Joe Biden Promises to Push Elected Officials into Issuing Mask Mandates Nationwide

Breitbart ^ | 23 Oct 2020 | HARIS ALIC

[conservative98]

Former Vice President Joe Biden is promising that, if elected, he would urge state and local governments to issue mask mandates nationwide.

The Democrat nominee, who has shifted on his support for a federal mask mandate, told supporters in Delaware on Friday that it was vital for the government to implement a “national strategy to position our country to finally get ahead of this virus.” As part of the strategy, the former vice president promised not only to get a spending bill, that deals with both the economic and public safety aspects of the novel coronavirus, through Congress by January, but also to push for comprehensive mask mandates.

“I’ll go to every governor and urge them to mandate mask-wearing in their states,” he said. “If they refuse I’ll go to the mayors and county executives and get local masking requirements in place nationwide.”

Biden added that his administration would “mandate mask-wearing in all federal buildings and all interstate transportation” since “masks” have been proven to “save lives.”

“Wearing a mask is not a political statement. It’s a scientific imperative.

[Blennos]

A cloth mask filters 65-85% of airborne particles that carry the virus.

What happens to the viruses in the 65-85% of particles that are trapped in the mask? Especially the liquid aerosol particles. Let's say a very small droplet containing many viruses is trapped in the mask fibers. As this droplet evaporates where do the viruses go? Do they drop to the ground? Are some expelled by the breath? Are some inhaled by the inward force of breathing?

Is it possible that a mask collects and concentrates virus by collecting airborne particles which would otherwise be dispersed? Might such a concentration of virus than be inhaled through the mask?

From all that I have read (in scientific journals) masks do little to nothing to prevent viral infection. If worn too long before replacement, they might actually enhance chances of infection.

Wearing a mask is a placebo. It if makes anyone feel better, then wear one. I remain dubious.

[Mariner]

“As this droplet evaporates where do the viruses go? “

After 24hrs on cotton fabric, it’s dead.

[Blennos]

You’re up early. Thanks for the quick reply. The great mask debate will go on. Have a good one.

[glennaro]

Biden is going to hit this hard as the Covid Cooties is all he really has to run on. Mandated mask-wearing is an essential component of his strategy as the only way he can "sell" Covid as a reason to elect him is by keeping people in abject fear ... and his large target audience is the still-scared-out-of-their-freakin'- minds, cowardly mask zealots.

The mask "controversy" provides Biden with a distinction from Trump and is a useful tool to deflect attention from Biden's highly questionable mental health, his and his family's crimes against America, his commitment to "fundamentally transform" our Republic into a socialist utopia and that his running mate (and likely successor when he inevitably falls apart) is an avowed, America-hating communist (and a very nasty person).

[glennaro]

... but during that time as the mask dries out (because the wearer is not aware that once it has been contaminated the mask needs to be replace immediately) it will, as does any non-HEPA dry filter, dry out and unload the residual including the virus particles either deep into the mask zealot's lungs when they inhale or through the mask into the surrounding area as they exhale. (All of this presumes that when the masker coughs or sneezes into the mask rather than, as I have observed several times, they lift the mask away from their face to cough or sneeze then reattach it ... I mean, who wants to reattach something to their face when it's loogie-loaded, hmmmm?)

Then again, this is the only positive thing about mask-wearing: It gives still-irrationally frightened people the courage and feeling of "safety" to venture outside their homes and be around other human beings where, because the mask (because of the way nearly everyone who wears one improperly selects, applies/fit tests, wears and/or maintains it), has little to no effect on stopping transmission of something as infinitessimally small as a virus, the mask-wearers help spread the virus and participate (although unwittingly) to build widespread immunity ... a very socially responsible thing to do. Cheers!