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Do you have any and are you wearing masks? I haven’t seen anyone wearing them where I live in PA, but I have heard on the news they are extremely hard to find now.
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Masks do not really do any good, in fact they can make it worse. If you come in contact with the germs, the masks will keep them on your face causing more exposure. They are mainly for if you already have it to keep from spreading the germs. The hazmat masks are not even available to the public, they are the ones that would actually help but they are being used only for health care workers.
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Coronavirus is overblown for fear
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I haven't even been out looking for them. I don't think they do much good if you in an area that hasn't been exposed. I am not getting to excited about this.
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You cannot find them or get them where I live. I have seen people wearing masks. But you have no idea why they are doing so. The one lady who had one on talked to me and she had just finished treatments for cancer. Which is NOW in remission. But she is needing to protect herself. And the masks DO protect you. If they did not then tell me why the nurses all have them on! Wearing a mask will keep you from breathing in where people cough and sneeze and are too stupid to cover their mouth.
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I just inhale half a can of Lysol before I go out....the colors man...the colors... :silly:
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They are hard to find - I ordered some but they haven't been delivered. I understand that Amazon has stopped sales of them & other similar items due to price gouging. Terrible situation all the way around.
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They are hard to find - I ordered some but they haven't been delivered. I understand that Amazon has stopped sales of them & other similar items due to price gouging. Terrible situation all the way around.
Please tell me you checked where they were made. A lot of them are made in China.
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I don't intend to wear a mask. I wonder if that ever helped anyone keep from contracting a viral infection.
But kudos to the mask manufacturers and vendors. They must be making a killing; so to speak. :turkey:
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They are hard to find - I ordered some but they haven't been delivered. I understand that Amazon has stopped sales of them & other similar items due to price gouging. Terrible situation all the way around.
Those in Congress who hate Amazon are blaming Bezos for the price gouging, insinuating that he's the one doing it. That's a lot of Bull, Sen. Kaine. He doesn't know much about Amazon and, by the way, watched him in the hearing on Coronavirus and he's one of them who are politicizing it to the hilt. Instead of taking his 5 minutes to only ask questions, he makes a speech and asks a couple short questions but he didn't like the answers because they didn't answer the way he wanted. Patty Murray, toom, had a press conference that seemed to blame Trump for this happening.
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The media is making it a wide spread panic. GMA says not to use the masks. Common sense is to wash hands and use sanitizer.
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The problem is: Which masks will really work against Coronavirus?
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from everything i have heard or read a mask is needed if you have a cold or cough. is is meant to protect others from your germs. they believe that coronavirus is so small it can actually make it through the mask :rainbow: :peace: :wave:
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nope, I don't have any masks and I don't plan on wearing one anyways. Sanitizer wipes are sold out here in my part of Washington State. I imagine the masks are sold out as well.
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Not sure if the masks would work if everybody is not wearing them.
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No, I have no plans on wearing a mask unless I should become infected. My choices of prevention is regular hand washing, keeping my hands away from my face and staying out of crowded places.
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They are hard to find - I ordered some but they haven't been delivered. I understand that Amazon has stopped sales of them & other similar items due to price gouging. Terrible situation all the way around.
Those in Congress who hate Amazon are blaming Bezos for the price gouging, insinuating that he's the one doing it. That's a lot of Bull, Sen. Kaine. He doesn't know much about Amazon and, by the way, watched him in the hearing on Coronavirus and he's one of them who are politicizing it to the hilt. Instead of taking his 5 minutes to only ask questions, he makes a speech and asks a couple short questions but he didn't like the answers because they didn't answer the way he wanted. Patty Murray, toom, had a press conference that seemed to blame Trump for this happening.
That is not true. Individual sellers set their own prices. And if it is reported they are doing it their accounts are frozen.
It is also foolish to blame Trump. This started in China. He has tried repeatedly to close borders and when he said no to people with the virus being flown here he was ignored and they done it any way. It is already out of control in the US. Every time you turn the news on the numbers have gone up. People are out every where and do not even know they are infected so they pass it to others. This is highly contagious. Don't know where it will end or if it will end.
I do know you cannot find a mask in my home town. Have not been able to for quite some time. I was at the grocery store a few days ago and there were items that the shelf was completely empty.
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We already had them at our house before all this started. I only use them when I cut grass and wouldn't wear them then but I will sneeze and cough for a few days if I didn't.
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I think it is all a hoax, it is just another kind of flu, all they are telling you to do is wash your hands, what most of us do anyway.
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I think it is all a hoax, it is just another kind of flu, all they are telling you to do is wash your hands, what most of us do anyway.
It is not just another kind of flu. Washing your hands is stupid. It is not absorbed through your hands. I have worked in the past where people were sick and I washed my hands all the time. It did not absorb through my hands. But I did get sick from idiots coughing and sneezing all over the place. The death rate is almost 4% with this. And if it were "just the flu" health care workers would not go in to rooms (where you are isolated) wearing hazmat suits. They do not do that for the flu.
