineffective at stopping airborne viruses. And a few years later we have irrefutably proved, via a worldwide experiment, that they are theater.

https://marktaliano.net/masks-dont-work-a-review-of-science-relevant-to-covid-19-social-policy-by-denis-rancourt-phd-11-june-2020/

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That guy's "about me" page does not leave me thinking he's a credible source
https://marktaliano.net/about-mark/

and the summary of one of the studies he quotes is :
There is some evidence to support the wearing of masks or respirators during illness to protect others, and public health emphasis on mask wearing during illness may help to reduce influenza virus transmission.

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I note you didn't quote any of the other studies. For good reason. Here are some more from the spring of 2020.

‘We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic.’

— New England Journal of Medicine (21 May, 2020)

‘When a person is infectious with a virus it is estimated that they may shed one hundred billion virus particles a day — that works out at about ten million per breath. A mask won’t stop you putting these particles into the air around you. In fact, with a damp mask you’ll be blowing aerosols and larger particles sideways, directly at your socially distanced colleagues two metres away. And if wearing a mask tempts you to feel that you’re not going to infect anyone else, you may also be less likely to observe the two-metre rule. So does wearing a mask protect others if you’re infectious? There’s little direct evidence to say that it does, and quite a lot of straightforward reasoning to suggest it doesn’t.’

Dr. John Lee, former professor of pathology and NHS consultant pathologist (19 April, 2020)

* Note that this "Dr." was even then foolishly clinging to the "2 metre rule", which was fabricated out of whole cloth, with no scientific justification.

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The wide use of masks by healthy people in the community setting is not supported by current evidence and carries uncertainties and critical risks.

— World Health Organization (6 April 2020)

In conclusion, both surgical and cotton masks seem to be ineffective in preventing the dissemination of SARS–CoV-2 from the coughs of patients with COVID-19 to the environment and external mask surface.

— Annals of Internal Medicine (6 April, 2020)

‘We do not recommend requiring the general public who do not have symptoms of COVID-19-like illness to routinely wear cloth or surgical masks because:

There is no scientific evidence they are effective in reducing the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission


— Centre for Disease Research and Policy (1 April, 2020)

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‘The science regarding the aerosol transmission of infectious diseases has, for years, been based on what is now appreciated to be “very outmoded research and an overly simplistic interpretation of the data”. Modern studies are employing sensitive instruments and interpretative techniques to better understand the size and distribution of potentially infectious aerosol particles.

‘It should be concluded from these and similar studies that the filter material of face masks does not retain or filter out viruses or other submicron particles. When this understanding is combined with the poor fit of masks, it is readily appreciated that neither the filter performance nor the facial fit characteristics of face masks qualify them as being devices which protect against respiratory infections.

‘Between 2004 and 2016 at least a dozen research or review articles have been published on the inadequacies of face masks. All agree that the poor facial fit and limited filtration characteristics of face masks make them unable to prevent the wearer inhaling airborne particles. In their well-referenced 2011 article on respiratory protection for healthcare workers, Drs. Harriman and Brosseau conclude that “facemasks will not protect against the inhalation of aerosols.”

‘The primary reason for mandating the wearing of face masks is to protect dental personnel from airborne pathogens. This review has established that face masks are incapable of providing such a level of protection. Unless the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, national and provincial dental associations and regulatory agencies publically admit this fact, they will be guilty of perpetuating a myth which will be a disservice to the dental profession and its patients.’


— John Hardie, BDS, MSc, PhD, FRCDC, Oral Health (18 October, 2016).

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They still work in the minds of Maskurbaters... the ones that still drive with them on, alone, with windows up.

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Even their own journals/studies admit that masks don’t work.

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Fauci himself said masks dont work.

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maybe he said they would not 100% guarantee safety, much like seat belts and motorbike helmets

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Even the warning on the box said it wouldnt protect you from Covid. Stop being hard headed dude.

Yes I know "but it doesnt protect you, it protects others" go ahead and repeat that lie.

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And vaccines ... nothing is perfect.
Only fools decide not to make use of things that are not perfect.
To think masks do not offer protection from particulates is just stupid.
I wonder if people who do workworking think that way and do not bother
with masks? Of those folks who are dying now because they work around
Corian countertops when they are being cut and how have those particles
in their lungs?
But yeah, why wear a mask when you don't wash your hands and are always picking your nose or touching your eyes? LOL ... some people.

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You were one of those guys who thought the "pissing into your pants" argument was clever and persuasive in 2020, right?

