Posted on 09/21/2020 4:57:14 AM PDT by Kaslin
Our familys visit to a Virginia restaurant the other day wasnt particularly unusual in the coronavirus era, although that states requirements are more stringent than most. The staff were all wearing masks and, in this case, plastic gloves as well. The iced tea bin was behind the counter where customers couldnt touch it, and Virginia restaurants are apparently required to give customers a new plastic cup for every refill. (Somehow, the left went from banning plastic straws to probably tripling the amount of plastic waste generated by restaurants but hey, there could be a .000001% less chance of someone possibly catching the WORSTEST VIRUS EVER, so screw the environment, right?)
Anyway, I won't name the restaurant, but it was one of those places where you walk in, place your order, get your drinks, pay, then sit down and wait for your food to come up at the counter, at which point they call your order number. Of course, you had to shout through the giant plexiglass screen, then bend your head just to hear the muffled voice of the cashier, who was asking questions and punching buttons with one ungloved finger on an otherwise gloved hand. From the stains as well as the home-cut finger opening (so he could push the buttons), it was obvious he hadn't changed his gloves in quite some time, and certainly not for the two customers in line before us.
Even more disturbingly, as he spoke to us the cashier adjusted his obviously moist, stained mask with his gloved hand at least five times, at one point putting his thumb and forefinger across his entire mouth and moving the mask farther up the bridge of his nose. Thank God we were spared any potential droplets from his nose (because we all know how those nose droplets barrel through plexiglass), but it did come at the cost of spreading whatever nastiness was on his mask to pretty much everything else he touched.
We placed our order, paid with a credit card, then then watched the cashier grab our cups from the stack and proceed to put his gloved fingers inside (INSIDE, I kid you not) three of them at once as he made his way to the ice maker and tea bin to get our drinks (COVID restrictions in Virginia apparently do not allow us to get our own tea you know, for safety).
Now the last thing Im trying to do is bash hard-working restaurant employees. Ive been one myself and I know how hard and thankless the work is. I wont go into any more detail on the incident above, but suffice it to say I wouldnt have dreamed of being rude to him. What I am trying to point out, however, is how supposedly well-meaning COVID restrictions - and even restaurants trying to 'help' by going above and beyond, as the gloves seemed to be - have turned our reality into a place where the 'letter of the law' (or mandate) is more important than common sense or actual results.
Indeed, if you had told me in 2019 that there would come a day when virtually the entire world would seriously believe there are absolutely no negatives to wearing a moist, bacteria-laden germ-collector on ones face and breathing through it all day, I wouldnt have believed it. Yet, here we are, where even the esteemed head of the Center for Disease Control is telling people with a straight face that masks - yes masks - are MORE protective than a vaccine. At this point, face burqas have become more than simply a talisman to encourage the public to venture out and engage the economy - they have become a religious cult. Dare to question it in any way, and theyll shut you down - or attempt to - and they typically wont even bother to try to respond to any of the points you make.
Take last week, for example, when I attempted to post that amazing mask article by Daniel Horowitz I mentioned in last weeks post on my own humble personal Facebook page. (I typically dont plug this page, but lately Ive gotten in the habit of posting some great clips and COVID-related news items there, so youre welcome to visit and follow it if you like.) After a few days, the fact-checker bot discovered and flagged the post as partly false information. Why, you ask? Because Big Tech has apparently deemed fit to decide that this is settled science, or something. Masks work, dont you know, and thats all there is to it. To refute the post, Facebook oddly linked to an article written by healthfeedback.org in May responding to an entirely different anti-mask post. It goes through the usual ridiculous model-based studies to prove that mask-wearing works, but then it also notably says this:
The post is correct in stating that improper handling of face masks or cloth coverings creates a risk for infection, as infectious droplets may potentially contaminate the external and internal surfaces. However, this is far from an insurmountable obstacle, as this risk can be minimized by exercising caution when removing the mask. The CDC has advised that individuals should wash their hands and avoid touching their eyes, nose and mouth after removing their mask, and that cloth masks should be regularly washed.
