Wearing Masks

[h.h.]

So The young need to be sacrificed to save the old?
Seems like a decision only a govt run by old folks would come up with

The young are doing fine in spite of your straw man.

 

[mowood3479]

The young are doing fine in spite of your straw man.

That’s not what the World health organization has said... they’re claiming millions will starve due to covid lockdowns, and in my state over a third of families who rent are facing eviction come jan1.
Not to mention suicide rates and overdose death rates spiking..
Tons of “costs” to Shuttering the economy.
But go ahead keep whistling in the dark

 

[bigtacofarmer]

That’s not what the World health organization has said... they’re claiming millions will starve due to covid lockdowns, and in my state over a third of families who rent are facing eviction come jan1.
Not to mention suicide rates and overdose death rates spiking..
Tons of “costs” to Shuttering the economy.
But go ahead keep whistling in the dark

So shouldn't our energy be put into "socialist" ways of helping those in need?

We have the technology and know how.

 

[h.h.]

That’s not what the World health organization has said... they’re claiming millions will starve due to covid lockdowns, and in my state over a third of families who rent are facing eviction come jan1.
Not to mention suicide rates and overdose death rates spiking..
Tons of “costs” to Shuttering the economy.
But go ahead keep whistling in the dark

Just wear a mask. Take precautions. Stop the drama. Save lives. Next you’ll be claiming your right to shit in the street. If you don’t shit you die, right? It happens.

 

[mowood3479]

Just wear a mask. Take precautions. Stop the drama. Save lives. Next you’ll be claiming your right to shit in the street. If you don’t shit you die, right? It happens.

You could try to make me wear a mask.. I’d enjoy that interaction.

Cloth Masks r useless.. get a full face mask with supplemental oxygen and full body hazmat suit if you want to stop a virus.

 

[mowood3479]

So shouldn't our energy be put into "socialist" ways of helping those in need?

We have the technology and know how.

Nothing wastes resources more efficiently than the government.
Imo the entire reason for this disaster is government intervention.

I don’t think more government intervention would help.
Likely it would only debase the dollar further, further destroy small business and further consolidate Crony corporate chokeholds on markets Imho

 

[bigtacofarmer]

Yeah. That several trillion given to the richest people in the country did not find its way into the pockets of those who need it most.

No matter how you do the math. They gave away enough money to keep everyone and their small business taken care of. And they chose to make sure billionaires don't starve.

Insert you Bernie Sanders insult here.......

#AOC2024

 

[mowood3479]

Yeah. That several trillion given to the richest people in the country did not find its way into the pockets of those who need it most.

No matter how you do the math. They gave away enough money to keep everyone and their small business taken care of. And they chose to make sure billionaires don't starve.

Insert you Bernie Sanders insult here.......

#AOC2024

Here I agree with you. (Other than the aoc nonsense)
I wish they had taken that trillion dollar Stimulus package and divided it up the among the People (instead of the banks)
Instead we get $1200 while incurring 17k in National debt (per person)
That’s a raw deal.
But what I really wish is we had govt policy like Sweden and the. The govt wouldn’t have to Try repair alL the damage it caused,

 

[h.h.]

You could try to make me wear a mask.. I’d enjoy that interaction.

Cloth Masks r useless.. get a full face mask with supplemental oxygen and full body hazmat suit if you want to stop a virus.

You probably would, but I’m not into guys.

 

[mowood3479]

You probably would, but I’m not into guys.

Oh damn, a gay joke.
I find that offensive zer. that you would use gayness as a put down.
What if I was gay and proud of it.
Would that be a problem for you..?

 

[h.h.]

Oh damn, a gay joke.
I find that offensive zer. that you would use gayness as a put down.
What if I was gay and proud of it.
Would that be a problem for you..?

Not at all. Just explaining that I’m not interested in your invitation for physical contact. Not into it.

 

[mowood3479]

Not at all. Just explaining that I’m not interested in your invitation for physical contact. Not into it.