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I don't have any and don't plan on getting any so I don't know if they are available or not just planning on doing what I always do to stay healthy
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Maybe I will get one as it comes closer. Scary stuff!
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I don't have any and don't plan on getting any so I don't know if they are available or not just planning on doing what I always do to stay healthy
Maybe you are not following what is going on. This is airborne. Washing your hands will not keep you from getting this. If you go to a public place like a shopping center and someone has it and just breathes in your general direction you can get it. I honestly do not care what anybody else does. I just get tired of hearing people screaming just wash your hands and you will be fine. I actually witnessed a pretty intense moment last night with this exact conversation. The one person took the high road and walked away. I do not know what I think about wearing a mask. I do know in my area you can not find them. If things did get really bad yes it would be nice to have some.
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Maybe I will get one as it comes closer. Scary stuff!
The thing is you do not know as it comes closer. You just wake up one day and it is all around you. It is like Washington they had zero cases then all of a sudden there are a ton of them and who knows how many exposed. The guy who brought it to the nursing home was from several states away. I am sure he stopped and ate and got gas and other things along his way home. Then out and about in his home town. He literally has exposed thousands of people. And he likely did not even know he had it. Yes, it is scary. It is even more scary when you know there are people from a couple of countries who are hard hit who are trying to get to your home town!
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I haven't seen anyone in my area wearing masks and I don't intend to try and purchase any. I read that they really don't help....????
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I tried to pick up some surgical masks over a month ago & they were completely sold out online & in store -- Stores such as Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, etc.... & they were still out 2 weeks ago.
You would need a N95 masks for it to be effective against virus -- they sell them at Home Depot, or did.
You can buy fake ones on Amazon, that aren't effective & sold from China, good luck with that.
I don't even know how they would cross over to get here since the ports are pretty much closed to supplies.
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I tried to pick up some surgical masks over a month ago & they were completely sold out online & in store -- Stores such as Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, etc.... & they were still out 2 weeks ago.
You would need a N95 masks for it to be effective against virus -- they sell them at Home Depot, or did.
You can buy fake ones on Amazon, that aren't effective & sold from China, good luck with that.
I don't even know how they would cross over to get here since the ports are pretty much closed to supplies.
There are patterns on how to make your own. I do not believe the surgical masks are totally ineffective. Of course they are at least a little effective. It keeps you from breathing in spit droplets that people cough and sneeze in to the air. If they are not effective then why are they being handed out to people in certain jobs? I would not be surprised if I saw Walmart workers with them on. Half the cashiers in my area wear gloves. Have all winter.
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If you know how to sew --- here is how to make some!
https://thestitchingscientist.com/2020/03/how-to-sew-a-face-mask.html
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You cannot find them or get them where I live. I have seen people wearing masks. But you have no idea why they are doing so. The one lady who had one on talked to me and she had just finished treatments for cancer. Which is NOW in remission. But she is needing to protect herself. And the masks DO protect you. If they did not then tell me why the nurses all have them on! Wearing a mask will keep you from breathing in where people cough and sneeze and are too stupid to cover their mouth.
Yes, anyone who has just gone through cancer treatments and in remission need to wear a mask when out and about because their immune system is very low. As for other people, they don't really help unless they have been exposed and have the virus as it keeps other people from getting it from that person. They don't help anyone who doesn't have the virus. Nurses in hospitals wear them during surgery to keep the patient from picking up an infection when they're under the knife. Quite easy with open surgical sites to have that happen..
I had that experience with my first sarcoma surgery. I was placed in a private room and no one could come in unless they were wearing masks and gloves while my knee was bare to the bone for the first week. All I had was wet antibiotic dressings loosely on my knee and pumped full of antibiotics for the first couple days.
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I have some in my home only because I had the flue back in December and just had extra but do not use them.
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The correct masks to wear for prevention and protection are N95 masks. I haven't seen anyone wearing masks in my area, though.
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I made some masks for myself and compromised family members. I am a stay at home wife, and only leave the house every 2-3 weeks for groceries. Most folks in the stores had something on. It helped me not touch my mouth and nose. My husband's work place started making some for the workers, so he wears one at work. It wasn't comfortable, but I didn't mind. Mine was 5 layers of materials. It is probably a good idea as long as folks don't see it as an excuse to not be cautious at all.
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Do you have any and are you wearing masks? I haven’t seen anyone wearing them where I live in PA, but I have heard on the news they are extremely hard to find now.
I made my family masks. I have been wearing a homemade mask to work for a few weeks. Today our company required all staff to wear them now. Even the residents are suggested to wear them; but they have the right to decline to wear it.
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i have not found any and am not looking due to the hoarding of supplies in the area
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They are hard to find - I ordered some but they haven't been delivered. I understand that Amazon has stopped sales of them & other similar items due to price gouging. Terrible situation all the way around.
Please tell me you checked where they were made. A lot of them are made in China.
