I have a pet rock. I think everyone else should too, since I have one.

Yes, non-medical masks are not designed to filter particulates... they are used to impede spittle ejected from your mouth or nose, when you cough, sneeze or talk. And yes in areas the lockdown has been "eased". But there are still precautions being followed, like social distancing, routine cleaning, reducing the occupancy capacities, and... masks! It may be why there hasn't been any detectable spike.

I wear a mask any time I may come in contact with others, it's out of concern and respect for other people and loved ones.

Some may feel they have this whole virus figured out... they don't and neither do you!

I don't wear a mask because I see no reason to prolong what is inevitable. Don't think science has figured out how to kill a virus. Now if you want to wear a mask have at it, just don't try to force me to wear one to protect your backside from something we will all eventually catch.

This would be one of the sorry I asked moments. LOL

LOL!

Jerry,don't worry about it.It sure wasn't your fault.
Tom

I had to get a part to fix my sink.I went to city to the plumbing store.Salesman said I needed to wait outside while he got the part.The part he said the day before on phone he did not have.I went to the internet and found the part # then called the store the next day.Somehow they found the part they did not have the day before.After getting the part I went to a grocery store to get a donut.In the parking lot and thru out the store everyone had masks and shields.Understand this is a very politically correct liberal city full of sheep.I left and drove to my rural county to one of the larger grocery stores on the way home.When I pulled in the large parking lot I saw no one wearing a mask.I went inside and no one in the store had a mask on including the sales people.There was social distancing which I like because I don't like most people overall and I am glad that they stay away from me.Just to bring the point home I live in a conservative county.

So It sounds like most of you feel that the country should have taken no precautions and lived life like before the covid19 out break. I wonder how that would have worked Out.

Many people wear masks due to allergies. I had two neighbors in Dayton, who wore masks when mowing their grass and have seen numerous other people mowing with masks, long before Covid-19. The people hiking could just have bad pollen allergies.

Keith

Actually they are absolutely designed to filter particulates. They are not designed to filter microscopic things like a virus which can pass right through. They are meant to filter things like sawdust, sanding dust and other large particulates. By the way, I do have the entire thing figured out. It's a scam, a government power grab and the sheeple are to stupid to notice. There are very few people that this virus has been proven to be a danger to. People with pre existing medical conditions and the elderly. Other than that it's not a big deal for normal healthy people. 5 minutes of research and you can find that out. Get a clue and get a grip.

I'll be 81 tomorrow and you think i'm a disposable person. Screw you buddy.

So, by following your opinion ("...not necessarily based on fact or knowledge"), the only ones that should be worrying about this are "People with pre-existing conditions and the elderly.", a group in which some on here as well as the elderly couple in the OP clearly fall in to. Yet you keep on referring to those folks as "Sheep'" even though they are doing what they can to protect themselves.

You're still scrambling, Finster.

Moosetrot

I don’t find it beyond the realm of possibility China designed a virus to eliminate the sick and elderly mainly, only.

Don't let it bother you. A lot of us on here know where you're coming from and don't feel it's that big of a deal. It's definitely been blown way out of proportion. Kinda reminds me of that old game we used to play called musical chairs.

That, or maybe just a solution to their overpopulation woes.

I didn't see anyone even hint at anything like that. Where is that posted?

People that wear mask are free to do so and I say rock on. People like me that don't are free to do so and I say rock on. We should be happy we have the freedom to choose, not berate those that choose differently.

The main issue with this virus for me is no-one knows what the long term effects are going to be from those who do get it.

A friend of mine and his wife are 2 of the 6 in Elk county that had it and finally came out of it after 2 weeks on a vent.

He actually went to get tested for the antibodies to see if he had already had it. He's extremely healthy. Never smoked, did any drugs, drank about the equivalent of a case of beer a year, no underlying issues. He had a suspicion he had been exposed at work back in February. He got the test. Came home and he and his wife were sitting down for dinner when she complained of feeling woosy. On a whim he took her temp and it was 103.5. Called the doctor and he said to give her motrin and check it every hour and see if it came down. Later that evening he looked over and she was listless, and laboring to breathe. He called the ambulance and followed them to the hospital. They wouldn't let him in. As he was walking back to his car he went down. They put him in a bed next to her, and tested them both.
He woke up 14 days later with a machine breathing for him, and his wife was nowhere to be found. (She was 2 ICU beds away) They started turning the vent down and about 16 hours later pulled his tube, and he was breathing totally on his own. They pulled his wife's tube a day later.
They both left the hospital 4 days after hers was pulled.
Three weeks later and she is basically back to normal. He is still having trouble getting back to his normal self as far as his breathing goes.

They figured out who "patient zero" was for them. It was another person who had tested positive for it and refused to self-quarantine. But HiPPA laws prevent the medical professionals from disclosing that info to her and his wife's employer.

He told me it was so scary walking across the parking lot and knowing he was going down and there was nothing he could do about it. Thankfully for him they have people at the doors taking temps and asking questions because the hospital at that time was basically empty because everyone was afraid to go to it.

Hope all is well for your friend and his wife.

Stay safe and well!

Moosetrot