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Column: Why are so many people not wearing masks? Here's how they explain it
LA Times via MSN ^ | 6/17/20 | Steve Lopez

Posted on 06/17/2020 6:08:41 AM PDT by Libloather

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Last week, Orange County’s public health director resigned after her call for mandatory face masks prompted a death threat, a security detail and a poster of her with a Hitler mustache and swastikas. On Tuesday in Santa Ana, face mask supporters were pushed and mocked by foes who chanted, “Hey hey, ho ho, these masks have got to go.”

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In Glendora, some of the people without face coverings were with relatives, and others were carrying masks in their pockets. But it wasn’t hard to find people who told me they didn’t buy into the argument that masks necessarily limit the spread of the coronavirus.

“It’s probably driven by political scare tactics,” said a 77-year-old retiree strolling with his wife, neither of them wearing masks. He added that he didn’t know anyone who has gotten COVID-19, but if reported cases are up, maybe it’s simply because there’s more testing rather than a worrisome surge.

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And then I came upon Robin and her daughter Natasha, both maskless. Robin said she likes to breathe in the fresh air on a nice day, and they cover up in stores, as required. But they weren't sold on the usefulness of masks. Natasha said even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has contradicted itself on the matter.

No question, there’s still a lot to learn about the virus, and opinions on masks have varied. But for the record, the CDC currently “recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.”

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: breathe; california; caronavirus; coronavirus; masks
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To: HamiltonJay

I have a family member who nearly got into a fistfight at Giant Eagle after a male vigilante Karen got in his face claiming his wife was not wearing her mask properly. He told this guy to mind his own business, the vigilante responded with a string of F-bombs, and the throwdown was on.

Needless to say none of us are shopping at Giant Eagle any longer.


41 posted on 06/17/2020 6:42:01 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: cuban leaf

People walking around outdoors, in a mask, more than 50 yards from any other human being, is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen. But I’m seeing it a lot these days.


42 posted on 06/17/2020 6:42:57 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: madison10

“Because we are SO over it

Many of us are, but fashion masks are a thing now. Not sure America should survive on the path we seem to be on.


43 posted on 06/17/2020 6:43:18 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: PIF; Libloather; All

In less than 55 sec .... Wild Bill “Bullet of Truth”

Dealing With Mask Meanies [Wild Bill for America]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1V3Gd_qsaM


44 posted on 06/17/2020 6:48:21 AM PDT by Qiviut ("I have never wished death upon a man, but I have read many obituaries with pleasure" Mark Twain)
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To: Libloather

Simple. Because I will not comply.


45 posted on 06/17/2020 6:50:06 AM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: cuban leaf
Now, pass the Possum..

Here you go ... don't like caffeine jitters?



Oh possum ... "I can ..." what?
46 posted on 06/17/2020 6:51:10 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Libloather

Yesterdays Improved Policing Briefing. I looked for a photo of the press corp that was there, but could not fine one. Anyhow, none of them were face covered either.

47 posted on 06/17/2020 6:53:36 AM PDT by CodeJockey (Dum Spiro, Pugno)
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To: HighSierra5

They insist on teaching Darwin in schools (not that I don’t believe in evolution to a degree ) so why are they so opposed to natural selection?

They should celebrate the improvement of our species


48 posted on 06/17/2020 6:54:09 AM PDT by Manuel OKelley
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To: Brian Griffin
I believe masks are about 90% effective for protection while shopping.

Then wear a virtue-signaller.

BUT LEAVE ME ALONE!


49 posted on 06/17/2020 6:55:13 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Politics is the continuation of war by other means. --Clausewitz)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I have a Lone Ranger mask I put on when the sign only says Wear a Mask.

Also have a Killer Clown full mask I put on for the Karen’s.


50 posted on 06/17/2020 6:56:19 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes Sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it!)
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To: chicken99cents
Lol, I was never under the illusion that we lived among anything BUT idiots.

I had this illusion before all of this nonsense that most of my neighbors were not brainless drones. These self-righteous mask wearers have been an eye opener.

51 posted on 06/17/2020 6:58:45 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: Libloather

If you’re wearing a Mask and you feel safe why should everyone around you have to wear a Mask


52 posted on 06/17/2020 6:59:15 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I have never liked Giant Eagle, vastly overpriced... but the latest crap with COVID has sealed the deal... I will avoid it at all cost from now on.

Of course this is the same fools who say they plan to not allow you to have a single use plastic bags soon, so you can take all your food wrapped in single use plastic home.


53 posted on 06/17/2020 7:02:46 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Libloather

Because masks are useless and retarded. They are nothing but a means of control and a symbol of your obedience.

Remember the propaganda that we needed to “flatten the curve” and the promise of “just give us two weeks”, and now it has turned into continuous nonsense.

This isn’t a State of Emergency when it is continuous. This is tyranny.


54 posted on 06/17/2020 7:03:19 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: Brian Griffin

“I believe masks are about 90% effective for protection while shopping.”

Nonsense. The masks people are wearing are less than 5% effective and near zero effective once wet from breath vapor. Not to mention these poorly worn, filthy masks are useless and can actually cause respiratory infections.


55 posted on 06/17/2020 7:04:26 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: Brian Griffin

Protection for yourself, or others? Tell ya what, take video of yourself breathing on a mirror while wearing a cloth mask.


56 posted on 06/17/2020 7:05:29 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: Brian Griffin

I believe masks are about 90% effective for protection while shopping.

What the hell does that even mean? Study after study says masks are useless and potentially a disease vector. But the sheeple like them for empty virtue signaling. Sad. Vapid. Herd mentality. Dodo birds.


57 posted on 06/17/2020 7:06:32 AM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: I want the USA back

It’s the new symbol of submission.
It’s the new symbol of submission.
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It’s the new symbol of submission.
It’s the new symbol of submission.
It’s the new symbol of submission.
It’s the new symbol of submission.

Just warming us up for the mark . . . my wife couldn’t do commerce in a shop the other day unless she had one on.


58 posted on 06/17/2020 7:06:52 AM PDT by freedomlover
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To: cuban leaf

Have you tried our road kill armadillo?


59 posted on 06/17/2020 7:09:54 AM PDT by Cold Heart (.)
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To: Libloather
There's been something else about putting on the mask in stores that bothered me, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Then I realized, these stupid things almost completely conceal facial expression. We're reduced to the content of our words without the massive amount of information that we normally convey with smiles or grimaces.

In other words, it's dehumanizing. Behind the mask we're not much more than automatons, we emit words but mostly stripped of emotions. Maybe that's how some people would like to see us? All sounds a bit Guardianish but there it is.

60 posted on 06/17/2020 7:10:55 AM PDT by Riflema
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