Masks have uses for which they're designed. There are times at work that I don a full-face respirator in order to protect me from deadly gasses. When I'm repointing my front steps I wear a disposable respirator while I grind out the cracked masonry, because it's effective in keeping the dust out of my lungs. No one is saying that the very notion of a mask is pointless, only that respiratory viruses are not inhibited by the masks you have been wearing for 4 years, including the N95 types. The respirator I wear at work would be effective against covid, if you were fit tested regularly (and it's full face because it protects against absorption through the mucus membranes around the eyes, a route of infection that covid can also follow) but no one's going to wear one of those things for longer than a few minutes.

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> You were one of those guys who thought the "pissing into your pants" argument was clever and persuasive in 2020, right?

What gave you that stupid idea? Oh, rather, what made you decide to make up that stupid lie? Yes, you have no facts and must insist on stupid comments and pretend confidence.

Get lost.

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"Yes, you have no facts and must insist on stupid comments and pretend confidence."

That's a made up and stupid lie.

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That interview with Fauci never gets the attention that it should. Later, he claimed that he only said that because he wanted to preserve the then-limited supply of masks for health care workers; he didn't want the public to rush out and drain the market.

Think about what this odious carbuncle is admitting to. He was always on board with the notion that Covid was an extinction-level event (and he should have known as he was one of those pulling the strings behind its creation), but rather than tell people that and insist that they stay home at all costs until effective preventatives like face masks were available to all, he lied to them and said, "hey, don't worry about masks, you'll be fine!" in order to prioritize the lives of health care workers. The implications of that are horribly sinister, but no one ever looks at it from that perspective. They just crow, "he always knew masks were effective, he just had to lie in order to protect the 'front line'!" Protect the front line at the expense of the general public, at the expense of countless lives?? What kind of scumbag does that?

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When did Fauci claim it was an extinction level event?

As for the healthcare worker priority, it was obvious to note that healthcare workers would have more exposure than the average person and thus they should get priority. There's nothing sinister about that reasoning.

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But that's not at all what he said. He never said, "hey, there's a shortage of these eminently useful items and it would be best if they could be reserved for people at more risk for exposure. So please limit your use and try to avoid the virus by other means." Instead he said (correctly, I might add) that masking wouldn't make a difference so don't sweat it. It was only later, when he converted to the church of masktardism, that he changed his tune and claimed his previous statement was a little white lie intended to benefit health care workers. The raises the question, "if you thought they were a vital tool back then, why would you play with people's lives like that?"

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"When did Fauci claim it was an extinction level event?"

Are you that spergy that you're unfamiliar with concepts like "metaphor" and "figure of speech"?

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So he didn't then. I thought so.

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So you are then. I thought so.

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I'm well aware of metaphor, but given the consistently outrageous and absurd claims proposed in earnest here, yours didn't seem remotely like that.

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You don’t even need a vape to test it, you can simply blow your breath through the mask and onto a pair of glasses and you can see immediate condensation from it. It will occur even with 'multiple layers' of masks.

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LOL, you're a dupe. Particles can stay in the air for years, some of which can even go to the upper atmosphere and escape Earth altogether. Why would you believe some dimwit in a YT video unless it's just your hopeful delusion.

There is so much junk in our environment homes and food and it's not much effort to reduce it.

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Are you saying that covid can stay in the air for years, then go into space and infect astronauts? Wouldnt that also mean in can potentially infect life forms on other planets? Would that include Ceti Alpha V?

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I have a couple of cloth masks in my car but I should probably throw them out now. They do absolutely nothing. To answer the question no. I think the latest I was still wearing them was about 2022 but haven't worn one since.

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Only when I go raiding.

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The mask recommendation or guideline changed so that we are now told we should be wearing a N95 or better for protection from Covid.

Most people who put them on will still use cloth masks or the thin surgical masks that we are now told are too porous to make much of a difference. I even see these surgical masks set out for people to wear at clinics. They are a lot cheaper than the higher quality N95 masks.

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The N95's requirements to be even remotely effective(it's not) to a virus particle are so ridiculous, no human being could follow it properly without a 12-pack of masks on them for every few hours they are awake.

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I believe that's the current recommendation, that's all.

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Not to mention that people don't have them fit tested. I wear a full-face respirator at work to deal with phosphine gas and once a year an OSHA-certified trainer has to fit test me using various exercises to ensure that I'm not exposing myself to leakage. One of the biggest no-no's is facial hair, even a 5 o'clock shadow. That will prevent a seal every time. So when you see one of these neckbearded Soyjacks wearing a mask, even if it's a carefully placed N95, they're even stupider than their leftist cohorts.

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Oh man, so you have to razor shave daily?

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I don't have the wear it every day, and not at all during the winter months, so it's not that bad.

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Nope.

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I always defied all their mandates.

Some of them are still wearing them in public places.

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ONLY WHEN THERE ARE SECURITY CAMERAS INVOLVED.

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