TheOak

Mask orders were put in place so that politicians would be able to tout "lives saved" estimates at election time and because there had to be a perception of something being done about a virus that, outside of separation, had to run its course.

Face coverings provide zero protection in either direction, stopping the COVID virus with a face covering is the equivalent of stopping a thousand golf balls with a set of football uprights.

There is zero empirical data to support a face cover mandate and please do not insult my intelligence with a meme. There have been no notable technological advancements in particulate or virus filtration in the last 10 months and if there were they most certainly did not take place in a Fruit of the Loom factory.

I know you feel strongly about this but brother, it just isn't so...

Read the Results section from this study conducted before 2020. I do not trust anything after Dec 2019 on this topic. What the CDC originally put out is factually correct, if it isn't N95 its a waste of time, even medical grade masks that are not N95 are useless.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5705692/

Cruize

It's okay for 22 players to dogpile on each other for four quarters, but a coach lowering his mask to call plays is the absolute worst and will lead to all our deaths? Come on. Payton could be caught pooting on tape and would be fined. Belichick and Kraft could shoot someone on 5th avenue...............

I wear a mask at work, when I shop, and when I'm around a lot of people. Basically when I'm out of my house. I believe it is an aid in preventing/slowing down the spread of the virus. I don't see it as a choice. Driving a red car is choice. Drinking a Coke is a choice. Be a good person. Be a good American. Help contribute to the greater good during a pandemic that has taken the lives of over 200K Americans. It's probably the least/easiest thing you can ever do in your life to be helpful to those around you.

gosaints1

If you truly believe this, you would have been wearing a mask your entire life, the number of immunocompromised ppl that you, and I come into contact with on a daily basis is staggering. Same for ppl undergoing various oncologist treatments. Same for children with underdeveloped immune systems. Same for diabetics and obesity, heart disease COPD, etc...

Wearing a mask is virtue signaling. It’s basically Stuart from MadTV saying “Look what I can do”.

Pandemic? lol, Seriously? We have enough test kits to test the entire population of this country every month, multiple millions of tests are created every day. What we don’t have is enough labs to process those tests. And the NFL has taken away labs to perform thousands upon thousands of tests every day for millionaire athletes, for..., wait for it..., Entertainment? lol. Yeah right, there’s some “virtue” for you. If “because..., pandemic” were that worrisome, no professional sports would be happening right now.

Anybody who buys into “be a good citizen, wear your mask” also buys gold from William Devane and Rosland Capital. If you truly want to be a good citizen..., you’ll live the rest of your life with a mask on.

That’s just not my idea of life, or liberty. But if others feel like virtue signaling then I get it, I understand the logic there, I just question why they haven’t been a “good American” for years previously, for some of us, decades.

As far as that “death toll” number, it’s accuracy can be fairly questioned. But regardless, ppl die. Heck, ppl have died in car crashes, or alcohol/drug poisoning, even suicide, that are lumped into that “death toll” number.

TheOak

If my goal was to make select groups of individuals comfortable I would wear a dress to work and not say the word fu#$ out loud. Neither of which is going to happen in this lifetime.

I wear a mask when and where it is dictated because I believe it is an aid in minimizing the money I give to the government. Beyond that its a cotton candy condom in a whorehouse.

Here are the revised CDC numbers.

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AsylumGuido

I don't mind wearing a mask at all. It gives me another way to rock the black and gold. Every mask I have is a Saints mask, except for one that is an Atlanta Braves mask for the playoffs. I've actually been a Braves fan for longer than I have been a Saints fan (1967) ... since the early 60's when they were still in Milwaukee with Hank Aaron, Eddie Matthews, Joe Torre and Warren Spahn.

gosaints1

Wear it if you want, or like, for whatever reasons. I just don’t like others sticking their nose into my business, doubly so for a governmental entity.

TheOak

No need to flex your age. We all know you had the Jesus Christ Starter jacket with the 10 Commandments down the sleeve.

AsylumGuido

That would have been cool.

neugey

With all the penalties we had on Monday might as well top it off with a fine LOL

jnormand

I don't wear one. It doesn't bother me when others do. Although, I have my own opinions about the validity of how or if they can actually help.

Most masks aren't even rated to stop the small molecules. And that goes for healthcare workers. Most people don't wear a face sealing N95. So its pointless. but if it makes people feel better, go ahead.

I will say this, I do laugh when I see people driving in a car alone wearing one or when I go into a store and people are basically wearing a turtleneck over their face. Its literally a piece of fabric. Lol.

My favorite is when I see people jogging or riding a bike with one. Lol! Yep...suck back in all that CO2 you're supposed to be breathing out. Bahahahaha!

Cmon man!