How has the virus affected you directly?

[JazzForLifee]

Question: Are people in the States wearing masks?

I've just watched a BBC news segment about what's going on in the UK and it's supposedly dire over there and yet NOBODY is wearing any masks.

Is that normal?

I'm in Bkk at the moment and EVERYONE here wear masks ... even the street sweepers earning $10 a day wear some sort of masks. I cannot even go out to get the mail and not wear a mask.

People in US never wear masks. If you do, they will treat you like a virus. Hope that'a not the case right now

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[Gameface]

For everyone? Fish too?

yep

 

[Gameface]

Question: Are people in the States wearing masks?

I've just watched a BBC news segment about what's going on in the UK and it's supposedly dire over there and yet NOBODY is wearing any masks.

Is that normal?

I'm in Bkk at the moment and EVERYONE here wear masks ... even the street sweepers earning $10 a day wear some sort of masks. I cannot even go out to get the mail and not wear a mask.

Masks do next to nothing to prevent you from getting sick. They do a little more than that to prevent you from getting other people sick.

 

[Miggs]

My employer is paying us 15% more until the end of April.

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yep

Thoughts?

 

[Gameface]

Thoughts?

Well, we're not shutting down. They are giving us hazard pay, basically. I mean I'm happy to be getting a pretty big temporary raise.

 

[The Midnight]

Masks do next to nothing to prevent you from getting sick. They do a little more than that to prevent you from getting other people sick.

It's that kind of thinking that leads to this...

 

[The Midnight]

People in US never wear masks. If you do, they will treat you like a virus. Hope that'a not the case right now

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Exactly.

 

[Gameface]

It's that kind of thinking that leads to this...

This is not an effective way to prevent yourself from catching a disease. It just isn't.

 

[Gameface]

This is

Do you see and understand the difference?

 

[The Midnight]

This is

Do you see and understand the difference?

So? I said masks, I never said which type.

 

[Gameface]

So? I said masks, I never said which type.

Uh, yeah. Exactly.

You expressed the opinion that "masks" are effective. The first picture is the most common one being worn. It's the type that is available. In the U.S. we barely have enough of the second type to supply our health care workers. They are not available to the general public. The first type is just something to do to make yourself feel better, or worse, something that makes you think you're protected when you're not and encourages you to not take more important precautions.

 

[The Midnight]

Uh, yeah. Exactly.

You expressed the opinion that "masks" are effective. The first picture is the most common one being worn. It's the type that is available. In the U.S. we barely have enough of the second type to supply our health care workers. They are not available to the general public. The first type is just something to do to make yourself feel better, or worse, something that makes you think you're protected when you're not and encourages you to not take more important precautions.

I don't know the exact level of effectiveness, but masks are at least effective at capturing droplets, which is a main transmission route of coronavirus.

If I'm gonna have to be in close contact with someone I'm at least gonna be wearing some sort of protection VS not having any protection at all.