Philadelphia will reinstate its indoor mask mandate as cases rise

[snakestretcher]

Question is how many risk death by not wearing a mask? Not many,

Except for the dead ones who decided making some political point they could never actually articulate (apart from yelling 'freedom!), was a sensible alternative to keeping themselves, and others, alive.

 

[devildavid]

Question is how many risk death by not wearing a mask? Not many.

How many risk getting sick? Very many.

 

[JBG]

Except for the dead ones who decided making some political point they could never actually articulate (apart from yelling 'freedom!), was a sensible alternative to keeping themselves, and others, alive.

How many risk getting sick? Very many.

Arguing with histrionics is unrewarding and frustrating. I argue based on reason, not emotions.

 

[devildavid]

Arguing with histrionics is unrewarding and frustrating. I argue based on reason, not emotions.

I argue based on facts.

 

[JBG]

I argue based on facts.

Could have fooled me.

 

[devildavid]

Could have fooled me.

That's not too hard to do.

 

[Ishm]

I have either been working from home or my boat since covid started, and taking a lot of extra holiday time while I could. 2 weeks back I finally had to get back out. 4 full flights, crowded airports, 4 days in open office spaces, and some restaurants etc in one week. So I got serious with my mask wearing. Ended up with people around me (next desk to me even), going down with covid, but i never got hit. I was moderately diligent with hand wipes etc as well, but not anal about it. Isolated myself in our guest house before doing a RAT test when I got home.

Bottom line for me is that i would rather wear a mask than risk spreading this bug. Given the time I spent in crowded airports, planes, offices etc I'm going to assume for now that masks and hand wipes aren't just some silly conspiracy. The rest of my family, who have all been physically at work a lot more than I have, have all avoided covid as well so far even when people near them at work have gone down. Again just basic masks and hand cleaning in the ways that have been advised.

 

[AliHajiSheik]

This thread/story was around longer than the actual mandate as it was just rescinded.

 

[Metric Mouse]

This thread/story was around longer than the actual mandate as it was just rescinded.

Ha, just came to post it. Lasted as long as a Kardashian marriage.

Sad that so many people in Philadelphia will die because their local government is more interested in freedumb.

 

[JBG]

Ha, just came to post it. Lasted as long as a Kardashian marriage.

Sad that so many people in Philadelphia will die because their local government is more interested in freedumb.

If you want to mask, who's stopping you?

 

[Metric Mouse]

If you want to mask, who's stopping you?

Nothing, it's everyone else I'm worried about.

 

[AliHajiSheik]

Ha, just came to post it. Lasted as long as a Kardashian marriage.

Sad that so many people in Philadelphia will die because their local government is more interested in freedumb.

How many?

 

[Metric Mouse]

How many?

A non zero number. And that's too many, I would say.

 

[AliHajiSheik]

A non zero number. And that's too many, I would say.

The 7 day average number of deaths in Philadelphia County is less than 1/day. The number of homicides in the city is more than 1/day. Your views seem in line with the Shanghai government.

 

[JBG]

A non zero number. And that's too many, I would say.

Ever hear of risk analysis?

 

[Metric Mouse]

Ever hear of risk analysis?

Yes. The risks of wearing masks approach zero.

 

[JBG]

Yes. The risks of wearing masks approach zero.

Risks to human interactions? Do you wish us to turn into dehumanized robots to defeat a common cold epidemic?

 

[bomberfox]

Blame China and their released beast.

Why is blaming china more important than actually doing something about it?

 

[bomberfox]

Risks to human interactions? Do you wish us to turn into dehumanized robots to defeat a common cold epidemic?

 

[Metric Mouse]

Risks to human interactions? Do you wish us to turn into dehumanized robots to defeat a common cold epidemic?

I imagine early people made such silly arguements when pants and shirts were first adopted.

 

[JBG]

Risks to human interactions? Do you wish us to turn into dehumanized robots to defeat a common cold epidemic?

I imagine early people made such silly arguements when pants and shirts were first adopted.

I'll give a serious answer to a not-very-serious post. The only emotions pants and shirts cover up are erotic ones. There is no particular need for those to be on public display. On the other hand there is a wealth of emotional information given by facial expressions. Why is one of the first milestones we look for in an infant a smile? Would those happen if all the infant saw was a mask? I don't even want to think about that possibility. To my mind, part of the masking drive was to create a visible atmosphere of disaster, of which dehumanization is only part.

 

[JBG]

I imagine early people made such silly arguements when pants and shirts were first adopted.

I took the time to give you an intelligent response. Crickets?