@bar-29368 wrote:
I wouldn't do it because you could be left with a bunch of stock you paid way too much for.
I can't recall who said it over the weekend, but it was some spokesperson for one of the "health agencies" who said (in caps even) STOP BUYING MASKS!!
Only those who are already ill or healthcare workers should be wearing them. They do nothing to prevent healthy people getting it.
Correct. Which is why I did not buy any, either. You see masses of healthcare employees in **bleep** and elsewhere, wearing FULL BODY ARMOR a.k.a. discardable full-body suites and full-face masks, and some of them still get infected and die. That is, because protecting yourself while in public, or around infected people, is one thing - what happens during and after discarding of the protective gear, is another. When / if you touch the contaminated and disposable gear with your bare (or gloved) hands to throw it away, and then touch your nose, eyes, ears, mouth etc. while on the way to the sink to wash your hands as the CDC recommends to do, you already have infected yourself, or at a minimum, transferred the "thing" to your door knobs as you walk from the trash bin through your home.
And who is going to wear full body cover, including protection of the shoe soles (!!!) when going to Wal*Mart to pick up some food?
And if you order the groceries with home-delivery, do you know where the home delivery guy at your door delivered prior to coming to your doorstep? He accepted payment (card or cash) from the neighbors who may have already been infected and now with the same gloves on his hand, he will ask you to give him your card to pay. You can guess how that will work.
This virus works differently from any other, hence it is not comparable to other strains of the flu that mostly spread through airborne (Influenza A and B) or blood-to-blood transmission (HIV). It spreads in multiple ways, and similar to HIV, it stays in the body and has the ability to "hide" from your immune system, just like HIV does. But there the similarities end. This is how it is possible for previously discharged people with "negative" clinical picture to come down with it, again. Because it has a program (whether due to natural adjusting or man-made interference) to "hide" and be elusive in the dormant stage.
In short, it does not matter much if and how you are trying to protect yourself, in the end, it will be based on multiple other factors (among those, your luck) whether or not you'll become a carrier. While the sheer size of the U.S.A. is more than likely taking care of a slow spread, spreading it will, and again, no mask will help you avoid it, or survive it, if you happen to be in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and additionally, your immune system is temporarily or permanently compromised. This thing is the devil in disguise.
Until then, just keep washing your hands, and don't forget to take your meds (per the CDC).
PW
