Are face masks primarily meant to protect the wearer from germs?
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Have you considered that wearing a face mask can also shield YOU from catching germs from others?
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Wondering if people are still unaware of the true purpose of face masks in protecting individuals from potential health hazards?
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Curious about the importance of wearing a face mask not just for others but for your own well-being?
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It prevents you from spreading vectors like spit, but also protects you from other people as well.
it was politicized not too long ago
People who have a problem with wearing a mask are far too dumb and selfish to ever think that anyone would do anything primarily for the benefit of others.
Yes. At least in the US a lot of people made a decision about masks 4 years ago and haven’t changed it, even when pointing out previous uses or how other countries may use them for less deadly things. It’s not uncommon for people to believe masks only help the sick person not spreading their sickness instead of thinking of it as a two way street
Mostly when I wear a mask to protect me.
Cause I find that getting colds or other respiratory infections really sucks and I want to avoid that.
Maybe the benefit is not great, but neither is the cost.
Maybe it will help them more than me, I’m ok with that.
Happily (or not) I’m at an age where no one says shit about me wearing a mask.
And also, I’m past trying to educate people who prefer to remain ignorant.
So when it seems like a good idea, I just wear it.
Although I think if some idiot coughed, I’d pull down the mask, cough at them, and say “hope you don’t die”, and then exit the scene.
I still wear a mask sometimes when I’m having a terrible day and I feel like distancing myself from people. It helps to conserve my energy. Gives me more anonymity.
Are headaches contagious?
I’ve been told by a self appointed “protector”, that covid has been disproven. Really?
You just can’t talk to these people.
Nonsense. Masks are to disguise you from the security cameras.
It’s a tribalized, politicized, antagonized, polarized hairball that isn’t subject to any rational analysis or discussion. Damn shame. Should be the most obvious and easy thing in the world. How it became partisan, I’ll never understand.
That was true in 2020 when availability of high quality masks was limited and fabric or maybe surgical masks were the norm. Once KN95s and N95s and similar high quality masks were widely available, it ceased to be true, as these kinds of masks do indeed protect the wearer.
When I feel sick but still need to go about my day I wear a mask to protect others from my germsÂ
yep i get weird looks and i’m not even someone who wears a mask as often as i should. mostly just if i have a cold. i imagine the next time someone publicly gives me shit for wearing one, that i’ll pull it down and cough real hard. it’s stupid to think someone should take their mask off for YOU
Really depends on what mask you use
Any time I’ve worn a mask recently it’s because I had a cold. One guy said “you don’t need to wear that” and I just said ” I have the flu but still need food”(was at the grocery store) and he backed off.
So if nobody is getting in touch with anybody else’s germs anymore, how should we naturally build up immune systems against everyday pathogens? We don’t have a vaccine for everything.
We’re at the point where some people believe in reality, science and facts.
Some other people believe in the last tweet by TFG and will do anything to “own the libs”.
The latter side calls themselves “based” (in facts), will proudly proclaim facts over feelings and decry “woke” (to the facts of reality) as a bad thing without a shred of irony or self awareness..
Masks work, that’s not an opinion but a scientifically established fact. Anyone who disagrees is simply wrong.
Unless it’s a medical grade mask, all you’re doing is fogging up your glasses. Particles fly right out of cheapo masks with every cough and sneeze. And if they can go out, they can go in too.
I wonder sometimes how the mask-deniers would feel if their surgical team decided to “chance it” and go mask less during a major surgery on them. While we’re at, fuck those gloves and funny hats too. Should be fine…
I have one relative who has a depressed immune system because of chemo, and another who catches bugs very easily and they regularly turn into bad cases of pneumonia. I wear a mask mostly to protect them, not myself or the person that’s in front of me.
Thank you for not spreading your headache 🤕
You wore a mask.. For your contagious headache? What the hell
I’m a recovering leukemia patient, I legitimately have to wear a mask if I’m out in public in any way shape or form as a precaution. You’d be surprised the amount of people that still give shit about wearing a mask despite me pointing at the catheter sticking out of my arm with me saying I’m a cancer patient.
The worst response I’ve heard was “I think you’re giving the wrong impression of yourself by wearing a mask, you need to be more wary”
Oh what? Germs? That’s why I’m wearing the mask, my 2 yr old nephew has a better immune system than me at the moment dude, piss off.
I went to the vet yesterday for my cat. There were at least two people (vet techs) wearing masks because they had a cold. I thought, “hell yeah. This is the way.”
This was one point I wish the CDC (or whatever relevant body) hadn’t dropped. They caved in and stopped saying masks were to protect other people and just went with an appeal to selfishness.
I’m happy to say that in my neck of the woods, masks are commonly worn by people with any infectious disease, so that’s nice.
Everything is politicized right now bf of social medias.
It will end this civilization.
I work in healthcare. During the enforced masking at my previous job I rarely got sick. Yes I did get COVID. You know what I didn’t get for a couple years was hardly any head colds or the flu. I’m gonna make an educated guess that it was due to patients having to wear masks and not spreading their germs all over the place.
Most people remember when it wasn’t a choice. And it’s still a little raw.
>Do people still not get masks purposes?
Most people didn’t get their purpose during the pandemic. What makes you think they suddenly became enlightened in the years since?
Its allergy season…mask help filter out the pollen.
If I wasn’t so self conscious, I would wear a mask and swim goggles when I’m outside. ( just ignore me with my cough, watery eyes and non stop sneezing ) lol
The reason conservatives oppose masks is because wearing one protects other people more than you. Conservatives are opposed to helping other people, it’s at the core of their philosophy.
Um. In Japan, you wear a mask.when YOU are sick, to protect others. It is a cultural thing that existed long before covid.
Surgeons wear masks for these same reasons.
The people complaining probably don’t. If they understood they wouldn’t be complaining.
How do you spread a headache?
I work at a hospital and was walking down a hallway wearing a lab coat and a mask and some random lady I walked past went “masked bitch” as I passed. In a hospital. And where she was walking the only area was the oncology imaging center. People are just so brainwashed it’s sad
During the AIDS epidemic, nobody had any problem wearing a condom to protect themselves. But during COVID, once people realized wearing the mask was for protecting other people, that’s when it got political. The “we’re in this together” faction (the Left) wore masks without much complaint. The “I’m in this for me, screw you” faction (the Right) became mask Karens, anti-vaxers, conspiracy theorists, and general pains in the ass.
I don’t really care if someone I don’t know wears a mask. If I had janky teeth I’d be wearing a mask full time, and hope people would mind their own business.
Obviously not. Thanks to a diaper wearing mango mussolini making it political
The people who are triggered by masks don’t care. They just like to be enraged.