Posted on 05/28/2020 5:54:32 AM PDT by sickoflibs
A bar owner in Elgin, Texas, has decided that wearing a mask inside his bar should be prohibited, but his reasoning is pretty solid.
According to KXAN, co-founder of the Liberty Tree Tavern, Kevin Smith, has told customers that if they believe they need to be wearing a mask then they don’t need to be at a bar, they need to be staying home.
“Due to our concern for our citizens, if they feel the need to wear a mask, then they should probably stay home until it’s safe,” reads the sign on the front.
Smith told KXAN that he’s still observing certain safety guidelines, but admits he’s acting out against self-important people who take it upon themselves to go overboard with their own fear and police others. His customers seem to agree:
“It is more of a push back — the snitches, and the contact tracers out there,” said Kevin Smith, Co-Owner of the Liberty Tree Tavern. “This is still a rural county.”
Kevin Smith says he’s still following social distancing guidelines as set in place by the Center for Disease Control.
Since the Liberty Tree Tavern shut down, Charles Chamberlain has been eagerly waiting for it to open back up. He says he’s not fazed by the tavern’s posting.
“I’m a stage 4 cancer survivor. It’s just a choice. He just put that up their to let people know if they aren’t feeling good, then they maybe shouldn’t come,” said Charles Chamberlain. “Everybody is keeping safe distances, they aren’t bunching up.”
I can’t disagree with Smith’s reasoning. Many people are ready and raring to go out and enjoy themselves. The fear of the virus seems to be on a fast decline. If someone is absolutely worried about the virus still, then they should hide away and leave everyone else alone.
Even Elgin residents seem to agree according to KXAN:
“I don’t know anyone personally, and I know a lot of people, that’s gotten the virus or has died,” said Sherrill Schier, owner of ETX Travel in Elgin.
Sherrill Schier is not a mask wearer, but does have them on-hand for her customers.
“People are just comfortable. We are a small town, we don’t have a lot of crowds. We are okay,” said Schier.
Of course you don’t dear. Now stay at home.
Do the experts tell us to wear masks to protect ourselves from others, or do they say to wear masks to protect others from ourselves?
Meant to use quotes around “experts” in my previous post.
The fear of the virus seems to be on a fast decline.”
While that is true in some places and with some people, it is also true that in some places and with some people fear is increasing rapidly
this is the damndest thing any of us have ever seen
Sigh.
I’m not saying that masks are effective against the virus.
I’m saying people have been told to wear masks by the CDC / Government.
Are you people denying that? I’ll wait for your answer.
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Guess not.
WELL THEN! You’re going to have people out there who are NOT sick wearing masks. Why? See above. That doesn’t mean the masks are effective - and I completely agree with most of you that putting a bandana in front of your mouth isn’t going to do squat against a virus.
BUT people have been told to wear masks. In my area, it’s mandatory, in fact.
THEREFORE you have people wearing masks who are not sick.
THEREFORE you have people in a bar who, if they’re following the Government’s suggestion, would be wearing a mask who are not sick.
THEREFORE the bartended telling them “if you’re sick don’t come here” is irrelevant and illogical.
The bar owner is a private businessman and is perfectly within his rights to refuse service to anyone. He is probably sick of all the freedom hating, hypochondriac wussies being in his establishment wearing useless masks. and looking stupid.
Hygiene is the problem. It would probably be more far more effective to put a sink at the door with the demand that customers wash their face and hands before they come into bar.
Stay at home mask nazi.
“The bar owner is a private businessman and is perfectly within his rights to refuse service to anyone. He is probably sick of all the freedom hating, hypochondriac wussies being in his establishment wearing useless masks. and looking stupid.
Hygiene is the problem. It would probably be more far more effective to put a sink at the door with the demand that customers wash their face and hands before they come into bar.”
I agree, and the hand-washing is a great idea.
How will we know when the masks were washed and how were they washed. If you take the mask off to drink or eat will it need to be in a germ lockbox?
Well, I’m “lucky” - my daughter sent a spare N-95 mask - and, believe me, I think I’m probably doing more harm to myself wearing that horrible thing than I would be doing by NOT wearing it.
But, as I said, in my area (the Northeast) we don’t have an option.
Almost there. Viruses are also expelled via tears (as well as potentially via waste).
Your two eyes are an entry point for not only viruses, but also bacteria, fungi and protozoa including, but definitely not limited to: measles, mumps, rubella, common cold, influenza, coronaviruses (including Wuhan-19), hepatitis and even HIV.
Generally:
Antiseptic Prophylaxis and Therapy in Ocular Infections: Principles, Clinical Practice and Infection Control
Axel Kramer, Wolfgang Behrens-Baumann
Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers, Jan 1, 2002
Viral Infection of the Lungs through the Eye (Journal of Virology - Jan 2007)
"We establish the eye as a major gateway of lung infection and offer potential strategies for treatment of ocular inflammation and prevention of the disease."
Wuhan-19 specific:
How does Coronavirus enter through your eyes?
"Coronavirus can enter your eyes either through a form of aerosol transmission. This can happen when particles are propelled by somebody with the virus coughing or sneezing. Alternatively, if you have the virus on your hands from touching a contaminated surface and then touch your eyes, you can infect yourself."
If you want to EFFECTIVELY protect yourself against getting Wuhan-19, you MUST include protective eyewere/headware:
....otherwise, your doing a half assed job (assuming your wearing a respirator like an N-95/N-100 or better).
I don’t have to, my mask-wearing country never went into lockdown because we beat the virus easily.
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