The Real Truth About Masks

Good luck getting your hands on an N95 mask. Rarely see them in public. In fact, they were supposed to be reserved for first responders. Originally Posted by gnadfly

You can buy them on Amazon and get them tomorrow.

Good luck getting your hands on an N95 mask. Rarely see them in public. In fact, they were supposed to be reserved for first responders. Originally Posted by gnadfly

The ones made for industrial use are not hard to find. Choose one without an exhaust valve to lower the risk you'll infect others.

You can wear a KN95 or N95 mask, without an exhaust port. Now they're affordable and available. I buy through Accumed,

https://accumed.com/ Originally Posted by Tiny

I'd encourage people to wear something like a KN95 mask, and like you said handle it hygienically and replace when appropriate. The KN95 masks aren't expensive, usually have ear loops, are easy to take on and off and breath through, and are a lot more effective than bandanas. If you're going to rob a liquor store you won't look as threatening, or be as likely to get Covid while you're in the store.

Here's a list of masks with FDA emergency approval,
https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/...equipment-euas

And what woman wouldn't prefer to wipe the cum off her face with a snazzy KN95 mask instead of a bandana? Originally Posted by Tiny

Here in N. Houston everyone's wearing a mask in public. My son has to wear one all day except when activily eating. Bus stop, school, exercises, walking halls, riding bus, etc.

Yet the COVID Cases keep rising. Death rates keep falling here in Harris County.

It's Linus' blanket.

https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/...01e8b9cafc8b83 Originally Posted by gnadfly

And the earth is flat because it looks like it's flat. I replied to this earlier:

Am I reading this correctly:

https://www.tmc.edu/coronavirus-upda...ositive-cases/

The Houston MSA, population 7 million, has only had an average of about 1200 new cases per day over the last couple of weeks? If so, our daily cases per capita are 5X yours. Actually higher, because the positivity rate has been around 30%, so undoubtedly there are more people per capita walking around with Covid here who've never been tested.

People where I live love God and Country and Donald Trump and don't wear masks. The pansy asses have mostly relocated to places like Montrose. I'm exaggerating a little, but in my building about 70% or 80% of the people you see in the lobby and on elevators aren't wearing masks. The hospitals, which are overloaded, were begging the city council to pass a mask mandate on businesses last week, and the proposal was overwhelmingly rejected.

I seriously doubt that 95% of Houstonians are wearing masks most of the time. But I have no doubt that mask usage where you live is much higher than here.

So just maybe one of the reasons Houston is so much better off than we are right now is the mask usage. There are other reasons as well. For example, I bet it's pretty rare to see a crowded restaurant in Houston. It's not here.

It's really bad in Texas cities west of Fort Worth. No room in the hospitals, people dying. Search for Amarillo, Lubbock, Abilene, Odessa, San Angelo, or El Paso and Covid in Google News. You'll see. Originally Posted by Tiny

Recapping, I replied to your post, saying that Governor Abbott's mask mandate is not enforced in my county, and compliance with the mask mandate is much lower here than Houston where you live.
And the daily confirmed cases per capita here over the last two weeks have been about 5X the number in the Houston metropolitan area. So to me it looks like masking up in Houston is helping a lot.

Now here's more evidence, a CDC study out yesterday:

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumeswr/mm6947e2.htm

They say, The governor of Kansas issued an executive order requiring wearing masks in public spaces, effective July 3, 2020, which was subject to county authority to opt out. After July 3, COVID-19 incidence decreased in 24 counties with mask mandates but continued to increase in 81 counties without mask mandates.

So what happened over the next 84 days? New cases in counties with a mask mandate decreased by 6%. In the counties without a mask mandate, new cases increased by 100%. That translates into twice as many deaths in counties without the mask mandate. And most likely higher medical expenses, more lost jobs, and a poorer economy in the counties without the mandates. Originally Posted by Tiny