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Fewer than half of white Americans are willing to mask up in public, study finds
Merced Sun Star ^ | JANUARY 21, 2021 | ANDREW SHEELER

Posted on 01/22/2021 6:18:17 AM PST by artichokegrower

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To: freeandfreezing

You’re forgetting that 0% of the Biden family is willing to wear a mask in public, and I believe they self-identify as white. So they skew the number downward.


21 posted on 01/22/2021 6:30:05 AM PST by cockroach_magoo
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To: The Sons of Liberty

‘Well, the so-called “experts” like wishy washy Fauci and the Surgeon General guy were against masks, before they were for them, and where’s the proof that they have made one bit of difference?’

yes, our fine medical community and its wonderful self serving
messaging that tells us we are nothing but five year olds who have to be cajoled into taking care of ourselves...


22 posted on 01/22/2021 6:30:28 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: artichokegrower

Bogus numbers.

I live in a suburb of Seattle.

Almost 90% white and Asian.

Masks in our downtown area - almost 100% outside on the sidewalk.

I am one of very few downtown residents who goes without a mask outside.

Inside the mall and grocery stores - 100% masks, 100% of the time.


23 posted on 01/22/2021 6:30:40 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: freeandfreezing

“We haven’t lost our common sense yet”

Loss of common sense is the only thing that explains people moving to the other side of the street than pass by me on the sidewalk. It’s the only thing that explains whole families with little kids moving to walk in the street with cars whizzing by rather than pass another person on the sidewalk. These people obviously believe there is a gigantic COVID poison gas cloud in the entire atmosphere.

90% of the people here in the San Francisco Bay Area have taken lead of their common sense.


24 posted on 01/22/2021 6:32:21 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Democracy Dies With Democrats)
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To: freeandfreezing
I walk outside daily...when the weather allows. My route is not a well traveled one so I don't expect to encounter others.But when I do I always adjust my path to avoid close contact to that person.When I'm on a privately owned property that requires a mask I wear one.

The Trump hating RINO Governor of my state...the one who was struck down by a Federal judge for forbidding gun shops to open...has announced that those driving in cars must have a mask.

Also,I was just informed by my doctor yesterday that that same Trump hating Governor has decided that prisoners are gonna get the vaccine before me (older,with two major pre existing conditions).

25 posted on 01/22/2021 6:32:31 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: artichokegrower

What does race have to do with masking? Stupid article.


26 posted on 01/22/2021 6:32:59 AM PST by madison10
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To: artichokegrower

White people are being targeted by the Left, which is a delicate strategy. If they go too far, they risk white people realizing that they might have interests. If the frog realizes it’s being boiled, it might jump out of the pot.

I’d be shocked if any demographic is more enthusiastic about masks than white women. Just how excited about masks can a group get?


27 posted on 01/22/2021 6:34:16 AM PST by cdcdawg (Tailgunner Joe did nothing wrong. Until conservatives accept why he was demonized, we will not win. )
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To: a fool in paradise; ecomcon

I know the Mexicans you’re taking about and they’re a different crowd from the ones I deal with.


28 posted on 01/22/2021 6:34:47 AM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: artichokegrower

I am so annoyed by the mask mandates I’d not shop where they are required if I could. The masks have reactivated my asthma, which I hadn’t experienced in over 25 years.
Now, every time I put on a mask, I have an asthma attack.
Thanks, liberals.

Yesterday, I was bringing my cat to the vet. I walk in the door, where a mask is required. A woman sprints over with a huge container and without a word, squirts antibacterial fluid on my free hand. That’s antibacterial fluid, not anti virus material. Why are they doing that? No idea.

I am carrying the cat and had to walk to the exam room with one hand held out because of the juice. Then, they asked me to sterilize both hands as soon as I put down the carrier. At no time did I touch either of the vets or anything in their room. They, however, took the carrier which I had held in my unsterilized hands. The way they acted was absurd. If they were that concerned, why weren’t they donning PPE to handle the carrier? The whole mask and hand washing mandate seems so arbitrary and poorly thought out, it’s ridiculous.


29 posted on 01/22/2021 6:35:15 AM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: freeandfreezing

Not surprising to hear that from the Blue Zones. Here in the South, not so much. I went to a community meeting last night of about 50 people, and there were 2 with masks. Nobody else, including me. We’re old farts, and we’re fine with it. COVID is no worse than the flu for most people.


30 posted on 01/22/2021 6:36:58 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: Still Thinking

Right, I am not saying they are all like that.


31 posted on 01/22/2021 6:38:11 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: Gay State Conservative

You need to start disobeying these silly malum prohibitum “laws”. (Probably were never passed by your state legislature anyway, so they are not laws.)


32 posted on 01/22/2021 6:38:34 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: Gen.Blather

The new obsessive compulsive disorder


33 posted on 01/22/2021 6:39:22 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: ecomcon

When I went to Home Depot the other day, the only people wearing masks were Karens and Hispanics.


34 posted on 01/22/2021 6:40:28 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: artichokegrower

I rarely see an unmasked person in my city.


35 posted on 01/22/2021 6:43:37 AM PST by Old Yeller (Nana Pelosi is a manure salesman with a mouthful of samples. Thus the slurred speaking.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Yeah, I’m out of masks... and chewing gum.


36 posted on 01/22/2021 6:43:59 AM PST by Not_Who_U_Think
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To: Pilated

Re: They only see skin color

I disagree.

They only see political ideology.

Remember - 40% to 45% of white people consistently vote Democrat.


37 posted on 01/22/2021 6:44:08 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: Gen.Blather

We are not even allowed in our vets office...they take the carrier from us outside, do exam, then return carrier outside. Yeah...it’s a bunch of white women.


38 posted on 01/22/2021 6:44:49 AM PST by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: zeestephen

It’s the same game the Bolsheviks played with the peasants.
Claim to be acting in their name, and then shoving them aside once they gained power.


39 posted on 01/22/2021 6:44:59 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: crusty old prospector

I live in the San Diego Area. When I’m in Home Depot, the only ones not wearing a mask in the store are me and a very few others, almost all white males. Like 95% of people are in full sheeple mode.


40 posted on 01/22/2021 6:45:33 AM PST by ecomcon
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