There's a lot the public can do that will "help" with the situation.

Apr 1, 2020
4:14:44pm

Eddie Truly Addicted User

People could wear a buff, bandana, or balaklava, etc., covering their nose and mouth and it would have some of the same effectiveness.

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Time for a 180 on face masks.

SierraCoug Truly Addicted User

4/1/20 4:06pm

Just matter of time where they flip on that,

cougfanz

4/1/20 4:08pm

I'd rather the doctors treating this pandemic get them than me.

BlueVU

4/1/20 4:08pm

The point is we should make enough for everyone to have them.

Joe Banks

4/1/20 4:10pm

That would be ideal, but we don’t have enough now for healthcare workers, so

Littlerich

4/1/20 4:12pm

There's a lot the public can do that will "help" with the situation.

Eddie

4/1/20 4:14pm

How many people have bandanas or balaclavas? I don’t but I know every

Littlerich

4/1/20 4:17pm

I'm just saying there are more options than just masks.

Eddie

4/1/20 4:23pm

They should have been upfront and said covering your mouth and nose is good

Littlerich

4/1/20 4:25pm

It’s hard to trust “experts” when they get such basic things wrong.

Super Chicken

4/1/20 4:11pm

The reason they didn't recommend wearing masks was because they didn't want

Mikey

4/1/20 4:12pm

RE: The reason they didn't recommend wearing masks was because they didn't want

Littlerich

4/1/20 4:13pm

While I agree with you, didn't that still erode trust?

webster242

4/1/20 4:15pm

Of course it does. If the gov't had just said there was a shortage and the masks were critically needed for healthcare

SierraCoug

4/1/20 4:18pm

Yup. Not that hard. I hard to look at credentials of surgeon general after

cougfanz

4/1/20 4:22pm

I’m not so sure. If they said masks definitely help everyone, but don’t do it

BYUCLA

4/1/20 4:27pm

I'm not questioning needing to conserve masks

webster242

4/1/20 4:29pm

The government does not trust people and not without some cause. I agree that

Mikey

4/1/20 4:27pm

Reminds me of this

Mikey

4/1/20 4:30pm

Surgeon general was clear that they “were not effective” in preventing the

cougfanz

4/1/20 4:16pm

Iow, they lied to protect the supply for healthcare workers.

SierraCoug

4/1/20 4:17pm

they have always known this. but guess were masks are made?

claw

4/1/20 4:16pm

Maybe the best thing about face masks is that they stop us from touching our faces all the time.

Brisco

4/1/20 4:25pm

Every time I heard a so-called expert say that on television, I blurted out a four-letter word

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