Especially during the colder months, most asthmatics think mask wearing actually improves their breathing, by warming the air. The reality is there are very few medical reasons not to wear a mask.
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I am vaccinated up to the eyeballs, and therefore do not wear a mask. It's disappointing to see many of the hateful comments on here about people who may be exempt from wearing one for legitimate reasons.
Genuine question, no judgement or negativity meant in the slightest as I just want to learn more, but what is it about wearing a mask that stops you from doing it? As I'm quite happy to wear one when needed, I just want to understand what makes it so that you've decided against wearing one?
I suspect it is a mix of not wishing to be told what to do, not accepting there is a legitimate reason for doing so and not believing there is any prevalent virus. It's not going to be easy to persuade those who are convinced there is "no need" to change their minds.
Something to try saying to those who have fallen down the anti-vax rabbit hole and thinks it's all a conspiracy:
"Do you think this government (or any government, in fact) is capable of organizing a conspiracy of this scale?"
"Would a government purposely ask everyone to wear masks in public, when doing so defeats most CCTV facial recognition systems (which are now everywhere, of course)? Surely an 'evil' government would sooner track people and so would want to ban mask wearing?"
I've never found mask-wearing to be any kind of issue, and often forget to take it off when I'm alone in my office at work. Until I need coffee, that is..
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I have gone to sip a drink with my mask on countless times. I honestly feel that I would feel weird working in the hospital without one on now - I expect patient-facing staff will always wear masks from now on.
I expect patient-facing staff will always wear masks from now on.
I don't know. Many/most of the patient-facing staff at my local hospital (until a few weeks ago, at least) don't seem to want wear masks. Many times I have nearly come to the point of asking why, but it felt intrusive, so I didn't. I suspect the same people also resist vaccines. Medical settings seem to me to be a high risk setting, because of the large numbers of vulnerable people in an enclosed, unventiliated space - lifts, waiting rooms, cafes. You would think people working there would want to be most protected - looking out for their patients, their colleagues and themselves - but it seems not. Cab drivers similarly. It makes me even less keen to be in those spaces.
It does seem to be a point of principal with certain cohorts to reject regulation, whatever that might be. I suspect that the more religious hospital staff are, the more they will resist - like a refutation of god's grace. All very odd but quite palpable when inside the building.
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When having chemo in that hospital, nurses would tell me that Jesus Christ was my saviour and if I turned to him I need not worry. They assured me they would pray for me - the message being that this would be very much more effective and important than chemo.
In this light, insisting on health precauctions verges on insulting Jesus, suggesting that he is less than omnipotent. I have met this attitide often in Buddhist and hippie communities: science as the shining impudence of human hubris in the face of the divine will. It's a bit like working within a strong hierarchy where any questioning is seen as undermining the authority of the boss. To question the boss is to question the integrity of the structure; without the security of the structure they are lost without the comfort of concrete rules and truths.
Real questions, investigation, curiosity, scientific method - all just too terrifying for some people.
When having chemo in that hospital, nurses would tell me that Jesus Christ was my saviour and if I turned to him I need not worry. They assured me they would pray for me - the message being that this would be very much more effective and important than chemo.
I'd be seriously worried (not to mention annoyed) if someone providing medical treatment said something like that to me. What they think in the privacy of their own minds is of course up to them, but if I were seriously ill I would want to at least think that the people treating me believed in the treatment and were giving it their best effort, rather than a "why bother too much, it's out of our hands anyway" attitude.
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I'd imagine the number of people that genuinely can't wear a mask is small percentage, I feel for them as they are missing out on the benefits. To my mind it makes even more important for the majority to wear them when required.
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The reality is there are very few medical reasons not to wear a mask.
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It's not going to be easy to persuade those who are convinced there is "no need" to change their minds.