Why do some Pittsburgher's refuse to wear a mask? (Republic: living, vacation)

[PghPatriot]

It's really fascinating to see the lengths that people will go to in order to be contrarian. To find any small shred of an idea, and contort it or outright change it to fit their narrative. I'm curious what the psychology is behind it. It could be that they were bullied as a child and this outward projection masks insecurities that they have on the inside. Maybe for others it satisfies both the need to be unique and the need to fit in with others. Or maybe they just feel a need to stand out from a larger group because they feel they don't have an identity? Either way, it's sad that in this particular manifestation that they're actually harming others. It's a bit depressing that as a society, empathy, and even just the appearance of it, seems to be absent in a small subset of the population.

[PghSportsGuy420]

Pittsburgh is actually pretty good for mask usage and appropriate disease control measures. Pittsburgh is a bit of an 'island' in a sea of emptiness, population-wise, so we don't have the same problem that the east coast megalopolis does being urbanized from Boston down to at least DC.

Nashville is popping off right now because no one there cares or thinks the virus is real. My family mostly lives in central/northeast PA and no one there cares either. All it's going to take in that area is one person passing through to get someone sick and it's going to spread like wildfire through the little hill towns.

[svband76]

Because they don't work.

[PghSportsGuy420]

Originally Posted by zalewskimm

Because they don't work.

Except they do?

This country has a conspiracy theory problem.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by PghSportsGuy420

Except they do?

This country has a conspiracy theory problem.

It’s not a conspiracy theory problem, it’s simply that not everyone is easily duped into believing everything they’re told without evidence to back it up.

[PghSportsGuy420]

Originally Posted by erieguy

It’s not a conspiracy theory, it’s simply that not everyone is capable of being duped into believing everything they’re told without evidence to back it up

I have posted evidence over and over in this thread.

That you choose not to read it doesn't mean that the evidence does not exist.

Face coverings prevent the spread of respiratory diseases like Covid-19 by reducing the projection of spittle. This is established science. It has been established science for over a century.

This is clear evidence that it's mostly a partisan issue; people choose to ignore the facts that are in front of their face because their surrogate daddy has said they're not necessary, and they need to show that they're still in the cult, so to speak.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by PghSportsGuy420

I have posted evidence over and over in this thread.

That you choose not to read it doesn't mean that the evidence does not exist.

Face coverings prevent the spread of respiratory diseases like Covid-19 by reducing the projection of spittle. This is established science. It has been established science for over a century.

This is clear evidence that it's mostly a partisan issue; people choose to ignore the facts that are in front of their face because their surrogate daddy has said they're not necessary, and they need to show that they're still in the cult, so to speak.

Except you didn’t...but I do agree with you on conspiracy theories as there’s still people that believe this all started due to a bat.

Quite interesting how your Trump references and hate has you believing that only Republicans don’t wear masks.

[PghSportsGuy420]

Originally Posted by erieguy

Except you didn’t...but I do agree with you on conspiracy theories as there’s still people that believe this all started due to a bat.

I posted a Lancet summary of over 160 studies around the world, with methodology, stating a correlation between wearing PPE including facial masks and a reduced spread of the disease. Come on now.

You are subscribing to conspiracy theories about masks and their efficacy. No different than the guy earlier who insisted without evidence that hospitals are lying about covid-19 deaths to get more money.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by PghSportsGuy420

I posted a Lancet summary of over 160 studies around the world, with methodology, stating a correlation between wearing PPE including facial masks and a reduced spread of the disease. Come on now.

You are subscribing to conspiracy theories about masks and their efficacy. No different than the guy earlier who insisted without evidence that hospitals are lying about covid-19 deaths to get more money.

When I see scientific stats to the questions I asked, I’ll happily “come on now”.

I’m not subscribing to any conspiracy theories. I’m not easily duped, nor do I have any bias towards anyone that chooses to believe what they want with or without scientific evidence.

[PghSportsGuy420]

Originally Posted by erieguy

When I see scientific stats to the questions I asked, I’ll happily “come on now”.

I’m not subscribing to any conspiracy theories. I’m not easily duped, nor do I have any bias towards anyone that chooses to believe what they want without scientific evidence.

You're working from the Dinesh D'Souza playbook. Ask people to present evidence and then ignore it. If that Lancet study isn't good enough for you to understand that face coverings are efficacious in preventing the spread of disease, nothing is.

Make no mistake, "masks don't prevent the spread of respiratory diseases" is a loony conspiracy theory. It speaks volumes that you think that taking protective measures against the spread of disease is "being duped." It costs you absolutely nothing to wear a mask.

I have a friend who has been living in the UK for the past five years. He's on vacation now, on the beach in Greece. He can do that because they took measures to prevent the spread of disease and got mostly back to normal.

We're still closed down here with escalating cases and the worst is yet to come because a few obstinate people choose to believe conspiracy theories over scientific established fact and don't think they need to help prevent the spread of this disease. We're a deeply dysfunctional society.