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Yppej
6-3-20, 9:15pm
This might be a destination for those who want to breathe freely in the summer heat. Their tourism website says "only wear a mask if you are ill" and notes "most are not airtight, they have not been proven to effectively stop the spread of Coivid-19".

https://blog.virginia.org/2020/03/covid-19-travel-tips/

Finally, a voice of reason amidst the paranoia.
bae
6-3-20, 9:32pm
Reason? I don't think that word means what you think it means.
JaneV2.0
6-4-20, 8:51am
Don't wear a mask if the very idea sends you into paroxysms of rage/frustration/fill in the blank. Wear a face shield or don't go places where they are required, or have a lightweight one you can wear back and forth to your car. Print a large "Breathe Free or Die" on the front of it. Geez--we get it.
JaneV2.0
6-4-20, 9:30am
I read about a doctor who thought he caught COVID19 on a flight (recirculated air and all). His theory was that the virus entered his eyes because he was wearing a mask.

My estimation, after doing some research, is that a decently fitted mask--especially one with a filter--is a valuable layer of protection. YMMV
Gardnr
6-4-20, 10:39am
This might be a destination for those who want to breathe freely in the summer heat. Their tourism website says "only wear a mask if you are ill" and notes "most are not airtight, they have not been proven to effectively stop the spread of Coivid-19".

https://blog.virginia.org/2020/03/covid-19-travel-tips/

Finally, a voice of reason amidst the paranoia.


OMG you're still at it. Honestly, I don't care anymore if you get this stupid virus. But dear God, I hope you don't give it to anyone else.
Gardnr
6-4-20, 10:40am
I read about a doctor who thought he caught COVID19 on a flight (recirculated air and all). His theory was that the virus entered his eyes because he was wearing a mask.

My estimation, after doing some research, is that a decently fitted mask--especially one with a filter--is a valuable layer of protection. YMMV

Be accurate. He did not get it through his eyes BECAUSE he was wearing a mask. The eyes are an effective entry point for anything that gets into us via mucous membranes.
JaneV2.0
6-4-20, 10:48am
Be accurate. He did not get it through his eyes BECAUSE he was wearing a mask. The eyes are an effective entry point for anything that gets into us via mucous membranes.

Wasn't that what I said? It was what I meant to say. He felt that he contracted the virus through his eyes because he thought his mask stopped it from being contracted through his nose. I worded it awkwardly, I guess.
Teacher Terry
6-4-20, 11:05am
I am thankful I followed Tybee’s advice about the ignore button.
ApatheticNoMore
6-4-20, 11:57am
Yes there is probably some benefit to eye protection:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31142-9/fulltext

(yes this source has been in some question lately, in hot water over questionable hydroxychloroquine studies - but I have no opinion on hydroxychloroquine nor remdesivir nor favipiravir etc., except shouldn't be politicized. However, there probably is something to eye protection. So googles at the supermarket, good idea?). Nah I don't expect to convince the willfully obtuse.
frugal-one
6-4-20, 2:20pm
I am thankful I followed Tybee’s advice about the ignore button.

Same here.
Alan
6-4-20, 2:37pm
I am thankful I followed Tybee’s advice about the ignore button.


Same here.
It must not have worked if you're still replying, are you sure you did it right?
Teacher Terry
6-4-20, 3:12pm
Yes it worked. I don’t know what she said. I can tell by other’s responses that it was a good idea.
Alan
6-4-20, 5:41pm
Yes it worked. I don’t know what she said. I can tell by other’s responses that it was a good idea.Oh, so it was just a 'na na na na na, I can't hear you and you can't make me" thing, I was afraid the function didn't work.
Tybee
6-4-20, 6:51pm
We actually have to go to Virginia this summer, Yppej, so that was an interesting read, thank you. I'm not looking forward to any travel, but we are trying to abide by whatever the local rules are, as guests in their states.
cosmicdancer
6-6-20, 4:00pm
We're wearing masks here in Virginia. Our governor is a doctor. Some sections of the state are in Phase 1, other sections in Phase 2. All phases require masks to deter the spread, you must wear a mask to go into a grocery store.