(08-05-2021, 03:34 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(08-05-2021, 03:04 PM)mikesez Wrote: But the fallacy is, as Americus already pointed out, is that this isn't really an individual choice thing.  The person making the choice doesn't get the benefit.  If everyone just looks put for their own health without care for others, no one would wear masks.

I did not say that. At all. Deciding to wear a mask or not is an individual choice. Period. The outcome of that choice lies with the individuals. Whether or not it affects them or others is a whole different conversation. 

There is no guarantee a cloth mask will prevent anything. There is no guarantee social distancing will prevent anything. There are no guarantees vaccines will prevent anything. All of these measures have failed with regard to the Delta variant as evident by the surge in new cases. All of these measures being forced onto us are not failsafe.

There's no guarantee that your shoes won't break in the middle of the day but you put them on every day anyhow.

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(08-05-2021, 04:26 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(08-05-2021, 04:20 PM)DragonFury Wrote: A mask won't filter out everything, but if you are carrying the virus it will drastically reduce the chances of you transmitting the virus simply because the mask will stop the saliva particles from spreading in the air.

Hydrogen sulfide molecules are much smaller than a virus. And the mucous particles that virii tend to piggyback on are much bigger than the virus..  Think about it for a minute.  Look it up on Wikipedia if you need to. But I didn't have to.

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