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Mask Mandates Don't Work

Yeah California increasing infection rates despite a mask mandate.

Do you doubt that California exists or that they've mandated masks

Yeah, and Arizona decreasing infection rates with mask mandates.

Do you doubt that Arizona exists or that they've mandated masks?
 
Yeah, and Arizona decreasing infection rates with mask mandates.
So Arizona is a magical place or you are mistaking correlation with causation.
Do you doubt that Arizona exists or that they've mandated masks?
Nope, Arizona absolutely exists, they mandated masks and there is a decline in infection. If you say it's because of the mandate why doesn't that work in other places? Assuming the humans are the same species and the masks have similar effectiveness.

Are your law makers also Djinn able to ward off viruses with a magical spell? Or is California cursed?
 

Why do you say it isn't because of mandated masks?

I was in San Diego about 2 weeks ago, not a lot of mask wearers, and the beaches were packed.
 
Healthy people don't spread it

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Yeah they do, when they are asymptomatic. There is a time period when you are infectious yet you may have no symptoms, not wearing a mask just helps to spread it more.

Ask Herman Cain.
 
They can and do spread it if they're asymptomatic.
Perhaps I should reword what I said. Uninfected people do not spread it.

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That's exactly what people are saying. "Mask up, or stay home". "Arrest anyone without a mask". "The riots had zero effect on the spread because they were wearing masks".
 
Yeah they do, when they are asymptomatic. There is a time period when you are infectious yet you may have no symptoms, not wearing a mask just helps to spread it more.

Ask Herman Cain.
Are you telling me to drop dead, lol???
Seriously though you are playing semantics. If a person is not infected they are not going to get anyone sick. Mandating everyone to wear a mask is as ridicilous of an idea as it would be to mandate anyone who does not want children to remain celibate.

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I want to know how many of the 'protestors' in Portland, for example, have been tested for Covid.
 

Then the only answer is to shut everything back down. That is you goal? You are right about bars and indoor dining though, masks do not ever work there. They need to shut down for the duration.
 
That's exactly what people are saying. "Mask up, or stay home". "Arrest anyone without a mask". "The riots had zero effect on the spread because they were wearing masks".

Who's been able to test the 'protestors' in Portland, for example?:roll:
 
Perhaps I should reword what I said. Uninfected people do not spread it.

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Asymptomatic people don't know they're infected.
 

I never told you to drop dead.

But, you don't know when you have it. My GF had it, and we didn't know, she gave it to me. A few days later, we both were sick.

Don't mess around with this, we were extremely lucky.
 
I want to know how many of the 'protestors' in Portland, for example, have been tested for Covid.

Why? That will only cause more disease. Don't you know that testing causes covid 19?
 

And the commie riots had zero effect, too. Huh?

I see most people wearing mssks. The numbers should at least be stabilizing. Why are they still going up?
 
Some do not, whats your point?

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That is the point of mask mandates. So those that don't know they are infected don't expel so much virus and infect others. We assume that those that know they have it are not going around spreading it intentionally.
 
I never told you to drop dead.

But, you don't know when you have it. My GF had it, and we didn't know, she gave it to me. A few days later, we both were sick.

Don't mess around with this, we were extremely lucky.
Im not suggesting people to act irresponsibily. Speaking for myself i keep a stack of masks and wipes in my vehicle. I ise them when i feel its appropiate and i keep my distance from people in general. I do these things because i dont want yo get sick nor do i want to be responsible for getting somebody else sick.
What I am pushing back against is mandating other peoples behaviors. Its not just wrong it is unjust.

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And the commie riots had zero effect, too. Huh?

I see most people wearing mssks. The numbers should at least be stabilizing. Why are they still going up?

Because "most" people wearing masks is not enough. If we can't get it under control with masks we will need to shut down entirely again. Is that what you want? We cannot let the virus stay in charge of our lives and economy. Doesn't everyone know that?
 

So if someone wants to drive drunk we should let him? Not wearing a mask in public spaces is the same as driving drunk. It shows the same disregard for the lives of others. This is a pandemic not a civics experiment.
 
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