QUESTION: Where is the law requiring customer to wear a mask in Mississippi in grocery stores ?

Yeah, if you go in a store where fellow American are working 8 hour days and you don’t wear a mask YOU are a bully.

Pick up a hundred friends from a local bar and invite them (without masks) to come with you to visit your Mom tomorrow - tell them you’ll buy them all a beer if they’ll do it.

Tell ‘em YOUR Mom isn’t worried about getting the virus from a hundred strangers... they can even cough around her.

Would YOU do that? How about your grandmother?

People working in grocery stores are captives... and it’s not a hundred strangers in a day - it’s more like a thousand. If you don’t want to wear a mask outside or in your home fine... but leave your bullshit at the door when your putting innocent working Americans at risk.

My theory is men who don’t have a woman of their own are pissed off that whores have shut down their businesses... and those men are taking out their rage on innocent people. Tell me if you think I’m wrong..

Wow, that was a mighty progressive post there, pal. Of course, with a nomme de FReep like GOPJ, we shouldn’t be surprised that your thought train takes you done the same track of CNN, MSNBC and a whole multitude of progressive outlets.

So are you inviting a bunch of friends over to meet your mother tomorrow? Brave men who aren’t afraid to infect her and your dad?

You should stay in your hovel for the next year - it’s dangerous for you to be out in the free world.

People working in grocery stores are captives... and it’s not a hundred strangers in a day - it’s more like a thousand

It's easy to shop at any big box store or grocery chain and not come within even a stones throw of an employee. They are pretty well invisible while you're shopping and with self checkout you have no contact anywhere within a respectable social distance. Some of us can't wear masks and do try to not get anywhere near employees or other masked shoppers.

put a big red MAGA on the mask.

Down on the coast, the Dem Mayors didn’t do that either...at least not all of them or Ocean Springs would be doing it...I imagine Moss Point may be under their mayor’s thumb - ‘cultural’ population was causing lots of problems early on and I just stopped paying attention.

I go out... I just don’t feel the need to frighten people working for a living by not wearing a mask. Really invite a bunch of non-masks friends over to visit your mother... I’m sure you’ll see the same look on her face that you see on kids stocking shelves in grocery stores.

I was talking about grocery stores with clerks, folks who stock the shelves and check out people. Of course if you were shopping in a large automated facility it wouldn’t make much difference.

What people don’t seem to understand it that this is likely an escaped (or intentional) bio-weapon. The two most important things for our survival are FOOD AND WATER. I’m sure you wouldn’t support un-masked citizens visiting the local water treatment plant... or even the local nuclear power plant. There ARE people a society has to protect and the folks in bring us food and water are at the top of the list.. followed by folks who keep the power plants running.

YOU might think if people in the food supply chain start dying they can be easily replaced. But you’re wrong. People are NOT going to take jobs death jobs. So you want the military to be forced into those jobs so you and your friends can walk around without masks in critical survival areas?

Here’s my compromise: Don’t wear a mask at a sporting event, a bar, a club, a protest, or the homes of your relatives. But DO voluntarily protect food, water, and power employees or it’s gonna get a whole lot worse. Cause this ‘virus’ isn’t going away and there could be a second ‘accidental’ release.,

I hear the people at MSNBC and CNN drink coffee for breakfast... do you think I’m so insecure I should stop drinking coffee too?

Look the most important things for survival in bio-weapon times are FOOD, WATER, and ENERGY. Turn any of those jobs into death traps and everything will start falling apart - and fairly quickly. This virus isn’t going away - and another
‘accidental’ release could happen. If a few hundred people a day went walking through your city’s water treatment plant without masks you might feel uneasy.

Remember: food, water and energy... matter.

Naw ! Just strap on an open carry glock.
It's against the law to wear a mask while carrying a pistol.

