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Do what you can to protect others. It's really not that difficult for an hour or two.
Wrong. It is difficult for someone like myself who is struggling with anxiety. I wore one to a store this week and found myself pulling it off my face to regain my composure so I could finish getting the few things I needed. As soon as I hit the doors to leave I pulled it off and in tears. Thank goodness I carry my break through anxiety meds with me because they came in handy.
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I only wear a mask if going into a store that requires it. Other than that NO.
This is what I've decided too.
I just find it funny how so many people have realized how truly nasty they are but think a mask is going to save them.
Hate to break it to you, but you can't make it a law. There is already law that protects against it.
Though, sure... you could disregard that law, and well.. just do what you want (like many local governments are doing and losing to in court), but that will only work so long, and then... a virus will be the least of your worries. /shrug
Society can make that law. And there is no law that prevents it.
Oh, ok... so we are disregarding the constitution and then moving to the "might makes right" form of society.
No the constitution doesn't give you the right to go without a mask. Go read it. Just like the government can require you wear pants when going in public, they sure as hell can make you wear a mask.
You claimed the mask stops "most of the droplets" as if to imply that somehow that will keep people from getting infected. You do realize ANY contact (ie any droplet) will likely result in being infected? So the argument that it "stops" most is kind of well... silly. Any contact and you are infected. That is why they are pretty pointless.
Not proven yet that *any* contact causes infection. Below are some excerpts related to the infectious load of the virus which has yet to be determined. Since it behaves like any other disease, there is an infectious dose and anything people can do to reduce that dose/load is going to be in your favor.
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The average number of viral particles needed to establish an infection is known as the infectious dose. We don’t know what this is for covid-19 yet, but given how rapidly the disease is spreading, it is likely to be relatively low – in the region of a few hundred or thousand particles, says Willem van Schaik at the University of Birmingham, UK.
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A high infectious dose may lead to a higher viral load, which can impact the severity of Covid-19 symptoms.
Viral load is a measure of virus particles. It is the amount of virus present once a person has been infected and the virus has had time to replicate in their cells. With most viruses, higher viral loads are associated with worse outcomes.
“The more viral particles that get into the lungs, the more damage to the lungs that is probably happening,” said Hardy.
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Higher SARS-CoV-2 viral loads might worsen outcomes, and data from China suggests the viral load is higher in patients with more severe disease. The amount of virus exposure at the start of infection – the infectious dose – may increase the severity of the illness and is also linked to a higher viral load.
Healthcare workers can be exposed more often due to numerous infected individuals’ exposures. In the early stages of an outbreak, initial contacts might not be recognized, particularly contacts with those with mild symptoms, or when the use of protective measures is suboptimal. Reducing the frequency and intensity of exposure to SARs-CoV-2 might reduce the infectious dose and result in less severe cases.
A cloth mask will still prevent most of your droplets from infecting common areas.
In theory. Maybe. Possibly.
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