Yes, it seems a bit ridiculous. So far our city council voted against mandating wearing masks but they are advising and requesting that everyone wear masks when entering a business. Today I went to the doctors and there was a sign on the door -- no mask no entry -- but there was a person without a mask in the waiting room. All chairs were 6 ft. apart. One of these days, this will all be over.
@libertybele@mystery-ak liberty, there are reasons some people cannot wear a mask. I am sure that is what you saw in the doctor's office when one person did not have a mask on. There was a sign in my doctor's office this week which listed conditions for one not to wear a mask.
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Doctors/nurses in hospitals treating/close to patients that have a communicable disease, have always worn N95 masks and face shields, from the time they were available, plus a gown to protect their clothing, plus special gloves. Cloth masks only stop "some" of nose/mouth excretions of the wearer, but that is better than nothing.
I had appointment with family doctor 3 days ago, and wore an N95 and a face shield. The doctor asked where I got the N95. Told him I had a box full due to being an EMT. He said I was lucky I had those. He knows they work.
I will be getting a new mask from England. My son found these being made by a company that started making them after the virus became bad there. They are a triple cloth (the cloth is an English made cloth), and with a removable filter and another filter included in the order. Tests done with an aerosol showed the mask does filter 90% of the aerosol released in the air near the mask. At 3 ft. from an infected person, you are safe with this mask, and at 6 ft., you are safe with this mask. This does not protect the eyes.
Regular glasses help, but there are special glasses for this, but if one uses a face shield along with this new mask, the eyes are protected along with the nose and mouth.
People here who think this is a hoax, think this is a government move to make them do something they do not want to do, are ridiculous. They are like children, "But Mommm, I don't want to do that."
Here in Texas, we know how bad it is. We had 10,975 new cases yesterday, July 15. Corpus Christi had 500 new cases yesterday. Refrigerated trucks are here and more coming in to store dead bodies due to so many dying and one or more of these new trucks are going to Corpus Christi.
I don't know what Gov. Abbott will do next, whether he will issue an executive order restricting people to their houses and shut down business as was done earlier. I JUST SAW GOV. ABBOTT ON TV WHILE WRITING THIS:
HE SAYS HE WILL NOT SHUT DOWN TEXAS AGAIN.