Amid coronavirus surge, health officials urge
people to wear masks as a symbol of respect
CNN,
by
Lauren Mascarenhas
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
7/13/2020 8:33:17 PM
Amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases across the United States, public health officials are asking everyday Americans to do their part. Their message? A face mask is more than a piece of cloth. It's a sign of respect. "Wearing a mask, ladies and gentlemen, is respect," Dr. Padmini Murthy, professor and global health director at New York Medical College, said during a United Nations panel. The science is clear. Wearing a face mask is one of the best ways to prevent coronavirus transmission. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear face masks both to protect
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Catfur27 7/13/2020 8:46:35 PM (No. 477415)
...Translation : Symbol of Fear... and Compliance
...wearing a bandana , recycled KISS t-shirt , or a $2.49 mask from Walgreens ..in order to stop a microscopic viral pathogen...is about as effective as putting up a chainlink fence to stop mosquitoes
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Gabula 7/13/2020 8:48:16 PM (No. 477418)
Virtue Signaling!!!! Wear a mask and feel better. I can't and won't because of COPD.
Gabula
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Sunhan65 7/13/2020 8:49:30 PM (No. 477420)
But I don't respect Health experts. I really don't. They have bungled this from day one. Everything -- literally everything -- they have said and advised us to do has turned out to be wrong. And somehow, they managed to get it wrong both ways: disparaging masks at one time and demanding them at another. I have no further time for health experts who cannot, or will not, tell the simple factual truth and qualify what they are uncertain about to avoid unnecessary and preventable damage. They have failed the Hippocratic Oath and done more harm.
They have caused incalculable damage to the world, and they need to be held accountable for that.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Italiano 7/13/2020 8:51:03 PM (No. 477422)
I'll wear it when I have to, primarily to avoid confrontations with pain in the ass Karens like that poor guy in that Wal-Mart video. I'd be tempted to insult their husbands (if they have them) into a fistfight.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 7/13/2020 8:54:11 PM (No. 477424)
Symbol... sorry, the only symbol I'll be wearing os a Trump 2020 hat, and an American flag pin.
Screw your symbols. Masks don't stop virus partickes.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Robert D 7/13/2020 8:57:15 PM (No. 477428)
If wearing a mask is so effective, why have “they” (CDC and others) told us since March that masks other than N95’s were ineffective. Government BS either way.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
globalwarmer 7/13/2020 8:58:07 PM (No. 477430)
I will if I can get a red MAGA mask.
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Getting ready for a trip out west, by airplane. We’ve been told that masks are required in all airports. So, I have my one use mask for TSA, then I’m pulling out my Medieval Doctors Mask to wear in the airport and the planes...
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 7/13/2020 9:03:59 PM (No. 477438)
How long has this doctor been a citizen? Is he even a citizen. Does he even have any respect for our Bill of Rights or Constitution? This sure doesn't sound like it. But then he is affiliated with the UN and we all know how antiAmerican they are, even as they feed off our generous nature.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
tsquare 7/13/2020 9:07:06 PM (No. 477443)
N95’s with exit valves do not stop wearer transmission. Surgicals were designed to protect the wearer. Soggy with use, ill fitting, with exhaling escaping the edges and sneezing blowing through, some virus escapes to contaminant others. Homemades? Give me a break. Wear a surgical or n95 to protect yourself, keep antisocial distance, wash your hands and face...and do not expect the virtue signaling of others to protect you.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Namma 7/13/2020 9:14:18 PM (No. 477448)
Make up my mind. I am told to wear a mask to stop the spread of the Wuhan flu. So I certainly can wear one to go vote. No need to have mail in ballots. Wear a mask.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
stablemoney 7/13/2020 9:15:04 PM (No. 477451)
I have no respect for the left. They spew hatred 365/24/7. It's not the people running their mouths all day, it's the media.
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Sign of insanity
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
greyseal 7/13/2020 9:34:23 PM (No. 477466)
I'll give it (and them) the "respect" they deserve... (lofts middle digit in their general direction).
"Respect! Respect my authoritay!!"
