Are Face Masks Effective?

You are very careful.

@DianneN TWINS!

@LindaOHio Hubs thinks I’m nuts, but better safe than sorry.

I bet a lot of clothing brands made a ton of money selling cloth masks. I have ones from Tori Burch my mom bought me. I’ve seen people wear masks from Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Chanel, etc. Wonder how much they paid for those.

As always, your opinion is appreciated.

I agree with you. None of the measures are enough and some were enforced far too late (the same WHO that told us we should be scared of Omicron is the same who didn't pay attention when things started in China and told us "meh, it's probably nothing"). I'm happy to wear a mask and keep my distance, but I would never let any government force me to have an untested, rushed vaccine injected in my body. I take care of my body, it takes care of me. And my last experience with Covid, which I got from my fully vaccinated husband, proved that. Only 1 week of symptoms vs 3 weeks for my vaccinated husband. I'm back to normal, he's still struggling with some mild symptoms.

@LindaOHio I am glad that we are on the same page.

The evidence seems to suggest so.

Me too.

@healerWitch Seasonal flu vaccines went through clinical testing of four years. It was approved by the FDA in 1984. It has been on the market for 37 years and still only proves 45% effective. People are volunteering to be test subjects in live clinical trials. I will wait for the new and improved vaccines that will be available in a few years lol. I echo many of your thoughts.

I see many commenting "I did my part for society, and I'm gonna avoid the unvaccinated as best as I can". But it's the vaccinated now who are the super spreaders, because they've been lied to about what the actual vaccines do, the unvaccinated are the most cautious. How many of these vaccinated people go and read scientific literature about how these vaccines are made and what they really do, or how Covid really spreads and who gets negatively affected the most? If vaccines were the miracle we were all waiting for (and at such record speed) why they didn't figure out cancer yet, or even the flu? Every time I got the flu shot, I was severely sick with the flu for the whole year. I stopped having it and I stopped getting the flu! Why force an untested vaccine in my body if fully vaccinated people still get infected and die from the virus? Why push it to our children now when we don't yet know how they will affect them in the long run (and since we know now there are increased risks for myocarditis, which is an inflammation in the heart muscle that there is currently no cure for?) I was all good with the distancing, staying home and the masks, but the brute enforcement of vaccines whether we like it or not and without even doing proper checks on how it may affect an individual is nothing short of dictatorship. I told my husband I'd rather die from Covid than getting injected with that thing. They couldn't even get the flu shot right after all these centuries.

@Vikingswest1 exactly, and flu has been with us for centuries (well at least according to records by Hippocrates himself), so plenty of time and experience with that respiratory disease there unlike this coronavirus. I'm not gonna wait. I had the Covid, I survived, that's more than enough for me lol. There's no point in getting one now, especially since I work and shop online from home (and I'm not exactly an extrovert who likes parties either lol).

@porwest If your fully vaxed you are less likely to get infected and pass it on, and much less likely to get seriously ill. Yes, vaxed people can have symptoms. Both my brothers were fully jabbed but both then got covid but just a mild disease. .America has lost 950,000 people to Covid after bonehead Trump said it was just a flu and gone by Spring.

the ones that refuse to wear masks are most likely to be reusing the jab so most likely to be infected so a good reason to wear one out and about . @thedevilinme So help me to understand. Hmm. The ones who are vaccinated 1) get sick. OR 2) they don't get sick and carry it to the unvaccinated. Yet the unvaccinated did not get it until the sick or infected vaccinated person gave it to them. If the unvaccinated are the problem then why are the vaccinated getting the UNVACCINATED sick? And if the unvaccinated AREN'T sick before the vaccinated MAKE them sick, then how did the vaccinated GET Covid in the first place? Just curious your thoughts on this little conundrum we have here.

@porwest Paradigms change over decades and centuries. Have you read Thomas Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions?" A good read. I believe in empirical science. But, as a "scientist," I understand that nothing is "proven."

We will continue to wear our masks too.

@porwest I agree with your point. I don't do anything just blindly. Also there is no harm in wearing masks so can wear for my own safety

@LindaOHio It can give more effects.

Double masks would be good.

@LindaOHio .......Until this thing is irradicated we must all be vigilant.

Good for you!

@celticeagle That's exactly right!

Thank you for your comment. @averygirl72

@LindaOHio - I do not consider that wearing a mask is against our freedom, better safe than sorry.

@LadyDuck That's for sure!

I agree with you.

@porwest Well, Covid rates are lower in states where fewer people believe Alex Jones type stuff. But nothing is "failsafe." I just carry on and try not to be stupid.

The first step to gaining control is compliance. Always keep that in mind. There is a part of me that thinks that Covid was really just a power check. I think they figured out they could control a lot of people... But clearly not the masses.

@TheHorse I don't follow Alex Jones. For me, though, trying not to be stupid involves not listening to anyone who claims to be an 'expert' and taking what they say as the gospel. lol

Me neither. I'm glad you wear one.

@oahuwriter Good for you!

@healerWitch I totally agree.

The head shield is definitely better than the masks.

Yes. Many don't use them correctly. @Faster16

Yes we do!

Double masking and plastic face shields are good.

@FourWalls Good for you!

It could very easily keep mutating and showing up. I'm glad you wear an N95. Too many people don't wear anything at all.

You are careful. That's good.

@LindaOHio Yes, I am.

Me too!