To Mask or not to two - Mask Megathread cont.

Since Monday there is no mandatory wearing of masks in my place of work. I can't decide which side of the fençe I'm on. I had it on and off all day.

I actually feel weird about not wearìng masķs. It will take some time to get used tò it.

There is still alot of people like you too in fairness.

Still trying to make people feel better with your posting of "it's done" "flu" rhetoric with diddly squat about masks. This is a masks thread FFS.

BTW that John Burn-Murdoch FT chart and article is getting thoroughly debunked.

Maybe seeing your pulling random non mask realted content from the restrictions thread and "dumping" it here you might do the honours of taking this debunking I'm replying to you with and posting it in the restrictions thread.

Taken the liberty of scrnshtn some of my source so that you don't have to travel off boards. source: Chris Turnbull @EnemyInAState

The irony is that such posts completely undermine any point they might be trying to make!

How do you smell panic?

Using their keen sense of smell and their ability to closely read body language and facial expressions, dogs are able to detect the many needs of humans. When people are fearful, they produce more sweat and dogs can smell this increase. They then respond accordingly depending on their breed and personality. Some dogs try to calm a fearful person while other dogs become fearful as well.

Another study out this week.

What is added by this report?

In Arkansas during August–October 2021, districts with universal mask requirements had a 23% lower incidence of COVID-19 among staff members and students compared with districts without mask requirements.

What are the implications for public health practice?

Masks remain an important part of a multicomponent approach to prevent COVID-19 in K–12 settings, especially in communities with high levels of COVID-19.

This post just proves my point - more lashing out and tantrums but simultaneously complaining about being "pushed down" when asked to actually articulate the concerns.

I don't even need to say anything anymore. Your own posts and posting style defeat your argument by itself.

I'll never expect you to understand.

CDC studies into masking kids you say?

Although, I'm sure you've already considered all the counter-arguments and analysis of these deeply flawed "studies", given you devotion to the topic of masks, and not allowed any biases creep into what you post here.

It's only the bigger supermarkets I'm seeing a lot of them really. Anywhere else they've become a rarity in my experience.

The wearing them alone in a car thing is just bizarre IMO and always was.

No the war was won 18 months ago when every major health authority in the world recommended masks and every major world government followed with mask mandates as a measure to control the pandemic. In Ireland polls showed consistent approval of masks as a measure in scope of public health authorities.

Mask mandate ended here not as a result of public rebellion but when public health authority said so.

Thanks for providing proof of your childish rude behaviour. You can lead a horse to water... but you cant make them think eh. You couldnt even bring yourself to be polite and show some basic human decency. Someone who gets a kick out of making people twitch. For whom meeting "The bare minimum" standards seems an ordeal and effort and imposition. Thats the anti maskers for you right there. We can reliably predict this kind of behaviour extends to your driving etc. With masks it is just a litmus test of what kind of person we are dealing with.

Says the poster who claims "You've more chance of dying from the flu than Covid at this point."

80 deaths reported this week from Covid.

How many from flu?

No need to bother with counter-arguements with him as he called for exactly this study in an article of his last Autumn and now that he doesn't like the outcome so he's throwing all his toys out of the pram.