Posted on 04/09/2020 6:20:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
As it becomes acknowledged that masks are able to lessen the chance of catching or spreading the coronavirus, many public officials—contrary to earlier advice—are now requesting that people begin wearing them.
A debate over the efficacy of wearing masks to protect from the coronavirus has occurred for weeks. It now seems apparent that insistence that masks were not effective at containing the spread of the disease was part of a purposeful disinformation campaign by some public health officials and elements of the media. The reason for this was to prevent a run on masks when they are most needed by medical personnel. Shortages of personal protective equipment have become more noticeable, with many people having no recourse but to craft their own masks out of household supplies.
As it becomes acknowledged that masks are able to lessen the chance of catching or spreading the coronavirus, many public officials—contrary to earlier advice—are now requesting that people begin wearing them. In an aggressive policy action, Los Angeles, California has become one of the country’s first localities to mandate the use of face masks while shopping at essential businesses.
The requirement will commence midnight as Thursday turns to Friday. Starting then, all customers entering the necessary businesses that have been allowed to stay open despite the quarantine must be wearing some kind of cloth mask. These businesses include grocery stores, pharmacies, hotels, and any kind of taxi or ride-sharing service. These locations are permitted to refuse service to anyone not covering their mouth and nose.
All employees of these businesses must wear masks as well, and employers must reimburse the cost of such items. Included in the new rule are regulations on essential businesses mandating that they ensure every worker has access to a clean restroom and has an opportunity to wash their hands at a minimum of thirty-minute intervals. While Los Angeles public health officials have recommended implementing the use of plexiglass doors between employees and customers where possible, this was not included in the order.
“We need to protect every worker on the front lines of this crisis,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, from whose office the order originated. “Each one of us is a first responder in this emergency. Every employer should keep employees safe, and so should Angelenos patronizing these businesses."
Garcetti, elected mayor in 2013, has been a popular leader, finding a balance between his progressive politics and practical governing. In recent weeks, his city has become the epicenter of the coronavirus in California. Los Angeles County currently has almost seven thousand positive cases and has suffered 169 deaths. This is out of a total of 9.8 million residents.
“We can see people now selling them [masks] on corners, online,” Garcetti said. “Our capacity, thanks to the amazing apparel industry here, has expanded and people can buy them online.” Many U.S. companies, such as My Pillow, have been manufacturing masks and other protective equipment to meet the coronavirus crisis.
I’m a man of means by no means..
When their curve is flatter than Shelley Long?
Gives a new meaning to going topless.
I’ll tell you what...
Vietnam has now, a grand total of 250 cases since this whole mess started.
250.
About half have already gotten over it.
But EVERY SINGLE PERSON, in the entire country, is required to wear a mask whenever they are in public.
Been that way for a month now.
Good idea, actually.
Sorry, but my friends who fought in Vietnam did not do so so that we could become them.
Drove through Los Angeles today without wearing a mask. They’ll never take me alive.
CA is planning riots and is paving the way by protecting the identity of operatives (MS13, Antifa, college professors, lefty lawyers etc.) by covering their faces with masks.
It’s not bad here.
Vietnam has now grown two entire generations, since we left.
The people here don’t think about such things. Like we don’t think about any military action, which we won.
Vietnam has moved on.
It is a very dynamic place now.
And I think it seems to be the first place, anywhere, that is completely free of any sort of racism.
I have been here four years. In all that time, I have personally experienced actual racism ... Twice.
Really.
They stopped me at 99CENT store this morning and the obama security guard was all gangsta not letting me in LOL. Went to Food 4 Less and no one stopped me. Heck a lot of the customers were not wearing face masks.
and yeah, I dont wear that faggy mask..
So...the National Institute of Health study that shows cloth masks to be at best 3% effective is wrong....ok.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/
Well, with less people flying, TSA has probably released them.
Went to home depot yesterday.
I’ve been going to that store for decades. Always go in the exit. Some dweeb denied me entrance. Then went down to the entrance and they are metering people in one by one. Screw that. I walked away with an astounded look on my face at the sheep wearing masks. Even said sheep outloud.
Anyway, on the way out of the parking lot, for the first time EVER, I saw a blacked out suburban with a spotlight in the A-pillar heading toward the store.
I was obviously unhappy at being denied and said to him, who are you you don’t work here. I bet he called the suburban. OOh that big guy scared me and got too close.
America is so screwed.
Except at the moment.
Not so dynamic, right now.
I went to Costco with no mask NO PROBLEM I will not wear a mask so our entire population becomes China NO WAY!!!
Most Vietnamese peasants didn’t have masks for epidemics in the ‘60s. The masks were invented and used in the West first. Vietnamese wear pants, too, so maybe we should stop wearing pants.
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