Now lets put aside the other arguments, many if not most of which I have covered in past posts, and just get real for a second with some gold old-fashioned common sense. Does anyone sincerely think that most of the public, who are non-medical professionals, handle masks correctly? Just take a look at the masks on most restaurant employees or even people you pass in the street. People are constantly touching them and theyre often visibly dirty, which suggests they arent being laundered daily or even regularly. Most people I know carry them around in their cars, in and out of their pockets, and leave them lying around wherever with little regard for the biohazards they are. Instead of potentially dangerous droplets falling to the ground where theyve fallen for the entirety of human history, weve chosen to catch them in one convenient place so they can then be distributed to surfaces humans touch on a regular basis.
In other words, even IF correctly used masking worked to stop the spread of coronavirus in theory - a goal Im not even sure we should have in the first place (as long as hospitals arent overwhelmed) - the practice and subsequent real-world results are an entirely different thing. This could be why in place after place that has instituted mandatory masking, from California to Israel to Peru to Columbia to India to countless others, the virus continues to spread unabated and seemingly even faster than in non-masked places, only finishing when it runs its course at 15 to 25 percent seroprevalence.
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If masks are so good at capturing virii, why aren’t they treated as medical waste after use?
...nuisance...
It may be your passport, but it isnt protecting anyone. It is only emboldening those who want power and control over others.
The mask is not about disease prevention, the mask is about control.
I don’t wear the silly masks and have never been refused service. The only time I was questioned about not wearing one was when I was wearing a Trump hat and I think that is what the bitch had a problem with.
Masks probably cut transmission risk by 90% for a 15-minute grocery store foray.
I’ve had seven respiratory reactions after about 60 store visits.
Masks are a risk reduction tool.
Police cut crime but don’t eliminate it.
I was never afraid of getting sick since this whole plandemic until they instituted mandatory masks in my state.
Now I am afraid of getting the flu from some flu particles coughed out by the person in line in front of me that settle onto my mask and that I breathe in for the ten minutes it takes to get through the line and get out of the store.
“Its like a large-scale game of Simon Says, but instead of Simon - its Science.”
I like that: “Science says”.
Virus proteins rapidly denature in open air. They can only survive within water droplets. SARS-CoV-2 primarily transmits via respiratory droplets, which are readily filtered by even basic masks. Here's a visual of that happening from a study conducted:
SARS-CoV-2 requires droplets in order to travel between persons. A properly made, properly worn mask reduces both the volume and the range of those droplets.
In practice, many people wear poorly constructed masks and many wear masks incorrectly. That isn't a problem with the masks; it's an education problem.
Werner? Werner Brandes is that you?
Why?
Because I like the small biz people whose establishments I chose to frequent. And I will NOT be used as a bludgeon to beat them with.
...choose...
That is a very good question.
No, because you can wear a mask for more than 15 minutes.
If you don’t believe they work, then wear the same one. It sounds like you wear them once and toss them. That is OK, I guess. But you are spending a lot of money on something you don’t think works. Toss them on the car seat and wear them again.
They do not work in theory, nor practice. In simple terms, the virus is small enough to penetrate the fabric of a mask.
COVID-19 is about .12 microns in size. It’s my understanding that trying to stop it with a common mask is like shooting a BB through a chain link fence.
Wonder if those masks are 'pre-infected'?
Naaaaahhh...the Chinese would NEVER do that.
What is it, exactly, about this virus that makes it necessary to wear masks for at least six months, and possibly up to twice that, when no other pandemic of similar or greater magnitude did before? Including Spanish Flu.
——What is it, exactly, about this virus that makes it necessary to wear masks for at least six months, and possibly up to twice that,——
To scare Karen.
The upcoming presidential election.
Thank you for a common sense post.
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