Correlation between mask wearing and political ideology

[Anonymous]

If this theory is correct, those people are most likely Democrats.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a 35 year old friend who wears a mask because she has breast cancer. She lives in a "red" area and has been heckled.

I wear a mask because I have an autoimmune disease.

Just because republicans made mask wearing political, doesn't mean anything about people who are wearing masks right now.

I guess the question here is about the correlation between masks and politics in the general population.
Sure, each one of us have a story to tell that says the opposite, but a single story doesn't help for disproving this.

If you have any sense and any knowledge about your own health, the political leanings have no part.in your decision to wear a mask or not. That is my point you didn't get.

So, no correlation with politics, at least among people who are blessed with thinking skills.

For those people who are not too bright, yes, I would say there is a correlation: far right wingers think everyone wearing a mask is a far left winger (when they may just have health issues), and far left wingers might wear a mask even if they don't need to for their own health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I don’t understand is people wearing masks on trails with no one anywhere near them. Just yesterday I saw a lady walking on a trail midday. Alone.

Completely wide open area, outdoors.

What is the point of this?

Maybe she had covid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I don’t understand is people wearing masks on trails with no one anywhere near them. Just yesterday I saw a lady walking on a trail midday. Alone.

Completely wide open area, outdoors.

What is the point of this?

It’s probably for allergies, the lawn crews in my neighborhood always wore face coverings even before Covid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What I don’t understand is people wearing masks on trails with no one anywhere near them. Just yesterday I saw a lady walking on a trail midday. Alone.

Completely wide open area, outdoors.

What is the point of this?

It’s probably for allergies, the lawn crews in my neighborhood always wore face coverings even before Covid.

I don't think so. There is a family on my street where everyone still wears masks. A family member exercises alone on the empty street wearing a mask. They wear masks alone in their cars. The kids play in the yard in masks. It's just very strange. The family is not old or unhealthy as far as I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I don’t understand is people wearing masks on trails with no one anywhere near them. Just yesterday I saw a lady walking on a trail midday. Alone.

Completely wide open area, outdoors.

What is the point of this?

Sounds like it's something you should have asked her while you had the chance, instead of manufacturing insinuations from your own paranoia. I'm sorry people wearing masks is causing your brain to melt down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I don’t understand is people wearing masks on trails with no one anywhere near them. Just yesterday I saw a lady walking on a trail midday. Alone.

Completely wide open area, outdoors.

What is the point of this?

Ask her? I do that outside if anyone, including me, is going to have elevated respiration. People who are running can give off 100x the virus particles that those at rest are likely to give off. And those breathing deeply are much more at risk of a severe infection. So masks make me much more comfortable.

And being outdoors *reduces* transmission, but it does not eliminate it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If I see a middle aged person wearing a mask now, they are a liberal and want you to know it. If they are old, I figure they may just be hedging their bets but also probably liberal. When I see a young person— like 10-20, often with family members not wearing masks I assume they actually have covid or they got messed up by the covid situation and will need counseling at some point to feel safe.

I’m middle aged and I wear a mask to limit my likelihood of getting Covid or Monkeypox. I’m an ex-liberal, BTW.

This is such a stunning but revealing statement. Monkey pox is basically a sexually transmitted disease most common among men having sex with men. That is a fact. It is not airborne and yet you wear a mask for that. This is evidence that you really don’t understand what masks can do in terms of protection and for what illnesses. And, as another poster said, unless you are using an N95, masks don’t help. But you can wear and N95 and if you are a man having sex with another man and you don’t know each other, that mask isn’t going to help you. Ignorance on display!

I’m afraid you are revealing your ignorance. Monkeypox is, among other modes of transmission, airborne. The CDC and WHO used to say so on this their websites, but that was removed from their websites this past spring. Monkeypox is a massive DNA virus which makes it less mobile in the air than Covid, but respiratory transmission is a thing.

BTW, it was never an STD/STI. But, being close enough to someone to have sex with them will make airborne transmission much easier. Have sex with someone who has influenza and you can get the flu, but still we wouldn’t call influenza an STD/STI.

Still masked and glad to tell all why that is.

You are just wrong. It’s incredible that Jeff allows you to keep posting this but hey.

Pray tell how you know I’m wrong, I’m pretty well versed in this stuff.

And why does my doing it bother you? It seems you may have an irrational fixation on others’ actions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If I see a middle aged person wearing a mask now, they are a liberal and want you to know it. If they are old, I figure they may just be hedging their bets but also probably liberal. When I see a young person— like 10-20, often with family members not wearing masks I assume they actually have covid or they got messed up by the covid situation and will need counseling at some point to feel safe.

I’m middle aged and I wear a mask to limit my likelihood of getting Covid or Monkeypox. I’m an ex-liberal, BTW.

This is such a stunning but revealing statement. Monkey pox is basically a sexually transmitted disease most common among men having sex with men. That is a fact. It is not airborne and yet you wear a mask for that. This is evidence that you really don’t understand what masks can do in terms of protection and for what illnesses. And, as another poster said, unless you are using an N95, masks don’t help. But you can wear and N95 and if you are a man having sex with another man and you don’t know each other, that mask isn’t going to help you. Ignorance on display!

