Anti-Maskers: What Went Wrong?

What's really going on when Karen refuses to wear a mask at Trader Joe's?
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It's not exactly breaking new that Americans hate wearing masks. Still, nobody seems to know what to do about it. Let's explore America's mask-phobia, and possible solutions for it, in this Wisecrack Edition: Anti-Maskers: What Went Wrong?
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[@metfan4l]

From an outsider's perspective looking in america just seems batshit insane to me a lot of the time.

[@jessikat56]

You’re not wrong. Coming from an American.

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

You'd be right

[@DatEraa]

We are. Rampant abuse from those who govern us, lack of funding for education and mental health, and an individualistic society will do that

[@natalyamartirosyan]

Águila701 we try, but america is a big freakin part of the world. Their actions affect everyone actually. Plus sometimes it’s just a feel-good entertainment.

[@Kosh998]

And where are you from? I am from Ukraine and I am anti-masker. But I support every other measure like banning public gatherings. I just think masks are too much discomfort for a little reduction in spreading COVID

[@IcewhipRoxx]

I only wear mask once to twice a week... Because I only leave the house once to twice a week.

[@btran213]

thank u for doing ur part

[@AlmostCoolGuys]

QUARANTINE META

[@IcewhipRoxx]

@@HFCosta83 You're right. It doesn't filter the VIRUS. What it *does* filter are the droplets of water in our breath that contains the virus. Viruses don't just fly around naked. They're contained in water droplets that are large enough to be caught by the mask.

[@Stonegoal]

Kinda makes you wonder if we should go out without a mask so we can catch it then self isolate for 2 weeks.

[@IcewhipRoxx]

@@HFCosta83 A) The virus has an incubation period. You could be contagious and not know it. B) A lot of people have mild or no symptoms. You could be contagious and not know it, and giving it to someone who could die from it. It's a gamble every time. C) If you haven't been infected, you can still get infected. Wearing a mask lessens the chance of breathing in sick people's water droplets. D) By wearing a mask, you set a good example for others, making them feel more comfortable to wear their masks. We tend to copy each other, so if we all wear masks, we all feel okay with wearing masks and will do it more often. E) Not everything is about you. F) This is in response to you other comment. Kim Jong Un claimed he didn't have a butthole. Bill Cliton claimed he didn't cheat on his wife. Trump claims something stupid every other day. Leaders claim a lot of bullshit. If you have to be close to that much bullshit, you may as well wear a mask to block out some of the stink. (Also, how much good is that hydroxychloroquine doing for his pulmonary infection right now? Just saying...)

[@colinedmunds2238]

In America “everyone is entitled to their opinion” has been sanctified to the point where all opinions, informed or otherwise, are seen as valid in many people’s eyes. This results is a “My ignorance is as good as your knowledge” mindset

[@cyberp0et]

And also ”My misinformation is better than your knowledge”. Where the tell-lie-vision is seen as the ultimate truth holder.

[@cyberp0et]

@djohnson6528 Precisely. If you are so paranoid and your mind was replaced with the TV, then by all means, wear a spacesuit or a hazmat suit or lock yourself up somewhere, to protect yourself, if you feel the need to. But do not force your paranoia and insecurity onto others. When it comes to health we are responsible for our own. Only children need to be protected by other people, the adults. But in this post-modern world, where people behave like ”entitled” children, anything goes. I do care for my own health and for my mother's health, yet I do not consider that a muzzle will protect me more than common sense of no sneezing or coughing without covering your mouth/nose when this happens and NOT ALL THE TIME to wear a muzzle. Wearing a muzzle is a display of blind obedience/ subservience and it is also a grotesque sight to see all these people like cattle wearing muzzles.

[@christopherdennis612]

It is not the amount of information that makes people not wear masks. This video is simply wrong, Because it is framing one side arguments inside their own value structure which is a very disingenuous way to cover this topic. Most anti-maskers are not uninformed, they just value liberty more than they fear a bad flu, and when the government makes mask mandates, those sensitive to perceive tyranny dig their heels into the ground from the onset. I for one am perfectly fine with wearing a mask everywhere and I'm fine with stores and private businesses asking me to wear one, but When government says I must, I will not comply.

[@cyberp0et]

@@christopherdennis612 Well-said.

