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JMHoo
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Lord the way numbers get thrown around here.
It’s like a game of telephone in an elementary school classroom.
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I'll preface with I wear a mask, but isn't it interesting that France is
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501
10/16/2020 10:44AM
There are no atheists in foxholes. Christie re masks.
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Shenhoo
10/16/2020 12:59PM
It really is that simple. Why is it so hard for Trump? **
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BocaHoo91
10/16/2020 1:20PM
I think the weak point in masks
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Don Catfishio
10/16/2020 12:21PM
I don't think you have to wear it literally all the time, but you would
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BocaHoo91
10/16/2020 12:27PM
I should add, though
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Don Catfishio
10/16/2020 12:25PM
It’s hard to know how much we slow the spread by wearing masks.
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RML Hoos
10/16/2020 11:58AM
Very good post. Yes. **
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Shenhoo
10/16/2020 12:10PM
Masks work best when EVERYONE is wearing them, and seem to be most
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WahooRQ
10/16/2020 12:07PM
Restaurant dining and young people who just don't take it seriously. It's
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WahooRQ
10/16/2020 11:53AM
The point has always been things would be worse without them **
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HoodatB
10/16/2020 11:43AM
Not would. Could. Huge difference. **
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hoothat
10/16/2020 11:55AM
What is your f'ing point?
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HoodatB
10/16/2020 12:26PM
That words have meaning. You should have used could.
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hoothat
10/16/2020 1:41PM
Well, the French are pretty amorous and love their cafes so I could see
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TomGlansAski
10/16/2020 11:29AM
You're overlooking the protective effect that virtue signaling provides. **
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ResistHoo
10/16/2020 11:23AM
This is pretty true. Fauci and the WHO said that...
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Los Angeles Hoo
10/16/2020 11:50AM
We used to just call it being considerate or having manners but
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Hoojack
10/16/2020 11:30AM
I've thankfully only encountered one mask hole, and naturally it was when I
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WahooRQ
10/16/2020 12:01PM
And there it is. Rq wants the world to do what he fucking says.
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hoothat
10/16/2020 12:09PM
You were allowed to have a gun in your hand? That's frightening. **
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Hoodafan
10/16/2020 12:07PM
Yeah, so frightening. I'd say the same for you but we all know you're not
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WahooRQ
10/16/2020 12:09PM
I've been told that sounds like you're compensating for something. **
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Hoodafan
10/16/2020 12:12PM
IOKIRQDI.**
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ResistHoo
10/16/2020 1:02PM
No we did not. In no point has wearing a mask been a sign of good manners.
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hoothat
10/16/2020 11:55AM
Wearing a mask helps the economy!
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HoodatB
10/16/2020 12:27PM
Which is the problem. It's all about feelings, not reality. **
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hoothat
10/16/2020 12:30PM
LOL. We are human. It's ALWAYS about feelings.
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HoodatB
10/16/2020 12:58PM
Is it? We went to moon based on feelings? Who knew? **
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hoothat
10/16/2020 1:09PM
Looking out for others has never been considerate?
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Hoojack
10/16/2020 11:58AM
That's what idiots believe yes.
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hoothat
10/16/2020 12:01PM
Masks don't do shit? **
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HoodatB
10/16/2020 12:58PM
Not alone and in the way used by the laymen, no. **
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hoothat
10/16/2020 1:10PM
I’ve never flung shit with you so I’m not sure why you fee the need to
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Hoojack
10/16/2020 12:04PM
Eh, I'm not saying you can't bring your security blanket...
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hoothat
10/16/2020 12:12PM
Don't lecture me! ...... as I lecture you! **
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HoodatB
10/16/2020 1:00PM
You aren't bright. At all. **
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hoothat
10/16/2020 1:09PM
I’m not living in fear and actually
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Hoojack
10/16/2020 12:25PM
It shouldn't be part of the discussion because they flat out don't work.
