- It doesn’t exist anymore
- It does exist, but it’s just another flu-like virus
- It’s much worse than the flu, but it only affected other people so far, so it won’t affect me
ample evidence exists to prove all 3 wrong
oh yea, the exotic chud response which they’ve conveniently memoryholed:
4) covid is fake and never existed
A family friend told me when I mentioned masking that “so many bacteria get trapped under masks, we need to live more in tune with nature” — I am so tired. I don’t want to tolerate that nonsense but I also feel like she’s too far gone to be reached.
yea honkeys are dum
It’s hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it’s damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person
I’ve given up trying to reach people. I’m already too tired to exist, and don’t feel like I can expend more energy convincing people to acknowledge the reality. Showing somebody my google searches and begging them to believe my lived experiences just seems so useless at this point.
As an aside, I have a genuine concern to be made about proper mask hygiene and maybe environmental concerns from all the used masks.
What is the best way to mask properly over a long period of time?
Hygiene:
If disposable: I generally rotate a disposable after each long use, let it air out for a couple days and use a different one. Honestly, the headstraps tend to break just from repeated donning and doffing and that prevents overuse. But if the straps don’t break, eventually a disposable respirator may get beat up or kind of visibly gross and then I toss it and use a new one.
If elastomeric: Disassemble and wipe down with a bit of water every few uses or after a long use. It depends. Wash it occasionally. The biggest problem I ran into with my elastomeric was that it traps a lot of water and I forgot to disassemble and dry it after use, let it sit for a few days, and came back to find it was really musty. Disassembled it and washed it but the mildew was growing in the filters so I had to just toss the filters and get a new one.
Other than that there isn’t really a concern. How quickly a respirator will get gross will vary based on your activities while wearing it and how long you wear it. If you’re working a physical job in a respirator all day, you may want a fresh one every day just because you don’t want to be pushing old sweat and body grime onto your face at the seals.
Environmental: I mean, we are just individuals trying not to get fucked up by the plague. Our impact is minimal compared to the environmental devastation that Capitalism and its related imperialist wars drive. I don’t worry about it, except for one thing: When I’m done with a mask I always rip the straps on one end so that if some animal encounters it in a landfill or the wind picks it up, they don’t get tangled in the straps. A thing I read about back in 2020.
Been thinking about this too because I use disposables and been meaning to look into a reusable option that is effective without looking like I’m a plague doctor.
We need to start a cult of some sort that incorporates these.
https://microclimate.com/
Like Earth Astronauts or something.
People at work would just think I road my bike, until I never took it off and they realized I don’t own a bike.
Well that’s all well and good, but what about the bike owners?
I wish I could bike to work… 50 miles one way is a bit much lol.
Lol well obviously you have to camp at work and charge them for transit time.
Wash hands, don mask. (Don’t touch it). Doff mask. Wash hands. Some masks are meant to only touched at the tabs, i.e. 3M Aura 1870+.