Masking is not going to stop the virus.
People discuss masks the wrong way. The science shows the mask is not going to prevent you from getting the virus. Eventually, everyone will get it. This is true.
The mask does lower the viral load you will get significantly so your infections are more likely to be mild and asymptomatic.
If everyone wore their masks and just carried on with life, it’s a good chance it would lead to herd immunity with everyone getting infected with a mild case like if you were exposed to a live vaccine almost.
This doesn’t work for the elderly and immunocompromised. They need N95 or lockdown at home.
Normal life for healthy people with masks and lockdowns for the sick and elderly.
They are coming out with a T Cell immunity blood test soon to screen for those likely to have asymptompatic or mild infections. These people probably don’t need masks.
That being said I do wear one when in stores, or walking into small businesses.
I do not think people with medical conditions, or those who already had COVID should have to wear them.
“She finds it particularly appalling when she sees older people, who are at high risk, shopping at a grocery store without one.”
The “experts’ told us the masks were to keep infected people from spreading the virus... not to protect well people. Even the idiots in charge can’t keep it straight after all of these months. But as you said the masks do not stop the virus, and the face coverings people are wearing do basically nothing.
Indeed. If you get it, chances are very good (exceedingly good) you will get over it in a week or so and then you’ll have immunity.
People have lost their damn minds.
I contend MASKS MAKE PEOPLE SICK!
Nobody said that it would.
IOW, the masks don't prevent the spread of the virus.