For your informationion:

Despite COVID-19 Coronavirus, Here Is Why You Should Stop Buying Face Masks Put down the mask, and step away. Unless you are health care professional, a hockey goalie, or Batman, or caring for someone who has an infection like a new coronavirus infection, you probably do not need to buy a mask now, just because of the COVID-19 coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) outbreak. And if you are Batman or a hockey goalie, a N95 respirator mask isn’t going to help you keep pucks from your face or The Joker from your identity. The SARS-CoV2 outbreak has been good for face mask manufacturers and sellers. According to Dee-Ann Durbin, Anne D’Innocenzio, and Joseph Pisani writing for the Associate Press, face mask sales have been surging around the world. Demand has been so high that many businesses have sold out of such items or are limiting the number that customers can buy. Yes, in this way, face masks have become like Baby Yoda toys, except less cute. Don’t expect mask sellers to tell you any time soon that you don’t need masks. After all, how many businesses will ever say, “you don’t really need my product, don’t buy my product, don’t give me money, and screw the shareholders”? Quite the contrary. As Megan Cerullo indicated for CBS News, some mask sellers have used this as an opportunity to raise the prices of masks. Isn’t that wonderful? Keep in mind that buying most face masks out there can be like purchasing a scented trash bag: a huge waste of money. Many available masks are going to do diddly squat for you. By the way, “diddly squat” is a technical term for “nothing” or “nadda.” If a mask is not tested and approved as a legitimate N95 respirator by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), it’s not going to do much to stop the new coronavirus from reaching your mouth or nose. Moreover, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has maintained that you should only wear a mask if you yourself are infected with the new coronavirus or if you are taking care of someone who may be infected. Otherwise, you are just depleting supplies for those people who may actually need such masks such as health care professionals. The current mask-buying frenzy has even prompted U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, to tweet the following this morning: U.S. Surgeon General ✔ @Surgeon_General Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk! http://bit.ly/37Ay6Cm 69.1K 7:08 AM - Feb 29, 2020 51.7K people are talking about this You know it’s serious when the Surgeon General has to say “seriously people.” Indeed, the current mask-sales frenzy is exactly that: a frenzy. That means don’t get swayed by selfies like the following one on Instagram from film star Kate Hudson: Yeah, a standard surgical mask like the one that she is wearing ain’t going to keep much out except maybe keeping people from recognizing that she is Kate Hudson. Such masks are quite hole-ly, having many, many small holes. And viruses are small enough to get through these holes. At most, such a mask may make it harder for you to touch your nose and mouth, a common way of infecting yourself with viruses, as I described previously for Forbes. Thus, from a “protecting you” standpoint, wearing a surgical mask would have about the same effect as covering your face with pastrami, except without the obvious advantages of pastrami. In fact, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals typically wear such masks to protect you from them. Such masks can make it harder for stuff in their mouths and noses to reach you, which can be especially important during surgery or some other medical procedure. After all, have you seen how much spit can fly out of people’s mouths when they talk? It can look like a sprinkler. So, maybe you should thank Hudson for keeping her spit away from you. Indeed, most masks being sold are not like P2/N95 respirators and therefore offer no real protection. N95 means that it can filter out 95% of airborne particles, which is probably good enough to keep those teeny-weeny new coronaviruses away from your mouth and nose. A N95 respirator works only if you use it properly to form a tight seal with your face. Even if you do so, these masks aren’t foolproof because nothing in life is 100%, except maybe avocados bringing happiness. Also, just because an ad or packaging says something is a “N95 mask” does not necessarily means that it is as legit as the ones actually tested and approved by NIOSH. So, should you then be like actress Gwyneth Paltrow in the following Instagram post and wear what appears to be a N95-equivalent mask while out in public: Again, unless you yourself are infected with the new coronavirus or are taking care of someone who is infected or in a particularly high risk situation, wearing a N95 mask is likely not necessary. The CDC did not say “wear such a mask if you interact with any strangers or are a celebrity.” In fact, it is not clear how much protection such masks would even offer you over longer periods of time. Health professionals typically use N95 respirators for only fairly short durations, such as when they enter an infected patient’s room, because wearing the masks can make it more difficult to breathe. They also tend to replace their respirators with new ones frequently, since the masks can fairly rapidly degrade over time, especially when they get wet or soiled. Plus, the masks can give you a false sense of security. When health care professionals wear the masks, they typically know who may be carrying a virus or similar pathogen. This allows them to focus on where the risk may be and the tasks at hand. They usually are taking other precautions as well, such as washing their hands, wearing gloves, disinfecting surfaces, and paying attention to what they touch. Wearing a mask still leaves your eyes exposed to get viruses rubbed into them, unless you wear airtight goggles at the same time. And a pair of goggles plus a mask can make you look very much like a gigantic insect, which typically is not a great look unless you are into that sort of thing. Are there any immediate negatives to wearing a N95 mask? Probably not, unless you are on a date or a job interview. This does depend on whether you are using the mask properly, though. If you are not careful when you put on or remove your mask, you could end up rubbing viruses into your eyes, nose, or mouth. Additionally, if you don’t wash your hands before touching the mask, you could end up, drum roll please, touching your face with your potentially dirty hands. If you have an existing respiratory condition such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), talk to your doctor before wearing any kind of mask. As mentioned earlier, N95 respirators can make it more difficult for you to breathe, even if you think you are normally good at breathing. Imagine then what could happen if do you have underlying breathing problems. You don’t want to trigger an asthma attack or an exacerbation of your COPD. That’s why NIOSH warns that people with lung diseases, elderly people, or those with claustrophobia may struggle with such masks. Another thing to keep in mind: these masks do cost money, which can be an issue if you are not Gwyneth Paltrow. So you may be spending money on something that may not help that much. It may be better to focus on more effective and cost-effective strategies such as washing your hands frequently and thoroughly and keeping surfaces clean and disinfected. Also, try not to touch yourself so much, meaning your face, as I detailed previously for Forbes. An even broader issue that may come back to bite you is that health professionals need such masks to take care of all kinds of patients. Not just those with the new coronavirus but also those infected with other pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). N95 masks aren’t like weirdos on Tinder and available in abundance and for cheap. It’s the opposite. They are in short supply. If doctors and nurses don’t have adequate supplies of proper personal protective equipment (PPE) such as N95 respirators, they can end up catching and spreading all sorts of microbes. And no one wants your MTB or anyone else’s MTB. Or any other pathogen for that matter. During an infectious disease outbreak or epidemic or what could become a pandemic, don’t let fears mask reality and what is important. Whether you like it or not, everyone is connected with each other. You’ve heard of the whole six degrees of Kevin Bacon thing, right? Thus, everyone needs to realize that your individual actions can end up affecting everyone else and eventually you. Therefore, the key to stopping or at least reducing the impact of a virus is to understand who needs to be protected first: health care professionals. If you deplete PPE by buying all of it up when doing so is not necessary, you may be leaving health care professionals exposed so that they can start carrying viruses. And no one wants to see that happen, except for perhaps the viruses.