The majority of the crap you buy is made in China. Including what ever you are using to access this site. If not the entire device at least parts of it.
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The media is making it a wide spread panic. GMA says not to use the masks. Common sense is to wash hands and use sanitizer.
Yep cause GMA is an authority. lol. The CDC says every person should wear a mask any time they go out in public. Washing your hands is not going to keep you from getting an AIR BORNE illness. Of course wearing a mask can protect you. If it doesn't then why are the health care workers crying because they can't get them? They just need to wash their hands when they leave the room. Then they will be fine.
I see people all the time cough and sneeze and not cover their mouth. They blow germs and spit all over the place. This lingers in the air and others can breath it it. Common sense tells you if you are wearing a mask you will not breathe that in. I worked on a temporary position for some extra money a couple years ago. Although I washed my hands about 200 times a day I still was sick the whole time I worked there, because everybody else was sick, and coughed and sneezed and blew their snotty spit all over the place. One woman even ended up dying.
I do agree the media is making things worse. And fear mongering. Last physco thing I heard is this stay at home could last in to 2022. Not sure how people think they can sit at home for the next 3 years. Unless you are drawing a check off the government. But those of us who work can't sit at home for 3 years. Heck we can't sit at home for 3 months.
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from everything i have heard or read a mask is needed if you have a cold or cough. is is meant to protect others from your germs. they believe that coronavirus is so small it can actually make it through the mask :rainbow: :peace: :wave:
It depends on who you get your info from. The last time I was out I did wear a mask and about half the people in the store had one on. Some jack got snotty with me and said yeah that mask is to protect others from you. I told her real quick NO I am not sick. It is to protect me from YOU when you speak or cough and spew your spit dropplets all over the place. She did not have too much to say after that. This has people as divided as the political scene. It is one side or the other and people HATE the ones who do not fall on their side. smh
THE CDC has said that EVERY PERSON who goes out in public should be wearing a mask. Not just people who are sick.
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You cannot find them or get them where I live. I have seen people wearing masks. But you have no idea why they are doing so. The one lady who had one on talked to me and she had just finished treatments for cancer. Which is NOW in remission. But she is needing to protect herself. And the masks DO protect you. If they did not then tell me why the nurses all have them on! Wearing a mask will keep you from breathing in where people cough and sneeze and are too stupid to cover their mouth.
Yes, anyone who has just gone through cancer treatments and in remission need to wear a mask when out and about because their immune system is very low. As for other people, they don't really help unless they have been exposed and have the virus as it keeps other people from getting it from that person. They don't help anyone who doesn't have the virus. Nurses in hospitals wear them during surgery to keep the patient from picking up an infection when they're under the knife. Quite easy with open surgical sites to have that happen..
I had that experience with my first sarcoma surgery. I was placed in a private room and no one could come in unless they were wearing masks and gloves while my knee was bare to the bone for the first week. All I had was wet antibiotic dressings loosely on my knee and pumped full of antibiotics for the first couple days.
Yes they do. I don't see how that is so hard for people to grasp. If you are sick and you are around me and "I" am wearing a mask then that keeps ME from breathing in your germs. Why else would all the health care workers want them to go in to the rooms of sick people? OR are all the health care workers sick and trying to keep patients from getting sicker?
This is one of them things nobody is going to agree on. So I figure if you want to wear a mask then do so. And if you don't keep your pie hole shut about what other people are doing. There was a local woman who posted a rant on facebook about this woman at walmart and she was in the craft aisle and in the clearance aisle just shopping like it was a regular summer day. All I could think was "your stupid self is in the same aisles so don't worry about what she is doing". I don't do facebook but I am surprised nobody called HER out. Get your stuff and leave. Don't worry about what somebody else is buying.
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i have not found any and am not looking due to the hoarding of supplies in the area
Masks in my area have been unavailable since back at the end of January. CVS told me that when they come in the first person who sees them buys them all. I imagine so they can resell them online for 10 times what they paid for them.
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We now have an elastic shortage in our area. Everyone and their mothers are making masks around here.
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My daughter works for a pediatricians office and she was able to get one for each of us, including the kids (we have a 3 and 4 years olf grand kids). They are not the N95, and a bit stronger than the surgical ones, but they are better than nothing. I order some from Etsy that come with Mask Filters- Healthcare, Allergy, Dust, Pollen which is better than nothing. i bough some extra filters. They have not come in yet but are on their way. I also saw a video on how to make your own without having to saw anything, with a bandanna and you can also add a coffee filter on the inside to help a bit more.
This times are scary and if a mask is going to help somehow prevent a bit of either me getting sick or me giving something to someone else then I am all for it.
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Masks and gloves make it worse, but they're required now if you go to stores...all they do is help the person wearing them from being contaminated, but not the person they come in contact with since germs just stay on the surface....healthcare workers are different because they are treating potentially sick people and could come in contact with bodily fluids, etc....plus, they know how to use/dispose of them...