I don't like wearing a mask but I never leave my property without it. Same for my kids, ages 3-6. I find myself getting irritable when my mask isn't staying on well, my glasses fog up, I can't see well, it's a little harder to breathe, or most of all when we're out for a walk, scoot, bike ride and other people aren't wearing masks. It's stressful to have my kids feel scared and try to walk into the street to avoid someone without a mask on the sidewalk, and it definitely makes me irritable.

Wearing a mask isn't anyone's first choice, but people not wearing masks right now need to get their act together. You're being selfish and your choices affect other people's physical health and mental health. Find a better mask that fits your face more comfortably. CVS has started selling surgical masks. Cute cotton ones on Etsy are $10-15. Wear a bandana. Something.

just wear a mask if you are going to be around other people. This isn't hard.

and no, you are NOT going to get carbon monoxide poisoning (I got booted from a friend's facebook page for daring to say this to her-and this is someone with multiple degrees from a top university).

Anonymous wrote: When I wear one I am more irritable. I have to catch myself and make sure I am still polite or apologize if I get a little snippy about something that would roll off my back. Had an elderly person keep getting way to close to me at the store to ask a question and then the poor lady had poor hearing. I kept moving away and she kept coming at me.

I know the general anxiety of Covid makes us crazier, but even walking outside without a mask I am much more laid back about moving away from people than I am when wearing one. I also don't get annoyed by little things.

In the beginning, yes. But now that I’m used to wearing a mask on the sidewalks and grocery store I don’t even notice it.

That said, rude stupidity gets to me. Stopping smack in the middle of the sidewalk texting; seeing two people walking together taking up the whole walk and making old people hobble to the lawns or into the street; fat old guys hugging and puffing and not wearing a mask... I assume all those idiots existed before corona but never noticed them before.

^^ in the

I also saw you claimed to be a scrub nurse. A scrub nurse who wants to consider her face mask sterile in surgery because it is "electrostatically charged?"

Are you seriously considering your face mask ok to touch during surgery? There is no way you are not misrepresenting yourself. Collarbone to waist -- nothing above or below.

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Anonymous wrote:Breathing in your own carbon dioxide can’t be a good thing.

This country has been full of doctors, nurses, and scrub techs working surgeries all day, wearing masks. The mask is not the problem.

You all keep making this argument. The masks that doctors, surgeons, ect. are wear are designed to be worn all day. They are so think they are like cotton candy. They are designed for air to flow easily and fully directly through the fabric. They aren't sterile because they trap air, but because they are electrostatically charged. The cotton masks do not allow for proper air flow. I don't watch Fox News, I am a scrub nurse. The cotton masks are not hurting us, but they are not meant to be worn for many hours per day and I just want to correct those of you making the comparison. It's not correct.

There are surgical masks (and similar type) available online and in some stores.

You think they are sterile after you put them on? You are either not a nurse, or not a very good one. Your surgical face mask is sterile int he unopened container. When it is on your face, if you touch it with a sterile-gloved hand, you have broken sterility. Why do you not know this? A first year med student knows this.

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Anonymous wrote:Breathing in your own carbon dioxide can’t be a good thing.

Medical professionals do it all day long on a regular basis. You’ve watched too many conspiracy theory videos.

+1

This ridiculousness must be getting spewed out on Fox news because my mother just told me the same thing about wearing masks.

If you were breathing in just carbon dioxide and there was no real air coming in, you'd be dead.

It is. I live in the south and these fools are all over social media spewing that "masks are unhealthy and more dangerous than the Covid because U are breathing in ur carbon monoxides". Being a southerner on social media right now be like....

Oh, Jesus.

Well Jesus, we have the same crazy here in high falutin DMV. See 14:22.

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Anonymous wrote:Breathing in your own carbon dioxide can’t be a good thing.

This country has been full of doctors, nurses, and scrub techs working surgeries all day, wearing masks. The mask is not the problem.

You all keep making this argument. The masks that doctors, surgeons, ect. are wear are designed to be worn all day. They are so think they are like cotton candy. They are designed for air to flow easily and fully directly through the fabric. They aren't sterile because they trap air, but because they are electrostatically charged. The cotton masks do not allow for proper air flow. I don't watch Fox News, I am a scrub nurse. The cotton masks are not hurting us, but they are not meant to be worn for many hours per day and I just want to correct those of you making the comparison. It's not correct.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Breathing in your own carbon dioxide can’t be a good thing.

Medical professionals do it all day long on a regular basis. You’ve watched too many conspiracy theory videos.

+1

This ridiculousness must be getting spewed out on Fox news because my mother just told me the same thing about wearing masks.

If you were breathing in just carbon dioxide and there was no real air coming in, you'd be dead.

It is. I live in the south and these fools are all over social media spewing that "masks are unhealthy and more dangerous than the Covid because U are breathing in ur carbon monoxides". Being a southerner on social media right now be like....

Oh, Jesus.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Breathing in your own carbon dioxide can’t be a good thing.

Medical professionals do it all day long on a regular basis. You’ve watched too many conspiracy theory videos.

+1

This ridiculousness must be getting spewed out on Fox news because my mother just told me the same thing about wearing masks.

If you were breathing in just carbon dioxide and there was no real air coming in, you'd be dead.

It is. I live in the south and these fools are all over social media spewing that "masks are unhealthy and more dangerous than the Covid because U are breathing in ur carbon monoxides". Being a southerner on social media right now be like....

My friend told me you don't have to wear make w/with a mask on - I'm in!

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Anonymous wrote:Breathing in your own carbon dioxide can’t be a good thing.

Medical professionals do it all day long on a regular basis. You’ve watched too many conspiracy theory videos.

There are a lot of other professions who chose to expose themselves to different levels of danger, military, people involved with radiation exposure, etc. This is their personal choice, and they are compensated for doing that. Show me how many doctors walking in scrubs and masks during their unpaid time.

The last person you want doing a 10 hour neurosurgery procedure is someone who is having difficulty breathing or thinking.

Surgical masks are not a risk. That is really quite silly.

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Anonymous wrote:Breathing in your own carbon dioxide can’t be a good thing.

This country has been full of doctors, nurses, and scrub techs working surgeries all day, wearing masks. The mask is not the problem.

A doctor tested his own CO2 while wearing surgical + N95s and found it was extremely elevated. All us running around with cloth masks are obviously fine of course.

Are you under the impression that preCOVID-time, surgeons and their support staff were wearing N95s routinely in operating theaters? Much less a surgical over an N95?

Don't wear an N95 unless you are working with COVID patients up close. Problem solved.

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Anonymous wrote:Breathing in your own carbon dioxide can’t be a good thing.

Medical professionals do it all day long on a regular basis. You’ve watched too many conspiracy theory videos.

There are a lot of other professions who chose to expose themselves to different levels of danger, military, people involved with radiation exposure, etc. This is their personal choice, and they are compensated for doing that. Show me how many doctors walking in scrubs and masks during their unpaid time.

I don't know, I don't wear one. It makes my breathing more difficult, and it makes me touch my face more than necessary. It is not good for me.

I don't enjoy wearing it but it does make me much more aware of my behavior: where my hands are, what I'm touching, who I'm near. It also provides a visual reminder/excuse for behavior that would otherwise be socially aberrant, like not holding the elevator or going out of your way to avoid someone. It also helps me feel like I'm doing my part to be a good citizen and help with the mitigation efforts.