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hoothat
10/16/2020 12:29PM
Excellent point. **
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TomGlansAski
10/16/2020 11:45AM
Is it true that MAGA hats serve a prophylactic purpose? **
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Beerman
10/16/2020 11:26AM
The MAGA hat prophylactic effect extends only to facts and new ideas **
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TomGlansAski
10/16/2020 11:31AM
MAGA masks are actually more effective than standard...the 50-60% of the
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Tuckahokie
10/16/2020 11:28AM
My usual reminder, masks are intended to protect others from you. They do n
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111Balz
10/16/2020 11:21AM
May slow it down. May. **
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hoothat
10/16/2020 11:59AM
We're just screwed, it really doesn't matter what we do.
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HAZER
10/16/2020 11:20AM
Oh it would change a lot. It would slow the virus down and give us more tim
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111Balz
10/16/2020 11:40AM
If the fox hadn't stopped to a take a shit, he'd have caught the rabbit.
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HAZER
10/16/2020 12:10PM
It’s a mask if everyone would wear masks it would slow the virus down
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111Balz
10/16/2020 12:48PM
Not would. Could. **
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hoothat
10/16/2020 12:04PM
Sounds like a herd mentality **
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TomGlansAski
10/16/2020 11:32AM
Yeah, I've seen this movie for 54 years now.
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HAZER
10/16/2020 12:12PM
A herd of sheeples **
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81_Hokie
10/16/2020 11:43AM
You wouldn’t believe that locking your car doors prevents 100%
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Hoojack
10/16/2020 11:20AM
This. Which is simply just common sense. **
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HoodatB
10/16/2020 11:44AM
But that's why we don't build a border wall?!?!? They come in anyway?!?!? **
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ResistHoo
10/16/2020 11:31AM
If each mask cost $50,000 then the cost benefit analysis might change
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RML Hoos
10/16/2020 12:04PM
Well there’s also a cost benefit analysis that would apply
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Hoojack
10/16/2020 11:45AM
Good analogy. **
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Shenhoo
10/16/2020 11:23AM
Agreed **
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HAZER
10/16/2020 11:21AM
70% isn't "Everybody", and it's also likely that some of those 70% are
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Late 80s Hokie
10/16/2020 11:14AM
Lord the way numbers get thrown around here.
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JMHoo
10/16/2020 11:16AM
It's astounding how folks can misunderstand such a simple stat. **
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Hoodafan
10/16/2020 12:02PM
The only one who’s really doing that is you **
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111Balz
10/16/2020 11:29AM
Also depends on how are people wearing the mask. While as Costco yesterday
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JohnHoo2
10/16/2020 11:03AM
And those that never wash or replace theirs, or lift them to speak **
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Beerman
10/16/2020 11:15AM
It’s one part of the solution. I don’t claim to know the science from
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hoolstoptheheels
10/16/2020 10:58AM
He’s not saying only 70% are wearing masks. CDC study found 71% of people
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JMHoo
10/16/2020 11:04AM
OK here is the study that Trump lied about & you have been misrepresenting
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111Balz
10/16/2020 11:27AM
Ok, but it’s still not 95%. In that sense, being 10 or 20% below
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hoolstoptheheels
10/16/2020 11:08AM
The point being...masks don't work. .l
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hoothat
10/16/2020 12:06PM
Wearing a mask protects others, not you. I don't see why people don't
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Plano Hoo
10/16/2020 10:57AM
I get it. I'm just wondering if 100% compliance with mask wearing
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501
10/16/2020 11:03AM
Yes, 100% compliance would make a huge difference. We're not close to that. **
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VAGentleman05
10/16/2020 11:14AM
From July, but you can look up how the countries on the list are doing now.
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SchmHoo
10/16/2020 11:55AM
According to Fauci, it would. It isn't going to cure the problem, but I
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Plano Hoo
10/16/2020 11:09AM
Plus most people are ugly...so there is that :>) **
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Tuckahokie
10/16/2020 10:58AM
70% compliance is not enough to mitigate spread.
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HTrain90
10/16/2020 10:54AM
The spreaders are the non-mask wearers
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WahooMatt05
10/16/2020 10:50AM
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