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Originally Posted by andrewwynn
for me the bacteria trying to burrow into my brain* was worse than the CO2, but studies show that people that are high risk for headaches are FAR more likely to have headaches or worse headaches if they wear masks long term.
* anybody who's had a sinus infection with that distinctive 'behind the eye' headache knows exactly what i mean.
The masks are effective to help slow cough based germ spreading, but for every 10,000 people wearing a mask there might be 1 person that actually needs it; there needs to be a way to more or less track where the risk is to use protective devices when needed. I only wear my ear plugs when i'm operating loud tools.
*people know* where the high-risk zones of america are; they won't tell us because it's primarily 'inner city' and looks bad if they would plot that on a map. If they would put out a cv density map so people would know where to wear protective devices, they would be able to squash the spread of the disease without crippling the entire usa; why the heck should MT have to close their business when you could probably french kiss the entire population w/o catching covid.
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Have a sinus infection right now. Gone through Z pack, follow up antibiotics because it didn't go away and ear drops because I also got an ear infection. I know what you mean, t's no fun at all. Wearing a mask when I am out and about anyway.
Wearing a mask is not for the wearer. It is for the wearer that is infected to reduce the the chance they infect someone else. What do you view as longterm?
I don't think it matters much who is more vulnerable or where they are. As long as we are so mobile one person can take it anywhere. It only takes one person to infect two others or more to fuel an increase in the rate of infection. We don't know enough to do anything other than err on the side of caution. I think that is the basis for the current guidelines from scientists as well that it has worked elsewhere. The first post by OP explained what our part is if we want this behind us. I don't see any of us knowing enough to second guess the calculations, conclusions or recommendations of the CDC. At this point it is the most credible input there is.