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In reply to the discussion: Mask up even if vaccinated. Even if Vaccinated! [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,066 posts)137. My cloth masks seal tightly all the way around.
One of the hospitals I go to insists I wear a surgical mask that gaps by at least a half an inch at the sides. So I put it under my cloth mask so that it adds a layer of filtration, but does not add gaps.
I don't really think adding a mask that gaps at the sides over the top of a tightly sealed mask helps much, since air is going to head for the path of least resistance (so it will be pulled in from the cheek gaps). It still has to go through my cloth mask - but it's still hitting the outer surface of my cloth mask relatively unfiltered.
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Never took mine off! At the grocery just now, I was only one of a half dozen ppl with a mask
PortTack
Jul 2021
#2
I guess I just don't pay attention to whether others are looking at me or not.
Treefrog
Jul 2021
#16
keeps them on their toes. if unvaxxed people see people with masks some might think twice, again....
certainot
Jul 2021
#165
Yes. But the that is an individual isolated viral particle at it's most extreme.
StClone
Jul 2021
#27
My understanding is that the masks filter the aerosol droplets that the virus is attached to.
Arkansas Granny
Jul 2021
#8
i rarely go into town and carry my mask in full sight and put it on if the area is crowded
samnsara
Jul 2021
#4
You are contradicting the latest advice from both the CDC and the Biden Administration's Covid
totodeinhere
Jul 2021
#15
There is still the potential to spread it to those who cannot be vaccinated.
StarryNite
Jul 2021
#19
No. If fully vaccinated people continue to wear masks they are are trying to avoid a risk.
totodeinhere
Jul 2021
#91
I never said that the CDC is the gold standard. And neither is any other source.
totodeinhere
Jul 2021
#191
The latest and best information indicates that wearing seatbelts increases safety and in my
totodeinhere
Jul 2021
#187
Correct. To a doctor, a "mild case" is one that doesn't involve hospitalization.
Pinback
Jul 2021
#98
Rachel Maddow's partner had a "mild" case, in that she was never hospitalized,
Crunchy Frog
Jul 2021
#110
I'm not afraid of it but the risk of my having long term health problems is so
totodeinhere
Jul 2021
#101
Because....you aren't. You are following a politicized (under Trump) organization
Thtwudbeme
Jul 2021
#103
The unvaxed should take precautions and adhere to NPI then. I'm not going to inconveniently ...
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#121
I do wear a mask anywhere it is required. But after all, the CDC has a new director
totodeinhere
Jul 2021
#183
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 I'm not going to wear an extra seatbelt just to take my probability of a bad ...
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#123
Vaxes were never meant to be a preventative from infection but hospitalizations and death ...
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#120
" that's not universally the case" it is universally the cause, there's only 3% dying or going to ..
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#127
Did you read my earlier post? We know of someone who ended up in ICU, fully vaxxed.
Crunchy Frog
Jul 2021
#129
Of course, that's expected less than 3% of the vaxed are going to ICU's though and 97% of the
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#132
The mRNA vaccines were definitely 'sold' as preventing all disease in 90-some-odd percent.
NH Ethylene
Jul 2021
#151
No they weren't, the data that came out stated plainly what their efficacy was
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#161
NEJM data shows 88% effective against delta and I still never got from the INITITAL studies ...
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#188
Infection rate in my area is quite low, but growing. I still wear an N95 inside. Everywhere.
HUAJIAO
Jul 2021
#34
If you're willing to pay a little more, you can buy directly from Demetech, a U.S. company:
tanyev
Jul 2021
#57
Indoors, I never stopped. Not even under the constant peer pressure to fit in at work.
ffr
Jul 2021
#44
I concur. From my quarantine room, in my house, 4 months after my 2nd shot
The Polack MSgt
Jul 2021
#47
I'd be interested in a metric of risk (personal and otherwise) vs. the flu risk in a normal year.
gulliver
Jul 2021
#56
One metric has been proposed for choosing mask or maskless (altho not in comparison to flu)
KatK
Jul 2021
#122
Got back from Costco a bit ago. Nearly all were mask free, even the elderly. We had ours on but I
KewlKat
Jul 2021
#73
Two Moderna shots here, 2nd one 3 weeks ago, and I got the Delta monster...
Justice matters.
Jul 2021
#77
Some people at my work were comfortable enough to have a baby shower this week.
tanyev
Jul 2021
#124
I think we are seeing breakthroughs not only because Delta is a bad hombre but also,
wiggs
Jul 2021
#130
If masks work, why are cases rising in Japan where mask compliance was high even before the pandemic
Yavin4
Jul 2021
#139
Good point! Although the deaths per million population is much lower than many other countries.
NH Ethylene
Jul 2021
#173
Are you seriously saying that if something doesn't prevent 100% of infections, it doesn't work?
Ms. Toad
Jul 2021
#171
At different times, you have called me "ignorant" and "illiterate" because I do not agree with you.
Yavin4
Jul 2021
#194
Really? You have told us before no masking for you cause Joe said it was ok.
boston bean
Jul 2021
#172