[@snowangelnc]

@@christopherdennis612 No, many anti-maskers are indeed grossly misinformed. One moment they are saying that the masks do absolutely nothing to prevent the spread of germs. Next they are saying that the mask force you to breathe your own germs back in and make you sick. Then they are saying that the germs do not even exist in the first place and it is all a conspiracy, or that they do exist but it's ok because only the old and the weak die from them and that's apparantly no big deal to them. I have heard each and every one of these arguments from them. They say that "they value liberty more than they fear a bad flu." That's faulty reasoning, because it this all or nothing assumption that any rule the government makes that they find personally inconvenient automatically means that we're living in tyrany. That is not an exaggeration, I've seen posts with photos of Nazi death camps with the message that that's the inevitable result of complying with a mask ordinance. The reason we have rules in a large part is to protect us from others that would harm us, whether intentionally by assault or unintentionally by reckless driving. What the anti-maskers either don't realize or don't care about is the fact that the masks are not so much to protect themselves as they are meant to protect everyone around them. That is like a drunk driver saying he should be allowed behind the wheel because he's decided he's willing to accept the risk of getting into a wreck and nobody should have the right to interfere with that personal decision.

[@CoMtLion]

You left out the elephant in the room, people are choosing to not wear a mask as a sign of their political allegiance and group identity.

[@PumpedSmartass]

Thats how dump they are

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@PumpedSmartass*dumb

[@seansullivan6176]

I will NOT wear pants in denny’s

[@LaurentIpsum]

Finally, somebody who's not afraid to speak their mind. #wakeupsheeple Edit: 69 likes excellent hanks for coming my TEDTalk Edit likes 70 and 71 have my undying hatred

[@adrianpiedra1226]

You mad man

[@DStrormer]

I will NOT eat in Denny's so knock yourself out.

[@clashofarenas6246]

#nopantsgang

[@misterpink8099]

Fight the system brother!!

[@sbtrx5799]

This shouldn’t even be a political thing.

[@wfjhDUI]

But how can we know if you're truly a loyal patriot if you're not willing to sacrifice yourself and your loved ones for Dear Leader's delicate feelings?

[@barnettmcgowan8978]

There you go thinking. Where do you think that will get you?

[@theshrimp1657]

listen I wear a mask but we need to acknowledge that it's not easy to get everyone to wear one. I work with children on the autism spectrum and he is physically unable to wear a mask. He is so sensitive to fabric on his face it will cause him to have a panic attack.

[@jennytaylor3986]

@@theshrimp1657 I think in that case the approach should be the same as with vaccinations. Some people literally can't be vaccinated either because they're too young or have an allergy. The rest of us being vaccinated helps us protect them. The problem is that too many people aren't wearing masks because it's an inconvenience, rather than an actual detriment as is the case with your autistic student.

[@theshrimp1657]

Jenny Taylor well the problem is stores are required by law to do this even though he’s protected by the ADA they’ll get no sympathy from the public, stores or even the government. He’s a child so he can’t be left alone for long periods while his parents run errands.

[@Plutoniumcontrolrod]

We should just bring back plague doctor masks, everyone would want to wear them because they look awesome

[@oarguello]

You know Trump is a garbage bussinessman because he didn't capitalize on selling "MAGA Masks". They buy ANYTHING with MAGA or Trump on it.

[@theslimcreeper3779]

Also a minimal distance is automatically guaranteed.

[@professorwizard8916]

I actually saw someone at walmart dressed as one, hat, mask, cloak and all and no I'm not Floridian

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

Overhaul supervillain shit.

[@Ego-Fiend]

It's not gonna feel any better at all but they look cool so I'll let it pass

[@bucelliLeo]

"we're throwing god's wonderful breathing system out the door." That's priceless!

[@callisoncaffrey]

Yeah! Next she will complain that you invented about 100 additional genders even though her god only made two.

[@arianam6430]

It hurts my brain so much. With that logic, might as well be naked.

[@connordickerson6815]

I'm so glad the country I live in is not as religious as the us

[@callisoncaffrey]

@@connordickerson6815 They have free speech though.

[@eiyukabe]

Isn't that literally what you're doing if you increase your risk of catching the disease and then die? That breathing system doesn't work too well on a corpse.

