help me to understand purpose of mask

[Eric the Green]

(05-30-2020, 01:38 AM)TheNomad Wrote: I have read it's about protecting others.  But as I say, people who choose to wear a hazmat suit are much more likely to be protected than those who do not wear one.  But now they want to pass edicts to force those around them to wear it because they feel afraid.

I think this may have been the raw intention of the thread. ↑ why the duplicity?  So many times and I am not joking I read a lot of news, someone is interviewed about "look those people dont have masks on" and the interviewed person says in these exact words

"THEY dont care about US"

I mean, to most it is obvious.  I don't like lies for social engineering, it's that plain.

Those people have the right to loathe anyone for not caring about them.  Or, their perception anyone is not caring about them.  At the same time, I get their fear of the unknown.  When their fear infracts on others, it should not exist.  I also recognize in the 4t this is to be expected.  Can't I express my hatred?  For what it makes me feel subjugated and owned when I have to look over my mask to read my grocery list?  Or that I can't express to someone whose cart we almost hit with a smile?  IT FRAKKING MATTERS

If those things don't matter to you, how can I be with you?

The fact is, knowing what I think I do, I do not feel safer with a mask.  It's exactly like hiding under the desk when the bomb comes.  I have a right to face that prospect as an adult not as a child in school.

Do I have these rights?  Are they given to me?  Are we now in the process of giving them away?

People call it fear. It was never fear, it was precaution, and concern for others. No-one ever had the right to endanger others. I made that point clear already.

Regardless of what you feel, it does make you safer than hiding under a desk during a nuclear attack. It is not fun to wear a mask, and I understand your feelings, but it is not an infringement on your rights.

More Americans have died in the USA from this pandemic than Americans killed in Vietnam. The deaths in the world from this pandemic don't yet equal the number of Vietnamese killed in Vietnam.

If we had early on been made to "wait," as Obama or Biden would have made us do, this pandemic would be all but over by now. Trump is the one dragging it out by inaction and lack of national leadership, and "leaving it with the states" when they have less ability to meet this crisis because of their budget constraints. Only the federal government can act on this effectively. A national strategy was needed, using the war production act, including getting free masks made and making them available in every store and government building and in every hospital and health center. If we are required to wear masks, they should be made available. Otherwise, how can people wear them?

Hatred for Trump should be higher because of his policies and statements on coronavirus, and in fact his poll numbers are dropping.