Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Kenshin]

There is ZERO evidence of this though, not a effing jot! You just have decided it is true with no fact based research.

After decades of wearing them in china in their millions there is NO evidence to back up your "claim"

So please tell me how do viruses work in Asia? You seem to be an expert.

Using Asia as an example for facemasks, as much as people wear them not to get sick, there is many that wear them as a fashion accessory as well according to Google.

But you don't know how viruses work in Asia do you? Do you know that people there don't have a heavier case of a simple virus when they do get sick? Do you even know why they started wearing them?

That's the funny thing, saying asians wear them as some sort of benchmark, you don't know why or the effect wearing them has on the population when they do get sick. And I'm not talking about serious viruses here, common colds and the like.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/victor...ronavirus-will-not-weaken-your-immune-system/

Thanks @Moomin

You know that backs up what I'm saying

Human to human transmission. Not generally in the air or on surfaces, human to human transmission. Which is what the mask is doing with covid no? Significantly reducing someone passing covid onto others, wearing it not to protect yourself but protect others.

 

[spectateur]

I agree masks don't make people ill but where in asia do hundreds of millions wear masks daily?

No, masks don't make you ill, neither do they fully prevent you picking up a virus from an infected person.
What they do is minimise the chance of you passing on the virus should you be already infected yourself.

 

[grandjoeblue]

No, masks don't make you ill, neither do they fully prevent you picking up a virus from an infected person.
What they do is minimise the chance of you passing on the virus should you be already infected yourself.

Yes, agree with this. I was querying the millions in Asia wearing masks daily point.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

No, masks don't make you ill, neither do they fully prevent you picking up a virus from an infected person.
What they do is minimise the chance of you passing on the virus should you be already infected yourself.

sure, but I think the q here is more centered on post-pandemic law making?

 

[Cool_Blue]

Having the vaccine probably won’t be made mandatory (civil liberties something something), but those who refuse it should have it made clear to them that they will not be treated if they get covid. That should do the trick. You can’t have it both ways, this is a public emergency.

 

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[COYBL25]

Yes but no one has gotten ill as a result...

Thanks, but mine will be going in the bin as soon as I’m vaccinated.

They’ll become the mark of the paranoid and the worried well.

 

[COYBL25]

The Japanese wear them if they are ill themselves to stop the spread of germs.

More of attitude thats its good hygiene to wear them.

Thanks, that makes good sense.

 

[Nymzee]

I agree masks don't make people ill but where in asia do hundreds of millions wear masks daily?

Wearing masks has always been common in Asia. I'm not even 100% sure why some do it but get on a train or bus in Vietnam and the vast majority will have a mask on.

 

[Nymzee]

Its not particularly common anywhere in Asia (pre pandemic). Even in places like Bangkok or Beijing which are densily populated and highly poluted you might see a couple of people per day with masks on.

You've clearly never actually been over there if you think only a handful of people where them lol

 

[ForeverBlue92]

I barely wear a condom these days if I dont have to never mind a kin mask - once we're all vaccinated I'll be back to blowing kisses to you all.

 

[grandjoeblue]

Wearing masks has always been common in Asia. I'm not even 100% sure why some do it but get on a train or bus in Vietnam and the vast majority will have a mask on.

I've been to Vietnam and I didn't see many but it was the summer so maybe that makes a difference. I know that people wear them when they are ill in Asian countries but people don't wear them every day for the sake of it.

 

[Moomin]

So please tell me how do viruses work in Asia? You seem to be an expert.

Using Asia as an example for facemasks, as much as people wear them not to get sick, there is many that wear them as a fashion accessory as well according to Google.

But you don't know how viruses work in Asia do you? Do you know that people there don't have a heavier case of a simple virus when they do get sick? Do you even know why they started wearing them?

That's the funny thing, saying asians wear them as some sort of benchmark, you don't know why or the effect wearing them has on the population when they do get sick. And I'm not talking about serious viruses here, common colds and the like.


You know that backs up what I'm saying

Human to human transmission. Not generally in the air or on surfaces, human to human transmission. Which is what the mask is doing with covid no? Significantly reducing someone passing covid onto others, wearing it not to protect yourself but protect others.

That Forbes article doesn't back up what you said, it says the opposite.

You stated that wearing masks weakens the immune system, this is a myth as the article states this is not the case. The same as the other myth that wearing masks causes you to inhale more carbon dioxide.

Why people believe peddled nonsense like this all the time instead of the experts i don't know.

 

[Nymzee]

I've been to Vietnam and I didn't see many but it was the summer so maybe that makes a difference. I know that people wear them when they are ill in Asian countries but people don't wear them every day for the sake of it.

Nah honestly lots do; like I say I don't even know why a lot of the time. I noticed it more on public transport though. I thought maybe in China it might have had something to do with them trying not to tan.

 

[Moomin]

I've been to Vietnam and I didn't see many but it was the summer so maybe that makes a difference. I know that people wear them when they are ill in Asian countries but people don't wear them every day for the sake of it.

I saw a few in Bangkok, but when i got to my resort after a 3 hour journey i barely saw anyone wearing a face mask.