Originally Posted by
Turnleft080
1. Masks- should only be worn if you have or tested positive with covid. If you have 100 people tested negative masks are pointless.
Additionally they reduce your O2 by 20% because your recycling some of your CO2 which is a by product (waste) once the red blood cells have finished it's job of transporting O2.
Hence all your body organs are getting 20% less O2. Well that's really good for your brain.
If you get sneezed on your mask is supposed to protect you. Like hell. Your hair, ears, forehead, neck, shoulders, shirt, pants, are totally coated with the virus.
Then you touch your mask, enough said. Don't forget your swimming goggles if you wear a musk, tear ducts absorb everything that's in front of you.
Minor points they mentally drag you down, can't see your lips move while talking, and you feel claustrophobic adding emotional stress.
2. Social distancing- Who came up with 1.5m. Really WHO came up with this shizen. If you sneeze in still air your particles will travel 5-7m they are released at 200kph.
Kylie Mole/Billie Eilish "der."
So can you not see how your point no.2 contradicts no.1?
Absolutely people should be wearing masks to prevent such situations. Not 24/7 but definitely in crowded places and in close contact. The lack of O2 and CO2 buildup fake news has been debunked time and time again.
If sensible mask wearing and distancing (1.5-2m is enough for non-sneeze particles) can be implemented, you can keep the spread at bay without going full lockdown.
Flatten the curve without shutting down society.
The virus doesn't appear to be that bad compared to whats already getting around, except for the rapid spread causing a breakdown in the healthcare system.
Locking down borders forever is not sustainable. NZ is going to be hit very hard if they keep it up.
Countries and states should be opening up to places with similar levels of success in controlling the virus in their populations through practical measures, ie, social distancing and masks, etc.
It doesn't need to be zero.
That said I doubt Australians and Kiwis can adapt to wearing masks that are there to help others and are not for their own benefit.
People will go as far as to spread bull**** like O2 levels an CO2 concentrations to avoid it.
How dare we interfere with god's own perfectly designed respiratory system? (They say wearing clothes and sunscreen interfering with god's own perfectly designed skin)
We aren't good at frequent hand washing.
I still saw someone at Woolies, in the midst of this outbreak and well before it was under control, rub their nose on fruit in order to give it a really good sniff and make sure it was ripe...
Thus the huge initial spike we saw pre-lockdown that had us on a trajectory like that of Italy or the US.
I was against the lockdown, but if we cant adapt......
We need to change and adapt and learn to live WITH it to keep the curve flattened until its done the rounds and/or a vaccine is developed, or the alternative it to just build a big wall around the country to keep out those infected foreigners and forget tourism or business travel altogether for a couple of years.