[@N0pleaseN0]

As a Japanese person, I'm very confused by all of this mess? A lot of people wear masks here, because it's a respectful way to care for others and yourself. The main danger is over-heating in the summer, not being unable to breathe. You might feel restricted but your body is getting all the oxygen you need, the feeling mostly comes from the heat of your breath and not an actual lack of air. Summer advice from someone that has been wearing a mask for years in 80% humidity: reusable cotton masks are lighter, keep yourself well hydrated, stay in the shade, avoid going out at the hottest hours of the day, put a damp towel on your neck to cool down, wear a hat, carry a sun-umbrella (sorry, I couldn't find the correct English word), carry spare clean masks to change if yours gets too stuffy, wear breathable clothing (linen or cotton is best) There are probably more tips that I forgot, but I hope that these help people keep on wearing their masks and not get discouraged by the hot weather! Keep safe out there!

[@MarrilMcBlazen]

I think the word you are looking for is "parasol"

[@nobodyimportant2470]

Spare masks to change into throughout the day is an important one. I work 10 hour shifts and for the first 7 I am fine with a mask on but after that the mask is wet from my breath and that is what makes it hard to breath.

[@chrisa7134]

You see the thing is in America it is your constitutional right to be an asshole to your fellow American. Take that however you want.

[@josemorales3434]

You are very polite and respectful, unfortunately Americans are not worried about their affect on other people. An appeal to ethics doesn’t work here

[@aussieexpat]

Did the Japanese government threaten to put you in jail if you don't wear a mask?

[@jackporter3178]

"I feel threatened" Said in possibly the most threatening manner possible.

[@ksvba96-36]

At any minute a crazy fuck like him could pull a firearm out of nowhere and commit murder.

[@louis8487]

Florida has a fucked up legal system where as long as you say you feel threatened you can legally do whatever the fuck you want to the other person. He could've proceeded to beat the shit out of the person filming and face no legal repercussions

[@Nathankinamorh]

@@louis8487 correct. Dude was saying that because he was wanting to commit assault like a child having a tantrum.

[@zacharyzoet3046]

He didn't know Masks are sexy.

[@DAndyLord]

@@Nathankinamorh I am not a violent man, but if anyone approached me like that - I'd kick them in the junk as hard as humanly possible. I'm not normally one to hit someone in the balls, but in that moment it would be the perfect balance of self defence and hilarity.

[@Wendygirljp]

It is a shame how in the United States, people seem to feel that their right to do whatever they want overrules the sense of caring about more than just themselves. In Japan, citizens wear masks because they care about others. It is the thing to do. To NOT do is shameful and can be very embarrassing for those who do not follow the rules.

[@speldrong5010]

You truly don't see the overlap? It's like you're defending having taken a dump in the pool by calling anyone who objects a busybody on the grounds that you haven't interfered with their ability to dive in anyway should they so choose.

[@tengopotato7417]

@Batman As a American I'm disappointed you have no regard for other people's lives seriously. Your like a toddler

[@PeansINbetweens]

@Batman see it's that thinking rn that makes your country so fucked. Your freedom ends if you try screwing someone over by coughing your nasty ass breath everywhere.

[@Matt-fl8uy]

@Batman You missed the point. Your freedom of choice shouldn't extend to risking the lives of those around you. At that point, you're infringing on their right to life and liberty.

[@GamerFromJump]

*Sick* people wear masks. Huge difference.

[@hollywooda111]

Americans acting like children and being completely irresponsible about their health you say!?.... NEVER! ha.

[@DallasPurdum]

Lol I know right? Why won't those disgusting creatures just put on the mask? We've asked them nicely, I say it high time we get Congress enact legislation to surgically affix them to their mouths so they can never take them off again. That will stop them from spreading their inner filth to the rest of us.

[@DallasPurdum]

@First name Last name I know sarcasm doesn't come through the written word well. I believe in force as long as it's peaceful™. You get me?

[@DallasPurdum]

@First name Last name Yikes man, I didn't mean to make you put all that out. You've clearly put a lot of thought into your argument and I respect that. What I was aiming for is "argumentum ad absurdum". The statement at 2:51 is what set me off. I stopped right there, and figured I come through the comment section to poke fun at the smooth brains. You sir, are clearly not smooth. You're preaching to the choir, friend.

