Knobcrk1

Or it could be they live 5 minutes away from the store and don’t care to take it off, maybe they like it. Who cares? The person watching them outside that’s assuming they have a mask on to keep their car from infecting them however.............

skywatch

Well I was kidding, of course, but there is a lot here to unpack - so many inaccuracies in just one place that I feel compelled to respond, even if I was kidding.

First, COVID itself (the molecule) is actually much SMALLER and can easily fit through the fabric weave in your mask. A huge gunk of saliva may not, but a big gunk of saliva also won't float in the air (aerosolized). So you can't have it both ways - either COVID is really tiny (aerosolized) and the mask won't stop it, or it is really big and the mask would stop it, but it sinks to the ground pretty quickly anyway. Either way, masks are mostly ineffective, like all the science (RCT) shows.

By the way, we don't talk about this, but you do know that if you are wearing a mask and someone sneezes in your face, you are just as likely to get the virus through your eyes, right? That the mask does nothing to keep the virus out of you that way, which is a perfectly viable route of transmission, right?

Yep, if I am worried about rats getting into my castle, I agree with you that it would be pretty stupid to try to use a gate to keep them out. Unfortunately for your example, Rats = COVID-19 and Mask = Gate.

It is super awkward to be continually disappointed in a society where actual critical thinking is discouraged and replaced by virtue signaling - where actual scientific opinion is suppressed because someone thinks it amounts to "fake news" or doesn't fit the party line. Or my fellow human beings think they understand science but don't understand that an odor is a molecule (albeit, it is only a few nanometer sized molecule).

Finally, glad to hear your pants block the poop particles. Good show on that.

Bozo the pilot

Idiots wear masks in cars alone. Fact.

TransWorld

Does one need to double mask in alone the car?🤭

furloughfuntime

I know someone who delivers for meals on wheels, and they wear a mask while making their rounds just to minimize any risk to the elderly clientele they serve and avoid getting any germs on the food. I suppose that makes them an idiot I guess

Bozo the pilot

Yes it does. That is all.

nonononononono

most people are idiots no matter what you say

SSlow

It depends. If they wear the same mask while making their rounds, then yes it does make them an idiot. It would be better to change out disposable masks between those elderly clients, because if it saves one life then it is worth the effort if we are treating this like we are everything else. Gotta be consistent.

Phins2right

You and they should probably just go all the way and wear this:

Nantonaku

Yep, even government scientists have said this in the past. Osterholm, who is on Biden's Covid Team has said masks have little to no scientific data backing their use. He said you can image virus spreading in the air like smoke would from someone smoking.