WHO stands by recommendation to not wear masks if you are not sick or not caring for someone who is sick (3-31-20)

CNN ^ | Updated 2:24 AM ET, Tue March 31, 2020 | By Jacqueline Howard, CNN

[a fool in paradise]

They wanted to spread because they want to continue to global lockdown. It is great power they have.

[chris37]

Any information from this organization is tossed right in the toilet.

[Wayne07]

"What kind of idiot would actually believe the a mask might help prevent a respiratory disease."

-- FreeRepublic 2020

[IronJack]

And just today on FR I got mask-shamed for being an angel of death because I refused to wear one of those things. Imagine my shock!

[Responsibility2nd]

That settles it. I am wearing a mask

[Texas Eagle]

I can live with that.

[fuzzylogic]

“if you’re sick” - that’s the whole damn point - people don’t know.

Whomever said this at the W.H.O. needs to be investigated. This is just absurd. There’s obviously some word order that wants this thing to be as devastating as possible.

[Bob434]

what masks are we supposed to wear? Can’t buy them anywhere-

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

The W.H.O. hasn’t been the same since their drummer died - Peter Torx ... no wait, it was Ringo Starr ... no, Ringo Moon? ... Keith Starr? star moon star moon star .....

[conservative98]

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3836907/posts

[rolling_stone]

what you said !

[logi_cal869]

Working toward that Irony badge, are you?

[stockpirate]

End the funding to this socialist group then throw out the UN from the US and withdraw US membership.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Ping.
For Flubros/as.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Yeh sure. 😆

[Bob434]

problem is that we can’t create masks that will filter out particles less than .3 nano something or other (nanoparticles? I dunno0 but it was .3)- if we got material to do that it would be hard to breath and uncomfortable ot wear-

However, i do feel that some, maybe most, will get stuck on the fabric, and not make it to the face- bit i dunno- maybe they all just slip right through-

If so- then even sick folks wearing them won’t do any good to prevent other from getting it i woudl htink-

[conservative98]

I feel your pain. The medical masks with filters not available for sale anywhere. I didn't want to wear one but they just made them mandatory here. My mom is a nurse so she let's me use some of hers. I see most other people are not using cloth masks but have the masks with filters - not sure where they are all getting them. Still waiting for my camo Trump hat to come in so I can put it on when I have to wear the mask. Also Rush reports today that the death rate is way less than the flu so all of this mask wearing is probably BS.

[Bob434]

[[I didn’t want to wear one but they just made them mandatory here.]]

I think they mighta mandated here too- went to store today- i was only one without a mask (didn’t have one to wear- nor did i think it was mandatory- we’re a small town, hardly any cases yet- the ones we do have i believe are i n the nursing homes)- I hadn’t been to the store in 3 weeks, so i wasn’t up on what was required or not- all the workers in the store were staring at me- I Thought “Woops- something aitn right here”

[[I see most other people are not using cloth masks but have the masks with filters - not sure where they are all getting them]]

I think a lot of folks are getting them off amazon- but they are cheapo chinese knockoffs that they are gouging folks for- from what I’ve heard-

You can get the cloth ones there too i guess- but again- they might be the chinese ones that don’t work- or work well anyways- hard to know what the good masks are-