masks, just thinking out loud

[Frodo]

Subject: Masks

2,300 years ago, long before Islam, Arabs discovered that forcing people to cover their nose and mouths broke their will and individuality, and depersonalized them. It made them submissive. That’s why they imposed on every woman the mandatory use of a fabric over her face.

Then Islam turned it into the woman’s symbol of submission to Alah, the man owner of the Harem, and to the King.

Modern psychology explains it this way:

Without face, we don’t exist as independent beings. The child looks in the mirror between the ages of two and three and is discovered as an independent being. The mask is the beginning of deleting individuality.

Subject: The Virus – Consider this question, what is the end game?

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What is the end game with the Corona? Anyone?
What is the magic formula that is going to allow us to sound the “all clear?” Is it zero cases? For a while, the goal was to simply “flatten the curve,” but now that we are disconnecting utilities for gatherings in California, setting up check points in New York, and recommending goggles (what’s next?), it seems as if there is, in fact, no end game. And, truthfully, the only way that we will see numbers drop is if we cease testing and stop reporting. Keep in mind that hundreds of thousands have shown up to be tested, registered, left due to long waits, and still come up positive when they received their results.
Is it a vaccine? It took 25 years for a chicken pox vaccine to be developed. The smallpox inoculation was discovered in 1776 and the last known natural case was in 1977. We have a flu vaccine that is only 40 to 60% effective (that’s generous- the last two years it was more like 20-25%), less than half of the US population chooses to get one, and roughly 20,000 Americans still die annually due to flu or flu complications.
Oh, you'll mandate it in order to attend school, travel to some foreign countries, etc.? We already have a growing number of vaccine researchers refusing proven, tested, well-known vaccines that have been administered for decades! Do you really believe the majority of people will flock to get a fast-tracked vaccine, whose long-term side effects and overall efficacy rates are anyone's best guess? How long are we going to cancel? Postpone? Reconsider?
Now we are advised against in-person school until second quarter? What if October's numbers are the same as the August numbers? Then what?
Move football to spring? What if next March is worse than this March?
When do we decide quality of life outweighs risk?
We understand this virus can be deadly for SOME, but so are shellfish, peanut butter, and bee stings. We take risks every day without a second thought.
We know driving a car can be dangerous, but we don't leave it parked in the garage for months on end. We know the dangers of smoking, drinking, and eating fried foods, but we do it, none-the-less. We speed on highways, some idiots still don't buckle their seatbelts, we take medications more than “as directed,” and a good number of individuals don't think twice about unprotected sex.
Is hugging Grandma really more dangerous than rush hour on the freeway? Is going to a bar with friends more risky than four day old gas station sushi? Or operating a chainsaw?
When and how did we so quickly lose our free will?
I want a waiver that says, "I understand the risks, but I choose a life with hugs, smiles, college athletics, the state fair, concerts, and school dances."
I understand that there is a minuscule possibility I could die but, more probable, I will end up feeling like junk for a few days.
I understand I could possibly pass this virus onto someone else, but I can pass ANY virus onto someone else at any time until the end of time.
Are we busy living or busy dying?
It’s hard to tell these days.

Just Thinkin’ Out Loud

 

[Caribou]

If vaccines are so good, why did they need special legislation protecting the manufacturers from being sued?

 

[phideaux]

In KY, since the gubner mandated everybody wear a mask in public...it has worked so good...that the number of cases are now breaking records everyday..

Just think if it didn't work.

Think about that.

Jim

 

[Supervisor42]

I can understand the Arab women wearing face coverings.
If everytime I went outside there was sand blowing in my mouth and nose, I would wear one too.
Especially after seeing their men with the 'weathered', sand-blasted faces.
I'd want to stay "pretty".
As far as we Americans being 'muzzled' forever, not going to happen.
There will be a grand announcement of a vaccine, 5 of us will take it, and they will have to find something else to panic about.
Especially after the CDC shredded the fake fatality numbers as not actually being from Covid.
It has all been an overhyped mess.
"Russian Collusion", anyone?

 

[Frodo]

Chinese collusion
they are trying like the dickens to get the new world order kicked off

 

[Patchouli]

I keep picturing George Costanza saying Ah HA! right about now. (Also just thinking out loud).

 

[LadyLocust]

Divide and conquer! It is not random.

 

[Meerkat]

I keep picturing George Costanza saying Ah HA! right about now. (Also just thinking out loud).

And I see George Carlan 'rip ' saying " I told you so" in 50 words, 45 of those are the F bombs,lol.

 

[Neb]

Mask requirements

I see it as a plot by ugly people of dating age to improve their chances of getting a date.

Think about the question "When was the last time you saw a beautiful/handsome person that was not a member of your family?"

March maybe?

Ben

 

[Neb]

Technically speaking...

I wrote the application the CDC uses to rate the effectiveness of face masks and provide ratings such as"N95". The metics they focused on was "fit factor" and "inward leakage". Unless one was clean shaven and the mask properly fitted they are of little use. Are there any fellow vets out there that have passed through the gas house in basic training?

Beyond being symbolic, they at best give us license to ignore the rule to cough into our elbow.

Ben

 

[Meerkat]

Technically speaking...

I wrote the application the CDC uses to rate the effectiveness of face masks and provide ratings such as"N95". The metics they focused on was "fit factor" and "inward leakage". Unless one was clean shaven and the mask properly fitted they are of little use. Are there any fellow vets out there that have passed through the gas house in basic training?

Beyond being symbolic, they at best give us license to ignore the rule to cough into our elbow.

Ben

LOL,My son passed through the chamber and half way through they make you remove the resperator.he said was nor fun! Then they gav him that quesionablr IMOO bs amthrax shot. I called his commander and told him to get my son off that ship and no shot.
He said he would take care of it. He did the whole ship called him 'mamas boy' and he ask me how in the hell did you get in touch with a fleet Commandr,I said I just ask around.The commander and I had a nice long chat and explained to him my son has dry skin possible eczema and the shot could cause deadlt reaction. He was very nice .
I think he was just bored and so he answered his own phone.I have 2 letters with his signature one them thanking me for having such a good son.Son got sailor of the month,sailor of the year and a giant picture of him hung up on ship.