Well, this thread is probably going to get moved. This is political bait. Don't do it, people! Don't say anything.
Just move along...move along.
What good is a mask if a coach lowers it 25% of the time when he's yelling at his players?
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Well, this thread is probably going to get moved. This is political bait. Don't do it, people! Don't say anything.
Just move along...move along.
This virus escaped from a level 4 biohaz lab in China.. do you actually think a little piece of cloth is going to protect you?
If you truly want to follow science, follow the part about them not working! Would be a good start.....
Spot on. This mask nonsense is insulting if you take 30 seconds to think it through. Cal lowers it to scream at the top of his lungs; he then covers up when he’s zipping his lips. Just one example of this absurdity.Or when the players have it off while they're playing and touching/sweating on the exact same basketball?
Help me understand. I'm trying to be a good little modernist and "follow the science."
Especially when Cal is the only one who does this.Or when the players have it off while they're playing and touching/sweating on the exact same basketball?
Help me understand. I'm trying to be a good little modernist and "follow the science."
I think the masks work. There are studies on both sides that “prove” they do or “prove” they don’t. No one is winning that argument.
So far, I haven’t gotten it and the only people I know who have had it got it from exposure to someone without a mask.
I am a teacher and have been teaching in person classes. I have had students test positive that I have been in the classroom with. We are required to wear masks all day except for lunch (and I eat by myself in my room) and to get a sip of water.
I am not saying the masks work or not, but I am not taking chances. If they don’t work, then big whoop, I haven’t lost anything from doing it. I haven’t hurt anyone by doing it.
But if they do work, I might be saving a life other than mine. Also, I make other people feel better and more comfortable. I am a servant to my fellow man, so I will wear one to possibly save others and maybe save myself along the way.
Who am I hurting by wearing one? Just me and I don’t matter as much as my brothers and sisters.
Who am I hurting by not wearing one? Maybe everyone around me, including myself.
I just can’t take that chance.
To each their own, just don’t breathe on me please. Your freedom ends when you endanger me.
So far, I haven’t gotten it and the only people I know who have had it got it from exposure to someone without a mask.
I am a teacher and have been teaching in person classes. I have had students test positive that I have been in the classroom with. We are required to wear masks all day except for lunch (and I eat by myself in my room) and to get a sip of water.
I am not saying the masks work or not, but I am not taking chances. If they don’t work, then big whoop, I haven’t lost anything from doing it. I haven’t hurt anyone by doing it.
But if they do work, I might be saving a life other than mine. Also, I make other people feel better and more comfortable. I am a servant to my fellow man, so I will wear one to possibly save others and maybe save myself along the way.
Who am I hurting by wearing one? Just me and I don’t matter as much as my brothers and sisters.
Who am I hurting by not wearing one? Maybe everyone around me, including myself.
I just can’t take that chance.
To each their own, just don’t breathe on me please. Your freedom ends when you endanger me.
That freedom part used to work before it became so subjective...
When did it become everyone else's responsibility to protect you instead of your own? You can take many steps to protect yourself without making everyone else conform to your idea "safe". That word is being thrown out a lot these days to justify actions that would otherwise be unjustifiable in our society...
We won yesterday, so he has to look for something else to attack Calipari about.
So do you refuse to wear your seatbelt? That is much more restrictive to your freedom. I think it is ridiculous that people go along with wearing seatbelts yet throw a fit about masks. Not wearing your seatbelt could hurt you and only you. Not wearing a mask could hurt others around you.
We have been conditioned to conform to seatbelts, though.
It’s silly if you think about it. If it’s about freedom, then protest seatbelts not masks. There is a law restricting you making you wear a seatbelt in a moving vehicle. There is a fine for it. Yet people conform to that, but cite the Constitution if someone asks you to put on a mask in a crowded store. Makes little sense to me, but that’s true for a lot of things these days.
I can’t believe at this day and age we have people who say masks don’t work.
Also, problem is that I doubt the players, coaches, athletic medicine staff, etc. (and the other people they come in contact with) are doing nothing but sitting at home and going to work. At some point these people have to leave their home and work location to do something, like get gas for their car, for example.
Oh look I can use a google machine too
Face masks: what the data say
The science supports that face coverings are saving lives during the coronavirus pandemic, and yet the debate trundles on. How much evidence is enough?
www.nature.com
Nearly every single person I screen at work who says they were exposed to COVID but weren't wearing a mask at the time of exposure has tested positive for COVID. Conversely, nearly every single person I screen at work who says they were exposed but were wearing a mask at the time of exposure has tested negative for COVID.
