jimnyc
07-29-2020, 02:41 PM
Some just outright refuse to wear them. Some state they simply don't help.
The nation needs to look at them NOT like stopping yourself from inhaling the virus in one way or another. With the good masks reserved and regular folks mainly using cloth masks and what not - the goal to be looked at is using some form of face covering - that will prevent YOU from breathing, coughing or sneezing on others - and therefore lessening their chance of getting it. And the other person should be wearing a mask, and that lessens the chance for you. And if everyone were to do so collectively, the chances of the virus spreading will lessen to some extent, most likely in a great manner.
Will it stop it in it's tracks and eliminate it? No, many will still get for various reasons, but like I said, it will lessen chances and then overall numbers will reduce.
And they need to enforce it at stores and other businesses. I go into a few here and there and inevitably see a few folks without a mask, and no one says anything. And the doors all have massive reminders all over the place. I see videos mainly of citizens fighting with one another. Many of places not letting someone in, but more places need to enforce the policies.
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Why some Americans say they'll never wear a mask — and what that says about the U.S.
While the vast majority of public health experts now agree that wearing face masks could halt the worsening coronavirus pandemic in its tracks, some Americans continue to resist that guidance.
More than two dozen states now have rules requiring residents to wear masks in stores and public areas. Big-box retailers like Target and Walmart have mandated that shoppers don a face covering to frequent their establishments. But the more that masks become embedded in everyday life, the more some people continue to push back. Fueled by mistrust of mainstream information, inconsistent messaging and concerns over the legality of mask mandates, there are some groups across the country that are organizing in protest of mask orders.
Broadcast on social media, confrontations over mask orders continue to erupt inside local businesses, with some turning violent.
“The majority of people seem to be following the recommendation, but research [shows] that there’s a small group of people who, when they feel like they’re being controlled, will respond by acting out,” Vaile Wright, senior director of Health Care Innovation at the American Psychological Association, told Yahoo News. “That might look like breaking the law or, in this case, not following medical recommendations.”
This behavior, Wright says, is influenced by a sense of distress and a lack of understanding of why the masks are necessary. It was also made worse by the fact that officials at the World Health Organization, in an effort to ensure that face masks went first to frontline health care workers, declared that masks were not recommended for everyone.
“You’ve got this huge sense of distrust of the government,” Wright said, “whether it’s local or federal. You’ve got distrust in the science. And then you have this really unfortunate situation where the science changed — science does that, especially in certain situations that are so novel and uncertain, but that’s really confusing for people.”
By a large margin, the U.S. has more confirmed COVID-19 cases (4.3 million) and deaths from it (nearly 150,000) than any other country, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Yet for months, as the number of cases and the death toll have continued to rise, public health experts have issued more unified guidance that wearing a mask can help the country contain the pandemic.
Rest - https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-some-americans-say-theyll-never-wear-a-mask-and-what-that-says-about-the-us-175812512.html
The nation needs to look at them NOT like stopping yourself from inhaling the virus in one way or another. With the good masks reserved and regular folks mainly using cloth masks and what not - the goal to be looked at is using some form of face covering - that will prevent YOU from breathing, coughing or sneezing on others - and therefore lessening their chance of getting it. And the other person should be wearing a mask, and that lessens the chance for you. And if everyone were to do so collectively, the chances of the virus spreading will lessen to some extent, most likely in a great manner.
Will it stop it in it's tracks and eliminate it? No, many will still get for various reasons, but like I said, it will lessen chances and then overall numbers will reduce.
And they need to enforce it at stores and other businesses. I go into a few here and there and inevitably see a few folks without a mask, and no one says anything. And the doors all have massive reminders all over the place. I see videos mainly of citizens fighting with one another. Many of places not letting someone in, but more places need to enforce the policies.
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Why some Americans say they'll never wear a mask — and what that says about the U.S.
While the vast majority of public health experts now agree that wearing face masks could halt the worsening coronavirus pandemic in its tracks, some Americans continue to resist that guidance.
More than two dozen states now have rules requiring residents to wear masks in stores and public areas. Big-box retailers like Target and Walmart have mandated that shoppers don a face covering to frequent their establishments. But the more that masks become embedded in everyday life, the more some people continue to push back. Fueled by mistrust of mainstream information, inconsistent messaging and concerns over the legality of mask mandates, there are some groups across the country that are organizing in protest of mask orders.
Broadcast on social media, confrontations over mask orders continue to erupt inside local businesses, with some turning violent.
“The majority of people seem to be following the recommendation, but research [shows] that there’s a small group of people who, when they feel like they’re being controlled, will respond by acting out,” Vaile Wright, senior director of Health Care Innovation at the American Psychological Association, told Yahoo News. “That might look like breaking the law or, in this case, not following medical recommendations.”
This behavior, Wright says, is influenced by a sense of distress and a lack of understanding of why the masks are necessary. It was also made worse by the fact that officials at the World Health Organization, in an effort to ensure that face masks went first to frontline health care workers, declared that masks were not recommended for everyone.
“You’ve got this huge sense of distrust of the government,” Wright said, “whether it’s local or federal. You’ve got distrust in the science. And then you have this really unfortunate situation where the science changed — science does that, especially in certain situations that are so novel and uncertain, but that’s really confusing for people.”
By a large margin, the U.S. has more confirmed COVID-19 cases (4.3 million) and deaths from it (nearly 150,000) than any other country, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Yet for months, as the number of cases and the death toll have continued to rise, public health experts have issued more unified guidance that wearing a mask can help the country contain the pandemic.
Rest - https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-some-americans-say-theyll-never-wear-a-mask-and-what-that-says-about-the-us-175812512.html