So for all the good a mask will do you, you might as well shove it where the sun don't shine!

Good one!

Blaylock: Face Masks Pose Serious Risks To The Healthy

As for the scientific support for the use of face mask, a recent careful examination of the literature, in which 17 of the best studies were analyzed, concluded that, “ None of the studies established a conclusive relationship between mask/respirator use and protection against influenza infection.” ¹ Keep in mind, no studies have been done to demonstrate that either a cloth mask or the N95 mask has any effect on transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Any recommendations, therefore, have to be based on studies of influenza virus transmission. And, as you have seen, there is no conclusive evidence of their efficiency in controlling flu virus transmission.

It is also instructive to know that until recently, the CDC did not recommend wearing a face mask or covering of any kind, unless a person was known to be infected, that is, until recently. Non-infected people need not wear a mask. When a person has TB we have them wear a mask, not the entire community of non-infected. The recommendations by the CDC and the WHO are not based on any studies of this virus and have never been used to contain any other virus pandemic or epidemic in history.

Now that we have established that there is no scientific evidence necessitating the wearing of a face mask for prevention, are there dangers to wearing a face mask, especially for long periods? Several studies have indeed found significant problems with wearing such a mask. This can vary from headaches, to increased airway resistance, carbon dioxide accumulation, to hypoxia, all the way to serious life-threatening complications.

There is a difference between the N95 respirator mask and the surgical mask (cloth or paper mask) in terms of side effects. The N95 mask, which filters out 95% of particles with a median diameter >0.3 µm ² , because it impairs respiratory exchange (breathing) to a greater degree than a soft mask, and is more often associated with headaches. In one such study, researchers surveyed 212 healthcare workers (47 males and 165 females) asking about presence of headaches with N95 mask use, duration of the headaches, type of headaches and if the person had preexisting headaches. ²

They found that about a third of the workers developed headaches with use of the mask, most had preexisting headaches that were worsened by the mask wearing, and 60% required pain medications for relief. As to the cause of the headaches, while straps and pressure from the mask could be causative, the bulk of the evidence points toward hypoxia and/or hypercapnia as the cause. That is, a reduction in blood oxygenation (hypoxia) or an elevation in blood C02 (hypercapnia). It is known that the N95 mask, if worn for hours, can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20%, which can lead to a loss of consciousness, as happened to the hapless fellow driving around alone in his car wearing an N95 mask, causing him to pass out, and to crash his car and sustain injuries. I am sure that we have several cases of elderly individuals or any person with poor lung function passing out, hitting their head. This, of course, can lead to death.