I think you can get gas, groceries, etc. and stay pretty safe.
Stay away from people and wash your hands. It's doable.
If you're going to a bunch of gatherings/parties/etc, you're going to have a harder time.
And no one is granted the freedom to wear or not wear a mask, please cite the state or national constitutional amendment pertaining to rights for face masks.
There is a fine for it, but its an apples to oranges comparison. People don't wear seatbelts all of the time and are never caught and also don't have to worry about regular citizens calling them out and being complete idiots about it. It is a law I disagree with however outside of making sure parents ensure children are strapped up. As an adult, I 100% believe it's up to the individual and it pretty much still is. If you stopped 100 consecutive cars, I'd be willing to bet a large % aren't wearing it.
Masks on the other hand are being policed everywhere you go by people with authority, and worse, people without. It has turned people against each other and destroyed social interaction, among other things.
If I go out without a mask, im now looked at as evil and a downright bad person who wants to kill others. So it goes beyond it just being a law. If I don't wear a seatbelt, no one cares and I may get a $25 dollar fine on the 1 in a million chance I get pulled over.
WHile generally true, what if someone with COVID was coughing all over the place when they got gas and got COVID particles all over the pump?
You touch the pump, you got the COVID particles all over your hands. Then before you're done pumping gas your nose starts itching, and without thinking, you scratch your nose and you breath in the COVID particles. Now you may get COVID. Not likely, but possible.
That's funny, my work requires every person to wear a mask at all times, and the infection rate pretty much matches the national average. So maybe, just maybe, such a small personal sample size means nothing...
If you can't handle someone scientifically explaining one way that illnesses can be transmitted then maybe you should stay out of discussions revolving science.
But are they wearing it correctly all the time at work and are they wearing it correctly (if at all) when they are out in public outside of work?
Can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen people wear masks with their nose sticking out. The
Coach Cal and other coaches pulling their masks down is OK. Because Covid is defeated on the court by the coin toss that starts the game.
Scientific fact: The :01 jump ball to start a game is much more likely to spread Covid than 10 players in close contact on the court for 39:59 minutes.
Learn science! Stop the spread! Wear a mask that doesn’t fit and wear it on your chin!
#HelpStopTheJumpBallVirus
Scientific fact: The :01 jump ball to start a game is much more likely to spread Covid than 10 players in close contact on the court for 39:59 minutes.
Learn science! Stop the spread! Wear a mask that doesn’t fit and wear it on your chin!
#HelpStopTheJumpBallVirus
Our legislature voted on it.
It wasn't a one man show.
Some of you just like a good dictator.
The mental gymnastics here are AMAZING! Rate controlled trials are the gold standard for a study. So far the only ones on masks have found: THEY DONT WORK. I don't care the news has made everyone a *****. Almost a year into this. You corona fans are laughable.
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Put yourself in other people’s shoes, can you really blame me for giving you a “dirty look” when you could potentially be giving me and my family members a disease that could kill us just because you don’t feel like wearing a mask?
I understand you don’t want to be controlled or be a sheep or whatever, just do me a favor and stay clear of me and I will stay clear of you. You see me in the store with a mask, just stay away and be considerate of others. I won’t breathe on you if you don’t breathe on me.
That's funny you say things like that because I can't remember a time in my life I just randomly started breathing on someone or they breathed on me. I stay away from people I don't know naturally as most do. It's not normal behavior to go up to random strangers and breath on them, covid or not.
You are well within your rights to protect yourself as you see fit. You can wear a mask, goggles, gloves, or even a space suit. Literally no one cares. It becomes a problem when you start telling people they can't work, go to school, see their family, etc just because you want to feel safe.
This mask thing becomes even more ridiculous because almost no one is wearing an actual mask. They are wearing "face coverings", which do absolutely nothing to protect anyone from a virus floating through the air. Its nothing more than a placebo effect that seems to be working wonders for people like you....or maybe not...
It's just a leftist virtue signaling device. A sign of adherence to the fascist regime.
Then we are good. I respect your right not to wear them as long as you stay away from me.
And for every study that says that masks/coverings don’t work there is one that says that they do.
I don’t know if they work or not and neither do you. I err on the side of caution just in case they do work.
I’ll take my chances doing something that doesn’t hurt me rather than doing something that might harm others.
It’s not political to me. It’s just trying to do the right thing.
I won’t change your mind set, I won’t change yours, so I guess we agree to disagree.
God bless you. I pray you don’t get sick and I hope you’ll do the same for me.
Big science is covering it up, but the vaccine will give you AIDS.