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RE: Rather than explain it to you myself

Posted by RGA on September 10, 2021 at 17:46:26:
I think there are too many big words there for some of the Trump people on this board - they need to one syllable Trump version (who by the way got the vaccine). So you'd think his mindless followers would get vaccinated but they're afraid of needles - to be fair a good 30% of the population are afraid to get a needle (Trypanophobia). So perhaps many of them suffering from this phobia need to latch onto the conspiracy nonsense because they're terrified of needles.

As for the masks - well as you point out the virus largely travels on water molecules.

If you wear a mask and someone sneezes into your face there is a chance that some of their sneezes will get to your mouth and nose and will pass into your system - although it will still block out most of their slime. If both of you are wearing the mask - very VERY little will get into your system and probably none.

There are tons of videos that show all of this in real-time if one cares enough to look around.

It also explains why here in Hong Kong - there are 2 new cases only (imported ones at that) in a population of 7.5 million people. In fact, we are right next to mainland China where it all began and we have had a total of 212 people die from this virus since February 2020. 100% of the population here wore masks. Inside outside at the beach at the gym. As a result, there was no lockdown here - for periods restaurants went to take out only but my friends and I have enjoyed several buffets over the summer.

And only 53% of the population has had both vaccines. And the reason that number is so low is people here wear masks and the death rate is so low that the motivation has not been there to get the vaccine.

Asia though has always been more of a mask-wearing culture. When someone has a cold here - they are polite people who care about other people (unlike a certain segment of Americans (ahem R)). They wear a mask to no spread their germs to other people because it's a very densely packed city and people are bumping into others on the trains everyone touching the handles and escalator hand rails. So they don't want to spread their germs to others (and that was before Covid-19!

I usually get a cold at the same time every year and not so with wearing these masks - hell when Covid-19 is over I would be fine to keep wearing them.

The whole issue is idiotic - the masks are CHEAP. There is zero negative impact - they block out colds and flu and some other particulates on top that are harmful.

Whenever these kinds of things come up just look at the risk-reward proposition.

You make a 4 square. Wearing a mask costs you pennies. So the risk is that you spend pennies a day on a mask and it turns out the mask is ineffective - so like a lottery ticket you spent the money and didn't win - it was a waste of time. So the only risk you are taking is cost.

OTOH if you are wrong and the masks work even if only 20% not 95% then you are paying pennies to get some lowering of risk of dying.

So let's say you pay pennies for a mask and you wear the mask and you die - well you're dead you won't miss the pennies anymore or any of your bank account because you're dead. The Reward is that the pennies might save your life.

I mean it's just basic common sense.

This high school teacher nailed it on Climate Change - and that is a far bigger expense - but make the same analysis for masks.