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John[_6_]

On Mon, 08 Jun 2020 17:27:56 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:32:05 -0400, John wrote:

On Sun, 07 Jun 2020 22:35:34 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 07 Jun 2020 19:46:40 -0400, John wrote:

On Sun, 07 Jun 2020 16:44:47 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 01:59:57 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 6/6/2020 9:10 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 14:18:59 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 6/6/2020 1:32 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 10:44:23 -0400 (EDT), Justan Ohlphart
wrote:

John Wrote in message:
On Fri, 05 Jun 2020 20:59:51 -0400, wrote:On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 16:02:15 -0400, "Mr. wrote:On 6/5/2020 3:14 PM, wrote: On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 09:00:27 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Labor Department released numbers for May that surprised all economists and their dour predictions. Non-farm job increase of 2.5 million. Unemployment drops to 13.3 percentfrom 14.7 percent in April. (Predictions were for unemployment to rise to 19 to 20 percent.) Data is through the middle (12th) of May that included only the early stages of "opening" the country. Next month's data could be much better if this trend continues. How much of that is just people who gave up trying to get unemployment from a system that failed from the overload? I do hope it is real but until we are really reopened I am skeptical. I do
understand a lot of businesses have found a way around these shutdowns tho. Construction and the service trades are going full tilt around here. I know my trade neighbors say they are staying busy. We are also starting to see restaurants open. I was in Rusty's the other day (sports bar, restaurant) and there were 20 customers inside at tables. They removed about half the tables and all the bar stools so people could spread out but other than that it was business as normal. Not a mask in sight. It is pretty hard to eat or drink with a mask on. LOL. This mask stuff really has your underwear in a bunch.Just the useless gesture aspect of itThis picture is the perfect examplehttps://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2020/05/21/USAT/305ca4fb-1b49-4b42-90fa-6b15e0b2db54-virus_1.JPG?width=1320&height=880&fit=crop&format= pjpg&auto=webpThe guy on the left is going to extremes but you also have the normalmixed bag of surgical masks, bandannas
and
neck
gaiters. Then there isthe guy who just holds his hand over his mouth.If I were you, I just wouldn't go to any stores that requirethem.It is only Costco right now. I may start using curbside there but Ihave about 5-6 weeks worth of dog food so they may change their policyby them.The maskless folks are social distancing. The guy with the hand over his mouthhas a mask under the hand. --Freedom Isn't Free!

Wearing a mask and social distancing should help the economy in
the long run. If humanitarian reasons wont encourage folks to do
it then monitary reasons just might.

How is that? If you are just saying the irrational demand that people
wear a mask will make reopening more politically viable, I might agree
but there are a whole lot of people who don't like meaningless
gestures.

This is about as effective as those people wearing yellow ribbons to
get the hostages back.

Good grief. Yellow ribbons don't get hostages back. Yellow ribbons
only represent solidarity and serve as reminders among those who *care*.

Hence my reference to this fad.

Therefore, logic would follow that you don't care. Sad.

Perhaps simply "not believing in the myth" would be more accurate and
until you find me a study that actually has conclusions that are not
buffered by "might", "maybe" and "could be" I am not falling for it.

To start with, handling a mask all day long is spreading the virus,
that is according to every article you have posted.

If this thing is really doing anything it is potentially contaminated
and if it isn't potentially contaminated, it ain't doing ****.

If it's contaminated, then it's done it's job.

You needn't give a ****. You're already a victim of the virus.

Get it? Yet?

So it has zero benefit for the user. OK you are half way there.

That has been understood from the beginning, by all except you.

The mask is to reduce the chances of *another* person catching the virus from
*you*.

Perhaps the last 17 times you were told this just didn't register.

You theory is telling a lie 17 times makes it true? Goebbels would be
proud.

"The mask is to reduce the chances of *another* person catching the virus from
*you*."

Calling that a lie is simply stupid. And I've not lied once.
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Freedom Isn't Free!