Red Mosquito

Jorge wrote:"Work" is a weird word, anyway, when it comes to this. I think it's more about mitigation than foolproof protection

I think all but the most ardent adherents to tEh ScIeNcE know that masks are not foolproof protection at this point. The mitigation is minimal, which means they're not very effective, which means they don't really work. Trust the semantics!

Not sure how my unfortunate situation supports the mask don’t work argument. Glad I could make some of your days though.

hey spike

macphisto wrote:

Jorge wrote:"Work" is a weird word, anyway, when it comes to this. I think it's more about mitigation than foolproof protection

I think all but the most ardent adherents to tEh ScIeNcE know that masks are not foolproof protection at this point. The mitigation is minimal, which means they're not very effective, which means they don't really work. Trust the semantics!

I propose a change to the "masks don't work" slogan to "masks work a little"

spike wrote:Not sure how my unfortunate situation supports the mask don’t work argument. Glad I could make some of your days though.

I've grown to see you as a father figure. So the fact that you have covid at the same time as my actual real-life father is fitting. Thankfully both of you are protected and your symptoms aren't too bad. Good luck and remember to stay hydrated (not because of covid, but it's just a good thing to do in general)

Hope you sail thru it, spike.

I've heard from a lot of people who got sick. I'm still waiting on someone to tell me that they got exposed while wearing a mask.

Jorge wrote:

macphisto wrote:

Jorge wrote:"Work" is a weird word, anyway, when it comes to this. I think it's more about mitigation than foolproof protection

I think all but the most ardent adherents to tEh ScIeNcE know that masks are not foolproof protection at this point. The mitigation is minimal, which means they're not very effective, which means they don't really work. Trust the semantics!

I propose a change to the "masks don't work" slogan to "masks work a little"

It's more than a little and less than 100%. In combination with a little distancing and vaccines you can get pretty well protected with minimal effort.

It's true that we're all probably going to get Covid at some point in our lives. The main thing is that we don't all get it at once and overwhelm the hospitals.

macphisto wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:

macphisto wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:

macphisto wrote:

morons wrote:Masks don't work 100%, so we may as well not bother.

Do you wear seatbelt, mac?

Of course. Seat belts work. It's also the law.

Seatbelts don't always work though. Aren't you afraid you're going to get trapped in your car and burn to death?

Seat belts work far more often than they don't. Masks don't work far more often than they do.

It's got to be about 99:1 "the seat belt saved his life" vs. "he would have been able to get out if not for the seat belt."

How's this analogy going for you?

Maybe it's not the best analogy in the world, but at least I'm not macphisto.

I’m just one person, but last year the one time I forgot to wear my mask at a football game I caught Covid from the guy next to me. Take for that what you will.

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:I’m just one person, but last year the one time I forgot to wear my mask at a football game I caught Covid from the guy next to me. Take for that what you will.

Masks are so ineffective that you aren't even protected when you aren't wearing them!

Jorge wrote:

spike wrote:Not sure how my unfortunate situation supports the mask don’t work argument. Glad I could make some of your days though.

I've grown to see you as a father figure. So the fact that you have covid at the same time as my actual real-life father is fitting. Thankfully both of you are protected and your symptoms aren't too bad. Good luck and remember to stay hydrated (not because of covid, but it's just a good thing to do in general)

Great, now I’m old on top of being sick!

JuanHamm wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:I’m just one person, but last year the one time I forgot to wear my mask at a football game I caught Covid from the guy next to me. Take for that what you will.

Masks are so ineffective that you aren't even protected when you aren't wearing them!

Whoa!

B wrote:I've heard from a lot of people who got sick. I'm still waiting on someone to tell me that they got exposed while wearing a mask.

Pretty cool that they can pinpoint the exact breath that they drew in covid with

JuanHamm wrote:It's true that we're all probably going to get Covid at some point in our lives.

Bammer wrote:

B wrote:I've heard from a lot of people who got sick. I'm still waiting on someone to tell me that they got exposed while wearing a mask.

Pretty cool that they can pinpoint the exact breath that they drew in covid with

"I was hanging out unmasked with my sick brother five days ago," but yeah ... sure, I guess it could have happened checking out at the grocery store while wearing a mask.

For those of you who switched to remote work, have you returned to the office yet?

One of the companies I'm doing work for keeps trying to get people to come in, but it's going very badly. I think with omicron, they've given up for awhile.

BurtReynolds wrote:For those of you who switched to remote work, have you returned to the office yet?

My position turned into WFH permanently

B wrote:

Bammer wrote:

B wrote:I've heard from a lot of people who got sick. I'm still waiting on someone to tell me that they got exposed while wearing a mask.

Pretty cool that they can pinpoint the exact breath that they drew in covid with

"I was hanging out unmasked with my sick brother five days ago," but yeah ... sure, I guess it could have happened checking out at the grocery store while wearing a mask.

You never know, do ya.