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My mask is of zero benefit to me, it is just a courtesy to the hundreds of others I pass by each day. ONE of which might have a compromised health condition.
Absolutely true for regular cloth masks, but a N95 mask DOES protect the person wearing it.
An N95 offers the highest level of protection. It offers more protection than a medical mask does because it filters out both large and small particles when the wearer inhales. Non-surgical N95s can be used by the general public. The CDC has said surgical N95 masks should be reserved for health care providers.
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Originally Posted by corydon
You let a mask stopping you enjoying live? Plus, many planes are 25% filled.
We have these cool things called cars! You should check them out. Trust me, we are fully enjoying our lives. We just bought a lake house four hours from our DC area home. Our weekends and vacations will be filled with extreme enjoyment and outside of the liberal stains on our country where we'll be free to wander about without wearing a mask.
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Originally Posted by AntonioR
That's what I was thinking. It seems wearing a mask requires a very high skill.
I've got plenty of skills. One of them is using my ignore function on this forum.
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My mask is of zero benefit to me, it is just a courtesy to the hundreds of others I pass by each day. ONE of which might have a compromised health condition.
Same with the thousands of $ I have spent on USA overinflated test costs. 100% of benefit to others, zero need or benefit to me.
My life is not my own, I'm just passing through. We're all just very, very temporary.
Weird, all the science I've read says that KN95 and N95 masks DO protect the wearer. When did the "follow the science" crowd become the "ignore the science" crowd?
Hell, I'd gladly pay tax dollars to give N95s to those who need them if it lets the rest of us breathe freely again.
Nothing will stop you from wearing an N95 once they eliminate the requirement. Why not let everyone choose his or her own personal risk level?
The worst of all is the requirement for 2 year olds to wear masks all the time. No other country in the world has such insane requirements for such young children.
You let a mask stopping you enjoying live? Plus, many planes are 25% filled.
My home airport had twice the passenger count in 2021 that it did in 2017 and the last time I saw many empty domestic seats on a flight was March 2021.
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Originally Posted by elnina
It can still be up to individual airlines to decide if they want to continue with it for their own and passengers safety.
And remember that all airlines did have mask mandates in place in 2020 even though the federal government didn’t require them. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them linger at the airline level for a bit after the federal mandate expires. Despite the people who scream loudly about masks, there are other quiet surveys saying that masks make a lot more people confident in flying through the pandemic, and I suspect the big players all want to let someone else drop their mask rule first and see how bookings and cancellations shake out there.
Just because you don't "have to" wear one, doesn't mean you shouldn't.
It doesn't mean you're not allowed to wear one either if you want to.
I will cease wearing one the second they're no longer required though.
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