Well it’s gonna be pretty hard to force me to wear a mask without physical assault..
Unless Mayb ur Jedi mindtricks work better in person ?

 

[h.h.]

Well it’s gonna be pretty hard to force me to wear a mask without physical assault..
Unless Mayb ur Jedi mindtricks work better in person ?

How about shitting in the street? Will you stop doing that?

 

[gaiusmarius]

71 million people driven to extreme poverty and 100 million more driven to bellow the poverty line by covid lock downs.

Projected poverty impacts of COVID-19 (coronavirus)

https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/brief/projected-poverty-impacts-of-COVID-19

Poverty projections suggest that the social and economic impacts of the crisis are likely to be quite significant. Estimates based on growth projections from the June 2020 Global Economic Prospects report show that, when compared with pre-crisis forecasts, COVID-19 could push 71 million people into extreme poverty in 2020 under the baseline scenario and 100 million under the downside scenario. As a result, the global extreme poverty rate would increase from 8.23% in 2019 to 8.82% under the baseline scenario or 9.18% under the downside scenario, representing the first increase in global extreme poverty since 1998, effectively wiping out progress made since 2017. While a small decline in poverty is expected in 2021 under the baseline scenario, projected impacts are likely to be long-lasting.

The number of people living under the international poverty lines for lower and upper middle-income countries – $3.20/day and $5.50/day in 2011 PPP, respectively – is also projected to increase significantly, signaling that social and economic impacts will be widely felt. Specifically, under the baseline scenario, COVID-19 could generate 176 million additional poor at $3.20 and 177 million additional poor at $5.50. This is equivalent to an increase in the poverty rate of 2.3 percentage points compared to a no-COVID-19 scenario.

A large share of the new extreme poor will be concentrated in countries that are already struggling with high poverty rates and numbers of poor. Almost half of the projected new poor will be in South Asia, and more than a third in Sub-Saharan Africa. Under the baseline scenario, the number of extreme poor in IDA, Blend and FCV countries is projected to increase by 21, 10 and 18 million, respectively.

The increase in the extreme poverty rate and number of extreme poor are projected to be significantly higher under both the baseline and downside scenario if inequality were to increase as a consequence of the crisis. For instance, a 1% increase in the Gini coefficient (on the upper side of the experience of previous pandemics2) would translate into an additional 19 million in extreme poverty, bringing the global total to 90 million in the baseline scenario. In the downside scenario, there would be an additional 16 million extreme poor, bringing the global total to 116 million. Further increases in inequality would only worsen this picture.

The same is true were GDP growth to be lower than projected under the downside scenario. Specifically, a 2 percentage point decline in GDP growth, vis-a-vis the downside scenario, would raise the number of additional extreme poor to 124 million.

 

[gaiusmarius]

some people its just not worth arguing with. they are incapable of digesting more then 1 piece of information at a time. covid bad, so lock down good. any thoughts beyond that apparently hurt the brain.

 

[vanilla dutch]

Wearing a mask and practicing social distancing is the best way to avoid catching covid 19. Why on earth someone wouldn't want to wear a mask is beyond me.

 

[h.h.]

some people its just not worth arguing with. they are incapable of digesting more then 1 piece of information at a time. covid bad, so lock down good. any thoughts beyond that apparently hurt the brain.

So you just ignore it? This thread is about wearing masks. Not lockdowns. If there wasn’t so much resistance to such a simple act, there would be much more freedom and fewer deaths. Why is that so hard to understand without throwing in the straw man arguments about lockdowns as well as the insults.

 

[Hammerhead]

Lock downs will never work. If everyone used masks and self isolated as much as possible it wouldn't be this bad.

 

[armedoldhippy]

Oh. So not in this thread.

nor in this country that i have read about.

 

[EsterEssence]

The lying CHEAT OH goes DR. shopping to find one that will be loyal and say that masks might not be the answer, Dr. Fauci, and DR. Brix both say wear a mask, science backs up their conclusions. The CHEAT OH made fun of a reporter at one of his rallies for wearing a mask, what message does that say?