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Originally Posted by petegz28
I think it's like anything else in life. It's a gray area. If you have symptoms wear a mask. I have seen and heard enough that if you are in close proximity with someone for any length of time the mask is not doing anyone any good. And that was clearly stated in the article I posted that no one read. The mask buys you a bit of extra time but in Da Face's idiotic hypo, the mask isn't going to protect you from spreading it.
See people keep saying "the mask is to protect others from you". Okay well that means then what, we are going to perpetually wear masks now because we might have something? When does that end?
People want to say it's selfish not to wear a mask and those same people were out walking around with the cold and flu symptoms before all this and not giving a flying ****. So ...as I said do you plan on always wearing a mask from this day forward? Or when do you decide that if you don't have symptoms you aren't going to wear a mask?
Me personally? I have been shut in for 2 months. Never had any symptoms. Maybe I was asymptomatic? Am I perpetually asymptomatic? Am I to wear a mask now every time I go outside for a walk because I might walk by someone who might have it even though the odds of me getting it from that are damn near 0?
Sorry if I think that a certain amount of rationality has been thrown out the window with a lot of this.
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Well, would it be safe to assume that "gray area" is the same as saying there's a "CHANCE" wearing a mask can help then? If that's the case and you agree with that, I think it's self-evident the choice to not wear a mask is potentially harmful and very selfish.
You're not perpetually asymptomatic. That's not how the virus works. There's a chance you may have it and not know for a while. That being the case, you just wear a mask to be on the safe side. It's that simple, pete.