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I had an awkward talk with my father earlier. I rarely talk to him, between COVID-19 and also the fact politically we are like oil and water, and he's been blathering on more and more about politics lately, instead of more pleasant subjects.

But tonight he called and suggested I need to go out and update my passport because my old one was out of date (I have 4 years to renew it, though... so I'm baffled why it has to be done now, even though both me and my S.O. consider ourselves at higher risk from COVID). And then he started talking about how "You know, masks have been giving people strep infections and they really don't work... blah blah blah". And I just sort of rolled my eyes and wasn't willing to argue with him. But it's awkward because I don't want to have to confront my own dad and argue with him, but he's flat out wrong.

Just who is dealing in this kind of crazy disinformation? Where does it come from? Is there something in the drinking water that suddenly makes people gullible fools (if so, I'm glad mine is filtered)? Every time I talk to him, it's some new crazy thing he says. And it's getting old real fast- I'm just not one to want to argue with my own father, and my mother believes this stuff, too.
 

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The conspiracy theory explosion is very noticeable isn't it.

The reason to create a false meme like claiming masks don't help us might be started by someone wishing to harm America. Or...the originator really might just be that out of touch with the real, completely caught up in a created fantasy worldview.
 
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I had an awkward talk with my father earlier. I rarely talk to him, between COVID-19 and also the fact politically we are like oil and water, and he's been blathering on more and more about politics lately, instead of more pleasant subjects.

But tonight he called and suggested I need to go out and update my passport because my old one was out of date (I have 4 years to renew it, though... so I'm baffled why it has to be done now, even though both me and my S.O. consider ourselves at higher risk from COVID). And then he started talking about how "You know, masks have been giving people strep infections and they really don't work... blah blah blah". And I just sort of rolled my eyes and wasn't willing to argue with him. But it's awkward because I don't want to have to confront my own dad and argue with him, but he's flat out wrong.

Just who is dealing in this kind of crazy disinformation? Where does it come from? Is there something in the drinking water that suddenly makes people gullible fools (if so, I'm glad mine is filtered)? Every time I talk to him, it's some new crazy thing he says. And it's getting old real fast- I'm just not one to want to argue with my own father, and my mother believes this stuff, too.

Earlier in the year, you'd find it from sources like the CDC and the WHO. As things were more and more politicized, they started disappearing and being contradicted. Your parents aren't the odd one's in this particular situation.
 
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I had an awkward talk with my father earlier. I rarely talk to him, between COVID-19 and also the fact politically we are like oil and water, and he's been blathering on more and more about politics lately, instead of more pleasant subjects.

But tonight he called and suggested I need to go out and update my passport because my old one was out of date (I have 4 years to renew it, though... so I'm baffled why it has to be done now, even though both me and my S.O. consider ourselves at higher risk from COVID). And then he started talking about how "You know, masks have been giving people strep infections and they really don't work... blah blah blah". And I just sort of rolled my eyes and wasn't willing to argue with him. But it's awkward because I don't want to have to confront my own dad and argue with him, but he's flat out wrong.

Just who is dealing in this kind of crazy disinformation? Where does it come from? Is there something in the drinking water that suddenly makes people gullible fools (if so, I'm glad mine is filtered)? Every time I talk to him, it's some new crazy thing he says. And it's getting old real fast- I'm just not one to want to argue with my own father, and my mother believes this stuff, too.


“Masks≠100% protection? Then they’re 0% good!”, seems to be the “thinking”.
 
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The conspiracy theory explosion is very noticeable isn't it.

The reason to create a false meme like claiming masks don't help us might be started by someone wishing to harm America. Or...the originator really might just be that out of touch with the real, completely caught up in a created fantasy worldview.

Nurses when trained to wear a mask for blocking flying pathogens such as blood are told to change the mask every 20 minutes. If they don't it poses a larger risk to their own health due to moisture build up and germs contaminating the mask.
 
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IF you go back and find reports like this one at the beginning of the outbreak, you'll find that the CDC and other doctors say things like the masks are not recommended at all for people who are not already sick. That was the common theme, then somewhere we went off the deep end into insanity.

 
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Earlier in the year, you'd find it from sources like the CDC and the WHO. As things were more and more politicized, they started disappearing and being contradicted. Your parents aren't the odd one's in this particular situation.

They never said you couldn't wear masks, and actually in certain circumstances, they said you should (if you were sick).

