First, "tripledemic" is an entirely made up term that did not exist before the Fall of 2022. It was coined primarily by the media and has been adopted by those pushing the orthodoxy. It is irresponsible of the media and health institutions to use the term, even informally. Though, obviously, it's used to try scare people…
First, "tripledemic" is an entirely made up term that did not exist before the Fall of 2022. It was coined primarily by the media and has been adopted by those pushing the orthodoxy. It is irresponsible of the media and health institutions to use the term, even informally. Though, obviously, it's used to try scare people into behaving a certain way.
Second, I live adjacent to a self-described "progressive" city. Most of the people I see wearing masks are people I reckon to be in their 20s-30s. Granted, some may very well be compromised in some way, but I suspect most are just doing what they're being told. It would be easy to ridicule them, but I won't. What I am angry about, though, are the institutions that are continuing to frighten people and push interventions, such as mask-wearing, that are not effective. It makes me worry about what the response will be to the next health crisis.
At the beginning of 2020 I tried to find info on mask efficacy and the best was that they were “20-80 percent effective”. Well, nearly anything is 20-80percent, and that’s even if the masks are worn even close to properly. Anyone who has to wear even the surgical (I call it a dust mask) will quickly have it almost uselessly on their face. But that’s OK with the clueless sheep pushing this. As long as there’s anything on your face, they feel they’ve driven compliance.
I just grimace when I see young people outdoors in masks. SO sad. What the mask CAN do is interfere with the flow of the CO2 you exhale and cause the wearer to breathe harder to try to get oxygen. It just puts the CO2 back into the inhalation. One super sad event I read was the girls track star who passed out from running a distance event in a mask -of course, outdoors. Tragic.
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First, "tripledemic" is an entirely made up term that did not exist before the Fall of 2022. It was coined primarily by the media and has been adopted by those pushing the orthodoxy. It is irresponsible of the media and health institutions to use the term, even informally. Though, obviously, it's used to try scare people into behaving a certain way.
Second, I live adjacent to a self-described "progressive" city. Most of the people I see wearing masks are people I reckon to be in their 20s-30s. Granted, some may very well be compromised in some way, but I suspect most are just doing what they're being told. It would be easy to ridicule them, but I won't. What I am angry about, though, are the institutions that are continuing to frighten people and push interventions, such as mask-wearing, that are not effective. It makes me worry about what the response will be to the next health crisis.
At the beginning of 2020 I tried to find info on mask efficacy and the best was that they were “20-80 percent effective”. Well, nearly anything is 20-80percent, and that’s even if the masks are worn even close to properly. Anyone who has to wear even the surgical (I call it a dust mask) will quickly have it almost uselessly on their face. But that’s OK with the clueless sheep pushing this. As long as there’s anything on your face, they feel they’ve driven compliance.
I just grimace when I see young people outdoors in masks. SO sad. What the mask CAN do is interfere with the flow of the CO2 you exhale and cause the wearer to breathe harder to try to get oxygen. It just puts the CO2 back into the inhalation. One super sad event I read was the girls track star who passed out from running a distance event in a mask -of course, outdoors. Tragic.
"One super sad event I read was the girls track star who passed out from running a distance event in a mask -of course, outdoors
It's an old saying, but you can't fix stupid.
I think it’s called virtue signalling
Walking around any college town where the students mingle is horrifying. I swear 50% of them still mask outdoors and alone in their cars.
Peer pressure
I suspect they are wearing masks outdoors and alone in cars, because they fear people will otherwise think they are republicans.