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Does Wearing a Mask Mean You Are Smarter Than Those Who Don’t?
cnsnews.com ^ | 6/29/2020 | Baily Duran

Posted on 06/29/2020 12:48:58 PM PDT by rktman

As face masks become a societal norm, many people are speaking out against those who are choosing not to wear them, and some critics say that wearing a mask may determine how smart you are.

John Lundin, a self-described environmental activist and author, recently tweeted, “A mask is not a political statement. It’s an IQ test.” His tweet was met with many comments of support.

A recent Gallup/Knight Foundation poll that asked, “In the past 7 days, how often did you wear a mask or cloth face covering outside your home?” showed that 30% of high school graduates, 41% of college graduates and 46% of postgraduates always wear masks.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: mask; maskdown; maskup
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To: rktman

Another state is preparing to mandate masks indoors in businesses and will do so, unless the case rate decreases very soon. Not saying which state. It’s a surprise.

And by the way, business managers are the ones pushing for it. Popcorn time. ;D


161 posted on 06/29/2020 5:30:52 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: cyclotic

This was not about how effective the mask was ... this was about humanity....something we should never forfeit no matter how righteous we are.

One stinkin’ mask worn for 2 minutes would have saved an elderly woman from pure fright. Have we decided freedom loving conservatives no longer need to consider other humans? Is this how we’ve evolved?


162 posted on 06/29/2020 5:45:32 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: Right_in_Virginia

So I’ve actually spoken with public health experts who agree with my position.


163 posted on 06/29/2020 6:35:42 PM PDT by cyclotic (The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
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To: who knows what evil?

Ee has turned into the biggest douchebag this state elected! Worthless. Waiting to see when he will give into the mob and change his racist last name?


164 posted on 06/29/2020 6:54:10 PM PDT by Bommer (I'm a MAGA-Deplorian! It is the way! It is the only way!)
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To: rktman

So stupid a ‘meme’.

Masks/etc should be used by those with at-risk loved ones in their household.
No one wants to think they killed their loved one.
That’s just a terrible thing.


165 posted on 06/29/2020 6:58:06 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: afchief

So don’t wear one.

You seem to think anyone gives a shit what you “want.”

Of course, just like any other child who tosses a fit, eventually when they are hungry they will eat. If you can shop, and work without wearing one...that’s good for you. But if you cannot, it’s a good plan to have one in the car for when you need to get food.

Where I live, people have been pretty good about wearing them. Mass is one of four states where the rate of decline has been fairly constant. Almost everything is open again. For the time in retail stores today, I had a mask on for 18 minutes. No exactly getting dragged to Auschwitz.

But you guys can do what makes you feel good.


166 posted on 06/29/2020 7:07:36 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: walkingdead

How much time do spend in a mask every day?

I have been measuring....over the past week it’s about 17 minutes a day.

Not exactly nuts.....


167 posted on 06/29/2020 7:08:59 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: upsdriver

would love to see the infection rate of those who wear masks more then an hour at a time....they are petri dishes that actualy will make a person more likely to get infected by corvid or something else. I will wear one shopping because it prevents spit transfer and that is Questionable whether it is helpful more then it is another vector to get infected it scares me when I see people mandated to wear them to operate a business. like I said petri dishes.


168 posted on 06/29/2020 7:25:00 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: Vermont Lt

Good for you, what do you want....a cookie? (10 pts to anyone that picks up the obscure reference)


169 posted on 06/29/2020 7:26:33 PM PDT by walkingdead (By the time you realize this is not worth reading, it will be too late....)
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To: walkingdead

Good object lesson tonight.

The “killer flu” has a survivability rate of @ 98.5%

I went out to the car and being raised by a hunter, noticed the slightest movement where there should not have been one.

Walked closer and saw fur half covered in leaves, by a downed tree.
Thought a cat was dying in my lane.
Another two steps closer and the ears popped up.

Raccoon, flailing about and furiously biting its own ass end.
Now I’m less than 7 feet away and it stops biting itself and starts to try and drag itself towards me.

Rabies.

100% fatal.

Everything is relative.

Not worried about the “killer flu” when I have rabid animals in my damn lane.

Neighbor came up to see what the shooting was about and told me he found a dead coon in his yard last week and the guy across the road saw one staggering around his yard, as well.
[why he didn’t shoot it is beyond me...is the one I killed the one he didn’t bother with? If so, thanks a LOT]


170 posted on 06/29/2020 7:56:35 PM PDT by Salamander (Flying Colours....)
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To: Salamander

Wow, fun day haha


171 posted on 06/29/2020 8:02:00 PM PDT by walkingdead (By the time you realize this is not worth reading, it will be too late....)
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To: walkingdead

Yah.

Hilarity ensued.

Now I’m out reconning every inch of the back yard just to let my dogs out.

“Normal people” would have never even seen that coon lying there and my back yard has some spots with similar cover for God forbid, another.

/and hubby always asks why I own so many machetes


172 posted on 06/29/2020 8:07:38 PM PDT by Salamander (Flying Colours....)
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To: hal ogen
A mask is a “sign of the sheep”.


173 posted on 06/29/2020 8:21:29 PM PDT by Oatka
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To: Salamander

Yea growing up hunting tunes you into those small movements or out of place colorings or shapes. Glad you found it and got rid of it. As far as recon well in a way thats kinda fun also!


174 posted on 06/29/2020 8:51:08 PM PDT by walkingdead (By the time you realize this is not worth reading, it will be too late....)
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To: Bommer

I may stop by my local ‘Republican’ headquarters soon to share my opinion of the Governor with party toadies.


175 posted on 06/29/2020 11:23:35 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: walkingdead

If I had a dollar for every time I said to city slicker hubby “You don’t/can’t see that?!?” I’d be rich.

:D


176 posted on 06/30/2020 12:06:50 AM PDT by Salamander (Flying Colours....)
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To: Vermont Lt
No exactly getting dragged to Auschwitz.

Yet. God is judging America, and it WILL get worse.

177 posted on 06/30/2020 2:47:58 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: walkingdead

You guys all seem to think I want YOU to wear masks. Honestly, I don’t. I rather enjoy Watching your principled stances cause your states to be shut down longer. I do t want to see anyone die. But, watching you all freak out is entertaining as hell.


178 posted on 06/30/2020 6:14:41 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: who knows what evil?

I am sure.

And I thought the left was full of drama queens.


179 posted on 06/30/2020 6:15:44 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

Full of atheists, as well.


180 posted on 06/30/2020 6:32:00 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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