That misconception actually discouraged many folks from wearing masks (Reply #25)

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Thu May 19, 2022, 07:44 AM

25. That misconception actually discouraged many folks from wearing masks

As if health care workers are not protected from their patients. Of course they are protected if they wear the right kind of mask and it fits well. Normal people can also get protection from wearing the right kinds of masks if they are around lots of unmasked people.

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59 replies	Author	Time	Post
Mask up! [View all]	AntivaxHunters	May 2022	OP
I never stopped masking & have no intention of doing so!	SheltieLover	May 2022	#1
Same here.	LoisB	May 2022	#3
I wish it were over, but it isn't!	SheltieLover	May 2022	#5
Same here too.	Duppers	May 2022	#6
Good for you!	SheltieLover	May 2022	#8
Same with me. I don't like them, but I'm sure they've been a big part of keeping me safe for	Arkansas Granny	May 2022	#11
I'm not fond of them either, but they are the only rational choice, imo.	SheltieLover	May 2022	#12
My doctor recommended masking any time I am in contact with people I don't live with.	pazzyanne	May 2022	#13
Yep. Husband and I both still do.	calimary	May 2022	#20
Same here	Rebl2	May 2022	#28
Same here! n/t	DFW	May 2022	#21
Same	TuxedoKat	May 2022	#30
1. Regardless of your location on earth, wear a mask in the places that	Tetrachloride	May 2022	#2
Going to see a play tomorrow	Sympthsical	May 2022	#4
Getting 2nd Booster on Friday morning.	ProudMNDemocrat	May 2022	#7
I need to get my 2nd booster	Novara	May 2022	#10
Sending vibes for good results on the MRI.	hamsterjill	May 2022	#32
Thank you so much!	Novara	May 2022	#36
I'm so sorry.	hamsterjill	May 2022	#37
Thank you	Novara	May 2022	#38
I no longer mask except when requested to do so by the location I'm visiting.	Dial H For Hero	May 2022	#9
Do you only wear a condom when someone asks you to?	AntivaxHunters	May 2022	#14
If I'm in a long term relationship and she's on birth control I don't.	Dial H For Hero	May 2022	#35
I don't understand why you aren't willing to wear a mask	AntivaxHunters	May 2022	#43
Because the risk of not doing so is, at this point, minimal.	Dial H For Hero	May 2022	#45
Minimal? Like wearing a seat belt?	AntivaxHunters	May 2022	#46
Of course I wear a seatbelt every time. It's required by law.	Dial H For Hero	May 2022	#49
Sadly, the overwhelming majority of Americans are willing to follow CDC guidelines	MyMission	May 2022	#50
Barring some horrible mutation, Covid will soon be considered comparable to the flu by most.	Dial H For Hero	May 2022	#53
Not by anyone who respects medicine or science.	Ms. Toad	May 2022	#55
We mask inside businesses.	TNNurse	May 2022	#15
I've never stopped.	Ferrets are Cool	May 2022	#16
Please remember this fact	Moostache	May 2022	#17
Masks DO Protect you	AntivaxHunters	May 2022	#18
+1 n/t	area51	May 2022	#27
That's fuckin' great!	Novara	May 2022	#39
We like the kf-94 the best.	JudyM	May 2022	#41
So true, everyone: MASKS DO PROTECT YOU AS WELL AS OTHERS	Meowmee	May 2022	#48
If you say so. But I def (also) wear a mask to protect myself. The fact that I haven't had...	FailureToCommunicate	May 2022	#19
take your point (about community protection)	stopdiggin	May 2022	#22
I had hoped the CDC would have gotten their shit together	Novara	May 2022	#40
That misconception actually discouraged many folks from wearing masks	IronLionZion	May 2022	#25
That is nonsense - a convenient lie told to preserve masks for health care workers.	Ms. Toad	May 2022	#57
Most of America is looking red	IronLionZion	May 2022	#23
Never stopped, don't plan to.	SergeStorms	May 2022	#24
Thanks for posting this! I feel so grateful to be part of the DU community, most of whom are still	LaMouffette	May 2022	#26
Why all the blue in mid-country when they are mostly red-Trump areas? Is it population density?	Samrob	May 2022	#29
Ba.2 is making it's way from New England and the west coast inward.	Tomconroy	May 2022	#31
The map uses the original measures for community transmission.	Ms. Toad	May 2022	#58
Some of those areas don't have a whole hell of a lot of people.	JanMichael	May 2022	#34
low population and spread out over long distances	JI7	May 2022	#51
Post removed	Post removed	May 2022	#33
" Masks DO NOT PROTECT YOU !!! They protect others FROM YOU"	Patterson	May 2022	#42
Yesterday the crawl on CNN said that the CDC recommended	senseandsensibility	May 2022	#44
We never stopped	Meowmee	May 2022	#47
Yeah... on Monday, I spent 2+ hours with my	ecstatic	May 2022	#52
I've never stopped wearing an N95 or KF94 mask everywhere. I live in New York State and	liberal_mama	May 2022	#54
Mine went back on today.	kairos12	May 2022	#56
I wear n-95s most days for 6 hours.	uppityperson	May 2022	#59

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