Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	Dr. Leana Wen speaks the truth for once
Date:	12/21/2021 9:53:37 AM

I'm no fan of her given her role in Planned Parenthood but I give her credit for at least telling the truth about cloth masks....to wit, "Cloth masks are little more then facial decoration."  Hmmmm.....something I have been saying for the last two years.  Now you know why all those politicians keep getting caught without the masks on and putting them on for the camera. It's all theater and they know it.

Folks, masking was never about public safety....never.  It was a giant test of the will and resolve of the American people to think critically using science as the basis for our views and for the most part it was a miserable failure.  If we can get Americans to wear useless face diapers by edict, imagine what the lemmings will be willing to do next "in the name of safety".  The few of us that knew and understood the science were excoriated by the scientifically illiterate for almost two years.  Only now are they starting to admit what was patently obvious to me from the start.....cloth masks are of almost zero value in preventing transmission of a virus.  Which probably explains why after two years of me only wearing a mask where I absolutely had to, I have yet to get the ChiCom virus.  Did have a cold a couple of months ago and miraculously survived albeit with a nasty sinus infection and bronchitis.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	Dr. Leana Wen speaks the truth for once
Date:	12/22/2021 1:11:01 PM

Speaking of masks and being safe, I read an article months ago that said about the same about keeping a 6 ft. distance from other people.  The article pointed out, in scientific terms, that the 6 ft. rule was bogus and that if you were in a room with someone with the virus your chances were about the same as being 6 feet away.  It made a great deal of sense.  

My problem with masks is that I am claustrophobic, and when I wear one, those feelings start creeping up on me - and if it is warm, I'm having to talk myself down.  Most of the time I don't wear one.  I am vaxed and boosted  and  I realize that there is a very low probability that I will get the virus anyway.  I rather feel the same about the instant tests.  I had to have the big test before my knee surgery last March and it was quite invasive.  So as far as I'm concerned the only thing that the quick test tells you is that for that moment in time, assuming you are negative, you don't have the virus.  You walk out the door and happen to be in contact with someone that is sick, and there you are.  

We have to learn to live with it and do what an individual feels comfortable doing.  I have a feeling that its going to be with us for a long time, as it mutates and there isn't much we can do about it.  I feel like much more is known about it now, than when it started.  Only the media and Joe Biden wants to keep it front and center.  

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	Dr. Leana Wen speaks the truth for once
Date:	12/22/2021 2:11:49 PM

There was a large study I read several months ago about the social distancing issue.  It pointed out the obvious, that when a person breathes out warm air it rises and spreads. Being 6 feet away is not at all helpful.  What seemed to be more important is how long you spend breathing the air of an infected person.  I was a big proponent of social distancing until I read that study.  Now I focus on the time spent in close contact with someone that has symptoms.  I still think staying away from someone who is actively coughing or sneezing is probably helpful to avoid droplets but you would have to be very close to them for you to inhale droplets as they drop to the floor pretty quickly.  But if someone is asymptomatic or taking medication to mask their symptoms you'll never know.

I don't like masks for many reasons, most importantly is that they do not protect you (especially the cloth ones that 99% of people wear), they give wearers a false sense of security, they quickly become germ factories which is why medical professionals change them often, they are very harmful to the social development of young people and I bristle at the gov't intervention in areas where they don't belong.  Like I said, I wear a mask sparingly and only when I have to in order to go where I want.  I really hate them on airplanes and in airports so I avoid that as much as possible these days.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	One other thing about masks
Date:	12/22/2021 9:07:36 PM

People with hearing deficiet tend to read lips.  If your mouth is covered, that eliminates the possibility of lip reading.  I have family members with hearing deficiet and it's been a nightmare for them.  Additionally, the mask muffles the sound.  Even Drs. don't seem to get this.  

Name:	MAJ USA RET -	Reply
Subject:	Come on, Man - do your part!
Date:	12/30/2021 9:17:22 AM

I placed a mask over the exhaust pipe of my car. I am doing my part to combat global warming climate change.