A more recent study involving 159 healthcare workers aged 21 to 35 years of age found that 81% developed headaches from wearing a face mask. ³ Some had pre-existing headaches that were precipitated by the masks. All felt like the headaches affected their work performance.

Unfortunately, no one is telling the frail elderly and those with lung diseases, such as COPD, emphysema or pulmonary fibrosis, of these dangers when wearing a facial mask of any kind—which can cause a severe worsening of lung function. This also includes lung cancer patients and people having had lung surgery, especially with partial resection or even the removal of a whole lung.

While most agree that the N95 mask can cause significant hypoxia and hypercapnia, another study of surgical masks found significant reductions in blood oxygen as well. In this study, researchers examined the blood oxygen levels in 53 surgeons using an oximeter. They measured blood oxygenation before surgery as well as at the end of surgeries. ⁴ The researchers found that the mask reduced the blood oxygen levels (pa0 ² ) significantly. The longer the duration of wearing the mask, the greater the fall in blood oxygen levels.

The importance of these findings is that a drop in oxygen levels (hypoxia) is associated with an impairment in immunity. Studies have shown that hypoxia can inhibit the type of main immune cells used to fight viral infections called the CD4+ T-lymphocyte. This occurs because the hypoxia increases the level of a compound called hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), which inhibits T-lymphocytes and stimulates a powerful immune inhibitor cell called the Tregs. . This sets the stage for contracting any infection, including COVID-19 and making the consequences of that infection much graver. In essence, your mask may very well put you at an increased risk of infections and if so, having a much worse outcome. ^5,6,7

People with cancer, especially if the cancer has spread, will be at a further risk from prolonged hypoxia as the cancer grows best in a microenvironment that is low in oxygen. Low oxygen also promotes inflammation which can promote the growth, invasion and spread of cancers. ^8,9 Repeated episodes of hypoxia has been proposed as a significant factor in atherosclerosis and hence increases all cardiovascular (heart attacks) and cerebrovascular (strokes) diseases. ¹⁰

There is another danger to wearing these masks on a daily basis, especially if worn for several hours. When a person is infected with a respiratory virus, they will expel some of the virus with each breath. If they are wearing a mask, especially an N95 mask or other tightly fitting mask, they will be constantly rebreathing the viruses, raising the concentration of the virus in the lungs and the nasal passages. We know that people who have the worst reactions to the coronavirus have the highest concentrations of the virus early on. And this leads to the deadly cytokine storm in a selected number.

It gets even more frightening. Newer evidence suggests that in some cases the virus can enter the brain. ^11,12 In most instances it enters the brain by way of the olfactory nerves (smell nerves), which connect directly with the area of the brain dealing with recent memory and memory consolidation. By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain. ¹³

It is evident from this review that there is insufficient evidence that wearing a mask of any kind can have a significant impact in preventing the spread of this virus. The fact that this virus is a relatively benign infection for the vast majority of the population and that most of the at-risk group also survive, from an infectious disease and epidemiological standpoint, by letting the virus spread through the healthier population we will reach a herd immunity level rather quickly that will end this pandemic quickly and prevent a return next winter. During this time, we need to protect the at-risk population by avoiding close contact, boosting their immunity with compounds that boost cellular immunity and in general, care for them.

One should not attack and insult those who have chosen not to wear a mask, as these studies suggest that is the wise choice to make.

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Dr. Russell Blaylock, author of The Blaylock Wellness Report newsletter, is a nationally recognized board-certified neurosurgeon, health practitioner, author, and lecturer. He attended the Louisiana State University School of Medicine and completed his internship and neurological residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. For 26 years, practiced neurosurgery in addition to having a nutritional practice. He recently retired from his neurosurgical duties to devote his full attention to nutritional research. Dr. Blaylock has authored four books,

Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills

Health and Nutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life

Natural Strategies for Cancer Patients

Cellular and Molecular Biology of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Print it out and tape it to the door of any business requiring the wearing of face mask in their store.
Tape it to the door where the customers will have it at face level.