Do masks really work?

[flenna]

Government: everyone must get the vaccine, it will keep you from being kilt.

Government: even if you have the vaccine need to keep schools and businesses closed, no dancing at weddings, wear your mask at all times, continue social distancing.

Government: why won't you all get the vaccine????

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Also why is anyone not high risk getting vaccinated? There is zero history with this vaccine. We don't know the long term affects, but we know if we aren't high risk we are 99.9% likely to survive.

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For me, the likelihood of not dying from Covid without vaccination isn't nearly as appealing as avoiding becoming sick after vaccinated. Surviving Covid isn't necessarily a walk in the park.

Those who point out that long-term effects from Covid vaccines are unknown might consider the other side of the coin.

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Mayo Clinic: (excerpts)

COVID-19 (coronavirus): Long-term effects

COVID-19 symptoms can sometimes persist for months. The virus can damage the lungs, heart and brain, which increases the risk of long-term health problems.

Although COVID-19 is seen as a disease that primarily affects the lungs, it can damage many other organs as well. This organ damage may increase the risk of long-term health problems. Organs that may be affected by COVID-19 include:

Heart. Imaging tests taken months after recovery from COVID-19 have shown lasting damage to the heart muscle, even in people who experienced only mild COVID-19 symptoms. This may increase the risk of heart failure or other heart complications in the future.

Lungs. The type of pneumonia often associated with COVID-19 can cause long-standing damage to the tiny air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs. The resulting scar tissue can lead to long-term breathing problems.

Brain. Even in young people, COVID-19 can cause strokes, seizures and Guillain-Barre syndrome — a condition that causes temporary paralysis. COVID-19 may also increase the risk of developing Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

Some adults and children experience multisystem inflammatory syndrome after they have had COVID-19. In this condition, some organs and tissues become severely inflamed.
Blood clots and blood vessel problems

COVID-19 can make blood cells more likely to clump up and form clots. While large clots can cause heart attacks and strokes, much of the heart damage caused by COVID-19 is believed to stem from very small clots that block tiny blood vessels (capillaries) in the heart muscle.

Other parts of the body affected by blood clots include the lungs, legs, liver and kidneys. COVID-19 can also weaken blood vessels and cause them to leak, which contributes to potentially long-lasting problems with the liver and kidneys.

People who have severe symptoms of COVID-19 often have to be treated in a hospital's intensive care unit, with mechanical assistance such as ventilators to breathe. Simply surviving this experience can make a person more likely to later develop post-traumatic stress syndrome, depression and anxiety.

Many people who have recovered from SARS have gone on to develop chronic fatigue syndrome, a complex disorder characterized by extreme fatigue that worsens with physical or mental activity, but doesn't improve with rest. The same may be true for people who have had COVID-19.

Many long-term COVID-19 effects still unknown

Much is still unknown about how COVID-19 will affect people over time, but research is ongoing. Researchers recommend that doctors closely monitor people who have had COVID-19 to see how their organs are functioning after recovery.

Many large medical centers are opening specialized clinics to provide care for people who have persistent symptoms or related illnesses after they recover from COVID-19.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...%20few%20weeks.

[Arik]

Now the CDC says regular masks don't work because Covid in reality is aerosolized

"U.S. public health officials have finally revised existing public guidance about the novel coronavirus, acknowledging for the first time that people can get infected by inhaling aerosolized particles hanging in the air in addition to “direct splashes or sprays” from an infected person directly onto a mucus membrane, The New York Times reported"

"A surgical mask, even if it’s tucked in on the edges, is still not really going to give you enough protection if you’re in a meatpacking plant elbow to elbow all day long with other people,” he said."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cdc-wa...for-first-time

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[ChattanoogaPhil]

You left out the best part of the quote.

University of Maryland aerosol scientist Donald Milton said there should be a “better focus on good respirators” for those forced to work in close quarters. “A surgical mask, even if it’s tucked in on the edges, is still not really going to give you enough protection if you’re in a meatpacking plant elbow to elbow all day long with other people,” he said.

Told ya.

Actually, this is what the CDC has posted. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...nsmission.html

[.45fan]

I still don't believe the test are accurate. He could have had pneumonia. Especially if he wears the same mask over and over. If the mask gets wet he's breathing in damp air with bacteria in it. Then he puts it on again and again, just repeating the process. Masks people wear more than once are cesspools. It's like crapping in your pants but still wearing them over and over. Does a filter mask work yes did a price of cloth you can smell a fart through work, no not even a little.

Furthermore, nothing should be mandatory any more. We need to take care of our selves. It's not my job to protect you if you're vulnerable due to weight or age.

Also why is anyone not high risk getting vaccinated? There is zero history with this vaccine. We don't know the long term affects, but we know if we aren't high risk we are 99.9% likely to survive. Remember the government told us asbestos was ok.

Get healthy people is the best thing you can do. Poor diet is really killing us.

My mom said she made cloth masks herself and washs them after the second use.
I agree with you, I was just posting what happened in my family.

I'm high risk but haven't taken any shots because, well look at my parents.

If they come out with an actual vaccine that prevents you from catching the disease, I'll get in line.

[THCDDM4]

Here’s a joke:

Guy walks into a restaurant wearing a mask, sits down 5 feet from the door and takes his mask off...


This is fvckibg stupid!

[Vic79]

https://messaging-custom-newsletters...2ec15ee9870483

Even the New York Times is calling out the cdc for being full of shit! And yet people refuse to see the truth.

[Vic79]

https://messaging-custom-newsletters...2ec15ee9870483

Even the New York Times is calling out the cdc for being full of shit! And yet people refuse to see the truth.

[Averageman]

https://messaging-custom-newsletters...2ec15ee9870483

Even the New York Times is calling out the cdc for being full of shit! And yet people refuse to see the truth.

I see the truth.
That's all that is necessary for me.
No Mask, No Shot, No problems.

[rocsteady]

Kinda like the comparos out there: California and Florida have similar deaths per population with California destroying its economy, locking everything down, mandating masks, etc. while Florida's economy was never attacked, no lock downs, no mandates AND California is 5th youngest state (3rd?) while Florida has the oldest and most vulnerable population...Lots of good governance in Florida which explains the left/media attacks on DeSantis and the "neanderthals" for not wearing masks, not crushing businesses, letting those on unemployment know it's time to get back to work. Carried away there; point being, if masks were that effective, we would have been having kids and the elderly wear them every flu season wouldn't we?