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KiminNM
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Posted: July 28 2021 at 8:12am |
Those in the US probably know of Montel Williams. He just posted this yesterday. He lives in Florida. - He was wearing a mask I have been extremely cautious, especially given my auto immune disease, but was recently not feeling well, and sure enough, was diagnosed with COVID despite having been vaccinated. The good news is that for most people, if you do still contract the virus, it is a much more mild case. I feel like I have a bad case of the flu and am grateful I was vaccinated. No matter what you’ve heard, Covid is no joke!! I hope people understand, unless we all agree to get vaccinated, we risk our species future existence. We’re only one mutation/variation away from a variant that’s so vaccine resistant it could end mankind. Don’t get vaccinated for yourself, get vaccinated for your children and human existence.
What type of mask was he wearing? |
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Technophobe
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Contrary to popular belief, masks don't protect the wearer very much. They are much better at protecting everyone from the wearer. N95, FFP3 and can offer quite good protection for the wearer, but not complete even then. You have to put them on and take them off properly as well and few people are disciplined and educated enough to do so. Wearing masks (even a flimsy bit of tissue) does reduce viral load, so it is a great adjunct to the vaccine. The vaccine teaches your system what to do, the mask buys it enough time to do it. |
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KiminNM
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Agreed. Hence the '95' in the names. I did post and ask what type of mask he was wearing, though I doubt I'll get a response. |
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ME163
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Well, I guess it is time to go back ahd wear a mask and even this may not work. The time has come to break out the tyvek suits again. This is the third wave of covid now. Vaccine may not work now iin some cases. |
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KiminNM
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I haven't seen anything published, so this is just fyi for y'all to be able to consider when protecting yourself. But, also reading articles that with the higher viral load there are more particles to hang in the air, so just going in after someone contagious has been in a place - with no direct contact at all - is enough to get it. And in seconds, not minutes of exposure. |
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KiwiMum
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I'm amazed that some people think the masks they are wearing will offer then any protection at all. Have you seen the masks being worn by the Australian Olympic Swimming team? They are tiny, they don't fit, they are gaping all over the place but on the plus side, they are green and yellow! In the main, mask wearing is virtue signalling. As Techno said, most people have no idea how to wear a mask or how to handle it properly. It's all virtue signalling. |
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Those who got it wrong, for whatever reason, may feel defensive and retrench into a position that doesn’t accord with the facts.
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KiminNM
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Yeah, my Dad and stepmom handle their masks the wrong way. I've seen a ton of people that wear it without squishing the metal nose loop down across their nose leaving gaps, etc. |
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KiwiMum
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I guess we need to stop worrying about what other people are doing and just make sure that we're protecting ourselves as much as we can. I'm happy to wear a mask in situations where it makes other people feel protected, and I'll wear one if I feel unsafe, but other than that, I won't wear one. It seems we're seeing mask wearing going from one extreme to another and I still laugh when I see someone wearing one just over their mouth and not their nose, or better still, on their chin with mouth and nose uncovered. But my absolute favourite is the person driving a car on their own and still wearing a mask. I can only assume they wear one in their own home as well. It's madness. |
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Those who got it wrong, for whatever reason, may feel defensive and retrench into a position that doesn’t accord with the facts.
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KiminNM
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Umm, info re: wearing masks in a car. I've done it frequently, when I'm going from one errand straight to another and it will only be a few minutes. Since I always group my errands on the same day I end up wearing one in the car a lot. |
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Tabitha111
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Montel Williams does NOT have ALS, he has MS which is completely different than ALS. Still it can be immune comprimising if you use certain drugs to treat it. I have MS, yet I am on zero therapies. I can run and walk great, you would not know I had MS unless I told you. I am one of the lucky ones and some neurologists have told me that my MS "burned itself out" years ago, since my MRI shows only one brain lesion since 2006. |
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ViQueen24
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I pray to the universe you stay that way! |
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KiminNM
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You're right, I just mistyped. My cousin has ALS so that's why it came out instead. |
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Little House
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My kids have shown up at home after a long day at work still wearing a mask. They have gotten so comfortable wearing them that they forget that they have them on. They do take them off at home, but sometimes I have to remind them that they have it on. Here’s the thing, not everything you see someone doing has a well thought out reason. The person going into a store without a mask even though masks are mandated? Maybe they believe in masks but just forgot. The person wearing a mask while driving alone, maybe they also forgot. We are all human and far from the perfect ideal we wish we were. |
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