National may be in peril

[CrackaJackKid]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

Perhaps my question to you got lost above, do you feel doctors should wear masks or protective gear while operating? Or doctors or scientists working in a lab?

I’ll answer your question with a question...how come last year in California during the wildfires they told people NOT to use surgical masks to help prevent breathing in smoke. But damn they work good for viruses.

[hammertime]

Originally Posted by CrackaJackKid

I’ll answer your question with a question...how come last year in California during the wildfires they told people NOT to use surgical masks to help prevent breathing in smoke. But damn they work good for viruses.

Because surgical masks are intended to block YOU from spreading YOUR germs, which is a completely different scenario than breathing IN particles from the air. Are there seriously people who still don't get this?

Doctors don't wear masks during surgery to keep themselves safe, they do it for the patient. Crazy concept apparently.

[MooseDog]

Originally Posted by CrackaJackKid

I’ll answer your question with a question...how come last year in California during the wildfires they told people NOT to use surgical masks to help prevent breathing in smoke. But damn they work good for viruses.

Actually no one TOLD us NOT to use surgical masks but because there was a shortage of surgical masks needed for, you know, those taking care of COVID patients and the like, it was ASKED that we try to save those for medical folks.

It's not like there weren't dust masks and painter's masks available at Home Depot if you wanted though supplies did get a little tight at one point.

[Republicaninmass]

So is the national in peril?

Asking for a friend

[carlsonjok]

Food for thought for the scientifically literate:

Mask Mandates, On-Premises Dining, and COVID-19

Evidence for transmission of COVID-19 prior to symptom onset

SARS-CoV-2 Transmission From People Without COVID-19 Symptoms

[Gmrson]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

So is the national in peril?

Asking for a friend

I feel if it were in peril we would see it tied to a train track with a pencil thin mustached fellow beckoning an oncoming train whilst twisting said mustache.


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[polakoff]

I'll be setting up at the National if they have it in July. Just like I've done for the local card shows here, I'll be wearing a mask. I wore a double mask at my first post-covid show in April despite having been fully vaccinated for more than 5 weeks, but switched to a single mask this past weekend. The double mask proved extremely difficult and counterproductive over an 8 hour show. As I talked the surgical mask would move down and the cloth mask up. This resulted in my constantly fiddling with my masks and even needing to briefly remove them to fix them. Since my masks are intended to prevent me from asymptomatically transmitting to someone who is not vaccinated, I felt comfortable that the single mask would be fine this time (as vaccinated transmittal rate is so low, and transmittal rate with a surgical mask is so low, so the compounding factors mean wearing even a single mask gives a really really low chance of that happening).

I will not harass customers at my table who don't wear a mask and I won't take kindly to people at the National who harass me about wearing mine.

Thanks to all in this thread who have some science literacy, it makes this former teacher happy.

[Rich Klein]

Looks like we have a better shot at the NSCC in July than we did a couple of hours ago. I also stress not a guarantee but a much better shot than we had earlier this week

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...atNSQN234u_r8Y

Regards
Rich

[Tony Gordon]

Rich, you beat me to it, I was just going to post that. If you remember, the 1993 National was held at McCormick Place.

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by CrackaJackKid

I’ll answer your question with a question...how come last year in California during the wildfires they told people NOT to use surgical masks to help prevent breathing in smoke. But damn they work good for viruses.

Someone beat me to the answer, although I didn't know the answer anyway. I asked a direct question about you, not what happened in California last year.

[Exhibitman]

Actually, I have asthma and live in LA, and during the real bad fire on Federal land a few years ago north of LA that was raining ash on my house my MD recommended N95 masks for me.

[Kidnapped18]

I have been vaccinated and still choose to wear my mask in enclosed public places with strangers...I flew on a plane three weeks ago to visit my sister and the airline (Delta) still requires a mask to fly whether or not you are vaccinated

People generally shouldn't be criticized for wearing a mask, not wearing a mask, getting vaccinated or not getting vaccinated...It should be a personal decision for each adult person to make after weighing the pros/cons

My personal belief is masks (properly worn) DO work...look at all the fewer flu cases we had this flu season

Tony