I’m afraid you are revealing your ignorance. Monkeypox is, among other modes of transmission, airborne. The CDC and WHO used to say so on this their websites, but that was removed from their websites this past spring. Monkeypox is a massive DNA virus which makes it less mobile in the air than Covid, but respiratory transmission is a thing.

BTW, it was never an STD/STI. But, being close enough to someone to have sex with them will make airborne transmission much easier. Have sex with someone who has influenza and you can get the flu, but still we wouldn’t call influenza an STD/STI.

Still masked and glad to tell all why that is.

You are just wrong. It’s incredible that Jeff allows you to keep posting this but hey.

Pray tell how you know I’m wrong, I’m pretty well versed in this stuff.

And why does my doing it bother you? It seems you may have an irrational fixation on others’ actions.

I don’t care if you mask but I do care if you are spreading false information.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If I see a middle aged person wearing a mask now, they are a liberal and want you to know it. If they are old, I figure they may just be hedging their bets but also probably liberal. When I see a young person— like 10-20, often with family members not wearing masks I assume they actually have covid or they got messed up by the covid situation and will need counseling at some point to feel safe.

I’m middle aged and I wear a mask to limit my likelihood of getting Covid or Monkeypox. I’m an ex-liberal, BTW.

This is such a stunning but revealing statement. Monkey pox is basically a sexually transmitted disease most common among men having sex with men. That is a fact. It is not airborne and yet you wear a mask for that. This is evidence that you really don’t understand what masks can do in terms of protection and for what illnesses. And, as another poster said, unless you are using an N95, masks don’t help. But you can wear and N95 and if you are a man having sex with another man and you don’t know each other, that mask isn’t going to help you. Ignorance on display!

I’m afraid you are revealing your ignorance. Monkeypox is, among other modes of transmission, airborne. The CDC and WHO used to say so on this their websites, but that was removed from their websites this past spring. Monkeypox is a massive DNA virus which makes it less mobile in the air than Covid, but respiratory transmission is a thing.

BTW, it was never an STD/STI. But, being close enough to someone to have sex with them will make airborne transmission much easier. Have sex with someone who has influenza and you can get the flu, but still we wouldn’t call influenza an STD/STI.

Still masked and glad to tell all why that is.

This is wrong. Reports now indicate that almost all cases involve rash, anogenital lesions, and mucosal lesions. It is most definitely a STD.

Pshaw! There’s nothing about transmission in what you have said! You’re fooling yourself!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If I see a middle aged person wearing a mask now, they are a liberal and want you to know it. If they are old, I figure they may just be hedging their bets but also probably liberal. When I see a young person— like 10-20, often with family members not wearing masks I assume they actually have covid or they got messed up by the covid situation and will need counseling at some point to feel safe.

I’m middle aged and I wear a mask to limit my likelihood of getting Covid or Monkeypox. I’m an ex-liberal, BTW.

This is such a stunning but revealing statement. Monkey pox is basically a sexually transmitted disease most common among men having sex with men. That is a fact. It is not airborne and yet you wear a mask for that. This is evidence that you really don’t understand what masks can do in terms of protection and for what illnesses. And, as another poster said, unless you are using an N95, masks don’t help. But you can wear and N95 and if you are a man having sex with another man and you don’t know each other, that mask isn’t going to help you. Ignorance on display!

I’m afraid you are revealing your ignorance. Monkeypox is, among other modes of transmission, airborne. The CDC and WHO used to say so on this their websites, but that was removed from their websites this past spring. Monkeypox is a massive DNA virus which makes it less mobile in the air than Covid, but respiratory transmission is a thing.

BTW, it was never an STD/STI. But, being close enough to someone to have sex with them will make airborne transmission much easier. Have sex with someone who has influenza and you can get the flu, but still we wouldn’t call influenza an STD/STI.

Still masked and glad to tell all why that is.

This is wrong. Reports now indicate that almost all cases involve rash, anogenital lesions, and mucosal lesions. It is most definitely a STD.

Then how have peoples' pets and children contacted it? Are you accusing them of bestiality?

[Anonymous]

Right now, I assume anyone wearing a mask tested positive and is still in the 10 day window.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right now, I assume anyone wearing a mask tested positive and is still in the 10 day window.

Whatever works for you to protect your psyche from those menacing masks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right now, I assume anyone wearing a mask tested positive and is still in the 10 day window.

You do you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I don’t understand is people wearing masks on trails with no one anywhere near them. Just yesterday I saw a lady walking on a trail midday. Alone.

Completely wide open area, outdoors.

What is the point of this?

Sounds like it's something you should have asked her while you had the chance, instead of manufacturing insinuations from your own paranoia. I'm sorry people wearing masks is causing your brain to melt down.

Ok, next time I see you out on the trail, I’ll say hello.