- Cartman, South Park
"Now, go away or I shall taunt you a second time...!"
greyseal
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
anniebc 7/13/2020 9:49:36 PM (No. 477477)
I'm sorry, but I have no respect for foolishness. If the masks really protect you from germs, why do you worry about me not wearing a mask? I'm a danger only to myself, but then you all have masks on that really work, so what's the danger even for me? If all it takes is for everyone to wear masks to get rid of Covid germs, then everything should go back to normal, and people should just wear masks. Go to work with your masks on, send the kids to school, and kick the UN out of the US. I take no advice from the UN, even if it makes sense, but this mask obsession makes no sense.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 7/13/2020 9:50:06 PM (No. 477480)
What they are saying is I will only be respected if I wear a mask. Respect is a two way street. Not buying this.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/13/2020 9:59:44 PM (No. 477491)
Respect for what or whom? The CDC, Dr. Fauci, all of the dimmocrat governors and mayors who made these symbols of compliance mandatory? I have nothing but contempt for all of them.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 7/13/2020 10:04:39 PM (No. 477495)
Take your virtue signal sign of respect and stick it where the sun don't shine. Our little newly minted pastor was spouting that rot a couple of meetings ago. It was really a barf alert.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury 7/13/2020 10:06:46 PM (No. 477498)
Stayed in a town with a mask thing. Most businesses ignored it. What bothers me is how many people did not.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
mizzmac 7/13/2020 10:36:57 PM (No. 477519)
I'm so sick of the phrase "the science is clear." The science is NOT clear. The science changes with the wind. The science does a 180 from what it did a moth before, or a week before. The CDC, the WHO, the Chicoms, the Feds, the State governments and city mayors have contradicted themselves over and over, to the point that their statistics, warnings and prescriptions are utterly meaningless. The American people are seeing that this epidemic is tailor-made for manipulation--and we are beginning to fear the way it will be used to steal our liberties more than the medical consequences it might (or might not) have. We've been bamboozled and may never learn the truth.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 7/13/2020 10:49:44 PM (No. 477524)
Wearing a mask is OBEDIENCE. The stupid things don't prevent transmission of viruses. EVERYONE should throw them in the garbage. Covid is a virus, yes, and people die from it, yes, but the flu kills more and has for years-where were the lockdowns and hysteria then?? This is all BS and it's way past time to stop being afraid. !@$!ing politicians want to control us instead of working FOR us.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
PESSIMIST 7/13/2020 10:54:39 PM (No. 477530)
What's next for the "respect" our masters demand: Yellow armbands?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
mc squared 7/13/2020 11:50:16 PM (No. 477559)
Respect to whom? It does identify those who would meekly comply with any government hack''s demand.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
SALady 7/14/2020 12:13:31 AM (No. 477567)
Nazi officials "urged" Jewish people to wear star of David patches too.
Well, maybe they urged them at first, but then they mandated it. And then they forced them into ghettos. And then they stuck them in cattle cars.
I don't exactly trust government when they tell me to do anything "for the greater good"!!! Especially when they go from suggesting you do something to fining you if you don't. It's a slippery slope from that point!!!
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
DVC 7/14/2020 12:41:14 AM (No. 477576)
I need to buy a battery for my golf cart (starting battery, it is a gas cart, wouldn't have an electric). But, my county is going along with the stupid, leftist Dem governor's mask rule, so I will drive an extra 15 minutes to a
nearby county in Missouri which does NOT have a mask rule, and buy it there.
Big middle finger to the mask crazies.
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The mask is making me very ill because I have COPD. Running errands becomes a nightmare.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 7/14/2020 2:54:53 AM (No. 477604)
A mask is just kneeling by other means. Does no good but proves your submission.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
4Justice 7/14/2020 4:05:29 AM (No. 477639)
Respect? In a society that lost all decency and no longer is courteous or polite? Ha ha ha.... a mask shows "respect "?
Oh gag me!!
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Enoch Powell 7/14/2020 7:51:00 AM (No. 477732)
Testing positive is not a “case.” A case is a hospitalization. Misinformation, fake news, leftist propaganda...
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Yuban 7/14/2020 9:33:04 AM (No. 477833)
Since I wear the pants in my family, the wife gets to wear the mask. She wears it for me, not the government. I do need to eat now and then. Yes I am blessed. First by God and second from my lovely bride of 51 years. Trust in Him and you will be joyful each and every day. Have a blessed day all.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 7/14/2020 10:02:39 AM (No. 477879)
Sorry , not going to read anything from CNN- let alone written by a person who named herself after eye makeup.....
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 7/14/2020 11:49:35 PM (No. 478606)
Resist Fascism. No masks. Masks are worthless symbols of fascist oppression.
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