Masks, social distancing, washing hands will never be 100% effective. The goal is to slow down the rate of infection until a vaccine is widely available. You don't want to follow the recommended guidelines, fine with me. Just don't bitch when the government shuts down the economy to help stop the spread. You were given choices, deal with the consequences.

^ and I don’t want to seem inconsiderate, that wasn’t my intention. I’ve lost family members to this virus. I understand it. We’ve pretty well kept my father in law locked at home over the last 10 months because he does not need to get the virus. We aren’t strapping a mask on him, walking Walmart and telling people to mask up “for his safety”.

Strictly my opinion here.

I'll say this. Everywhere I go, the store, work, gas station, no matter, No one and I mean not 1 single person is without a mask. Only place that I haven't seen a single mask is my hunting club. I don't know what the heck can be done to prevent the spread it but 100% of the people that I know who have contracted it have worn masks religiously. Don't tell me that masks work. I don't believe it. Like someone on here said, "Preventing COVID with a mask is like wearing jeans to keep a fart in." But what else can one do? We can social distance but I swear you're gonna find some hermit somewhere that hasn't been around a person in months who will test positive. (falsely probably though). And speaking of that, I just know there are waaaaay more false positives out there than being reported.

this virus is real and it can kill folks. even healthy ones. I wear my mask because I am up in folks faces a lot with what I do. I don't like it. I don't want the virus but I'm not sure about this vaccine either. How can the same vaccine prevent a virus that can manifest in presentation from absolutely zero symptoms to respiration arrest. I also saw my first patient yesterday who takes Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) lupus and caught it bad.

It's just such a crazy time and I just pray that neither me nor my loved ones catch it.

Dr. B

You realize Construction workers (like me) and heath care workers have to wear it because it's POLICY.

Those 15 days back in March were to slow the spread though, right? If lockdowns work to the point of slowing the spread enough, then why hasn’t it slowed enough to open back up? If masks work enough to slow the spread, why hasn’t the spread slowed enough by now? There are far more people wearing masks than not (from my every day sightings). The flu is non existent this year. Is it Because everyone social distancing, masking and washing hands? Weird how that works on the flu, but not the same on covid.

Oh and guess what.... now they are screaming about the “new strands” of covid that hopefully our current vaccine will work against. They want people scared. For some reason or another..and it’s working to a massive scale.

I'm with you, doc.

The people that I know that have been the most strict on masks and self quarantining at home, all have caught it anyway. Of course, they are also the same group of people who go get checked at the first sniffle.

Oh and those "facts" are found in what research?

And why are those policies in place? Because they have been proven to prevent injury!

I personally don't think mask work worth a chit. For 1 most people aren't wearing them properly, 2 nobody can't tell me it's a good thing for people with chronic sinus problems and allergies to be breathing in your own crap for extended periods of time while wearing a mask. I do however think that personal hygiene and social distancing help. Just my .02

Not my point IDOT. All the Construction and healthcare workers i know (and it's a bunch) wouldn't wear 'em if they weren't forced to. I was behind a hospital just last week and i didn't see one Dr or Nurse wearing one outside the hospital, but y'all carry on, i definitely didn't get back on here to argue with you ditch pickle 👍

What's the first thing we were told not to do in the beginning? Dont touch your face. What's the first thing you do when entering a store requiring you to wear a mask? YOU TOUCH YOUR FACE!

The mask is the mark of the beast.

Also, if your sick or have been exposed to someone who is....stay the @#$% home and away from other people. If you are in the high risk categories (elderly, any type of compromised immune system etc) again stay the #$%@ home and away from people.

That's why I love this place. We have professionals in EVERY field

I just follow your lead DK, that way I always know I'm in the right lane

I had an uncle who hasn’t been able to have visitors or Family see him. They practically locked the nursing home down to outside contact. Everyone had to wear mask inside. Yet Covid got in and spread. This virus is bad and contagious but those mask don’t help much.

Everyone I know that wears a face covering actually ends up touching their mouth area even more. They then proceed to touch common surfaces like door knobs, sink handles, light switches and such. Most of the people that I know that have gotten Covid are actually vigilant mask-wearers.