Early on epidemiologists thought the virus was transmitted primarily through personal contact and fomites (surfaces and skin). As we learned more by becoming more acquainted, we learned the main method of infection was simply breathing in another person's breath, with fomites not being as important.

I've been wearing masks when we had illness in the house in the past, long before COVID-19. It really does work.
 
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IF you go back and find reports like this one at the beginning of the outbreak, you'll find that the CDC and other doctors say things like the masks are not recommended at all for people who are not already sick. That was the common theme, then somewhere we went off the deep end into insanity.


Why "insanity?" Perhaps they just leaned more about the nature of this new disease and exactly how it is transmitted.
 
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I had an awkward talk with my father earlier. I rarely talk to him, between COVID-19 and also the fact politically we are like oil and water, and he's been blathering on more and more about politics lately, instead of more pleasant subjects.

But tonight he called and suggested I need to go out and update my passport because my old one was out of date (I have 4 years to renew it, though... so I'm baffled why it has to be done now, even though both me and my S.O. consider ourselves at higher risk from COVID). And then he started talking about how "You know, masks have been giving people strep infections and they really don't work... blah blah blah". And I just sort of rolled my eyes and wasn't willing to argue with him. But it's awkward because I don't want to have to confront my own dad and argue with him, but he's flat out wrong.

Just who is dealing in this kind of crazy disinformation? Where does it come from? Is there something in the drinking water that suddenly makes people gullible fools (if so, I'm glad mine is filtered)? Every time I talk to him, it's some new crazy thing he says. And it's getting old real fast- I'm just not one to want to argue with my own father, and my mother believes this stuff, too.
I totally sympathize.

I've experienced similar from older Fox News watchers.
 
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I had an awkward talk with my father earlier. I rarely talk to him, between COVID-19 and also the fact politically we are like oil and water, and he's been blathering on more and more about politics lately, instead of more pleasant subjects.

But tonight he called and suggested I need to go out and update my passport because my old one was out of date (I have 4 years to renew it, though... so I'm baffled why it has to be done now, even though both me and my S.O. consider ourselves at higher risk from COVID). And then he started talking about how "You know, masks have been giving people strep infections and they really don't work... blah blah blah". And I just sort of rolled my eyes and wasn't willing to argue with him. But it's awkward because I don't want to have to confront my own dad and argue with him, but he's flat out wrong.

Just who is dealing in this kind of crazy disinformation? Where does it come from? Is there something in the drinking water that suddenly makes people gullible fools (if so, I'm glad mine is filtered)? Every time I talk to him, it's some new crazy thing he says. And it's getting old real fast- I'm just not one to want to argue with my own father, and my mother believes this stuff, too.
I don't entirely blame the world's governments but their consistent lying over the centuries has created a "boy who cried wolf" situation with the Covid pandemic imo.
 
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Nurses when trained to wear a mask for blocking flying pathogens such as blood are told to change the mask every 20 minutes. If they don't it poses a larger risk to their own health due to moisture build up and germs contaminating the mask.

I've been wearing the same mask every time I go for a walk for the past six months, and I've only sterilized it in alcohol once, and a few other times with UV light. I've never gotten sick and it still smells and looks mostly brand new.

I used to wear a mask all the time when I played airsoft or rode a motorcycle (cold air isn't very fun on the face). I never got sick from doing so.

Hospitals have stricter rules under ordinary circumstances because they are dealing with very ill patients and they need to act out of an abundance of caution and don't want to get sued. But that doesn't mean you can't wear a mask for extended periods of time, especially if the mask is cleaned when dirty.
 
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I've also had my doctor tell me the masks are useless, and a few weeks back, my wife's doctor told her the same thing during a visit. It's pretty obvious if one even things about it a bit.

You should find a better doctor.
 
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IF you go back and find reports like this one at the beginning of the outbreak, you'll find that the CDC and other doctors say things like the masks are not recommended at all for people who are not already sick. That was the common theme, then somewhere we went off the deep end into insanity.


I do admit that was fairly bizarre stuff back then. Masks have been used in Asia for decades to help prevent the spread of disease, and they were also used during the 1918 Spanish Flu in the US (in some cases being mandated by law).

I can only guess it was a kind of myopia on the part of certain health experts. I started wearing masks for COVID well before the CDC advised them, due to past experience with doing so.

Initially, masks were not the least bit politicized. One passerby even came up to us (from a distance of course) and thanked us for wearing them.
 
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