To Mask or not to two - Mask Megathread cont.

It's for the likes of you that mandatory mask wearing needs to be re-introduced.

You'd go out of your way all day with empty rhetoric and meaningless double talk to avoid what is the simplest of societal courtesies and the most humble of things we can do to support health care workers under back breaking pressure.

The Government made a massive mistake with the message of removing all restrictions when the virology told them that Covid had a ways to go yet before becoming endemic. Their position should have been to keep basic public health measures in the back pocket and asked people to err on the side of caution.

They're going to look like awful fools when mandatory mask wearing is brought back for indoor settings by this weekend.

I don't buy that at all....the only way to gauge the public opinion, in any measurable way, is by polling. The polling seems to suggest the majority would like to see more enforced mask wearing. You are claiming 'fake news' so the media can sell some ad's. You're whole argument that the majority do not want to see more enforced mask wearing hangs on the argument that the only measurable numbers are fake. Like I said, I don't buy it.

Your other argument, that if people were in favor of masks you would see them wearing them... well we all see what we want to see, I am just back from the shop, I saw loads of people wearing masks in there. Again, the best way to measure sentiment is to poll people. If you don't believe the polls then of course you can make up any statement.

We're both right :) It was run by Amarach but a poll of CB viewers :)

And here’s me thinking the mask advocate lads couldn’t get any stranger!

You called them a moron and then made a disgusting comment like that about them,i wonder would you say that to their face?,i doubt it very much as its a lot easier to hide behind a keyboard at 2am on a Tuesday morning making comments like that.

Wrong example.

The braking effect of masks on covid spread is entirely established as fact.

That we have chosen to allow covid to spread far far faster and deeper than other places is irrelevant.

Google multivariate maybe.

"Common sense", "decency"; there it is - the crux of the mandatory mask argument; no need for science, just do it for the symbolic gesture and how it makes you feel. From my perspective, you can wear six masks if you like, live and let live.

As for the 1812 overture while masturbating reference, have you cameras in my apartment?

Care to provide a source for that? Otherwise it's meaningless waffle.

If this was true, in that timeline, I'd expect it to already have been leaked to the Indo.

Nope, he's not right.

Total strawman from Cuddihy. I would doubt that physics nor maths are his strong suit.

Large cohort of vulnerable and elderly are going out/going out less at present because of the dangerous maskless slackers.

Seems like they can't, the last few posts have been word for word the same post an anonymous twitter account....

For what it's worth while I'm here, wear a mask or don't, I really don't care, personal responsibility was called for long enough. Whatever choice someone makes to wear one or not is their choice, not my business really.

That's not the point he was making though is it?

You're claiming that the survey shows a majority wanting a return of mandatory mask wearing. This doesn't square with the empirical evidence which is the point that was made.

As for "slackers" - is it fair then to call mask-wearers "obsessives"? I'll answer that for you - of course not! Petty name-calling has no place in the discussion.

I'll continue to say it - wear your mask if you wish, but you have no entitlement to expect anyone else to feel/act the same as you do. People should and will do what is right for them. It's as sinmple as that.

If your going to post waffle at least tell us when the emergency powers are being voted through the Dail ?

You know the one's that would be needed to do any of that, what are your FFG friends saying there.

Keep reporting, that's what I have been doing. The extremists are the ones calling for restrictions at this point in time and need to be deplatformed.