[@DallasPurdum]

@First name Last name Yeah I'm in the boat that it's all part of Made in China 2025. The reports I see and the coordination of it all leading up to the lock-downs is fishy. I regret warning my friends and family back in January about the virus, now I can't seem to get them back from it. It's an sham on the whole world! The mask-wearing pandemic will only end when we stop wearing masks. No fear of getting called out by these moral busybodies. Just another form of twisted control over others! It's been 6 months of this, you can't socially engineer us away from nature.

[@DanBharry]

we eat like we have free healthcare this sadly isn't surprising.

[@earthrester9198]

There's only so far education can get you when you have political factions turning basic public health measures into an issue of political ideology.

[@dorlean]

My thoughts exactly. Good video but it ignores the fact that politics and pseudoscience have made it almost impossible to get through to some people by any means.

[@CaliburXL99]

Nickson Brutus People look towards than own facts & bias which creates this situation. Plus let’s be real a lot of people don’t have faith in our government on both sides of the aisle.

[@Bobylein1337]

*cough* there is mostly one faction that turns it into an issue of political ideology, the rest wants to handle it pragmatic.

[@Bachtuoc23]

@Dzooky P2P Is "not doing wrong" the same as "doing right"?

[@JeradBenge]

@Dzooky P2P The problem is that nobody knows when they get it, or when they become carriers. Ignoring this obvious fact is an insane level of denial, or willful ignorance. Self education is the first tenet of personal responsibility, so it's also insane for them to fail at grasping the most obvious of facts. Maybe, they're just not bright enough to rely on self responsibility. In which case, I encourage them to gather in large groups of like minded individuals, indoors, and to be educated the hard way. Perhaps the acknowledgement of the deaths of their leaders, and peers will open their eyes. It hasn't hit critical mass yet, but... It might. The death of anti-masker Herman Cain was a turning point for a few.

[@SaskatchewanICE]

My ex-wife used to call me “disgusting lung juice.” I miss her 😥

[@--------352]

You were mentaly abused you are free now do not look back

[@SaskatchewanICE]

Got CHEESE ? But she told me that if I remarried, she’d staple my nipples together 😲

[@WisecrackEDU]

Sorry :(

[@omarhernandez361]

Simp

[@SaskatchewanICE]

Wisecrack Holy shit! Wisecrack! I didn’t think you guys would reply 😂😅😂

[@midnightfm87]

I guess it’s hard to wear a mask when you’re already wearing a tinfoil hat.

[@shouygui4955]

Circumcision is healthy.

[@johnmacrae2006]

@M0chi What do you think about 9/11?

[@herkules6860]

Yeah? Then how you'll explain the "Great Reset" plan, on World Economic Forum's official site?

[@angelinacamacho8575]

@@herkules6860 it will be chalked up to fake news

[@pedroantonio8506]

​@@angelinacamacho8575 sure about that ????????????? pendeja

[@tapiwakay]

I have a good friend who complains about wearing masks to work and says it's not necessary but simultaneously doesn't want his children to school for fear they'll catch covid. Dissonance galore!

[@nenmaster5218]

May i RANDOMLY recommend some Science-KZbinr? ?

[@Belbecat]

I wish these people could only harm themselves, then I’d have 0 issue whatever they did -_-

[@Ciborium]

Then YOU wear a mask to protect yourself. Stop sticking your nose into other people's business. Mind your own business and wear a mask to protect yourself. If they want Covid, you are not the NKVD, you should STFU and leave them alone. For all you know, they have an ADA exemption. Per HIPPA, you are not permitted to ask them what their medical exemption is for. Just accept it and mind your own business.

[@taylor189]

@@Ciborium you're spare parts bud. them not wearing a mask endangers every person that is wearing a mask around them. the mask is to protect the people around you, not you. did you really not watch the video? Edit: Also there are 0 exemptions to wearing the mask

[@brandondunnegan3890]

If you would wear a mask actually made to stop a virus it wouldn't matter if other people don't wear mask.

[@brandondunnegan3890]

@@taylor189 heres something to try. Open your freezer. Put your face up to it. Breathe. If you see your breath then you mask wont help with anything. Cause it isn't stopping water drops

[@taylor189]

@@brandondunnegan3890 I don't wear the mask to protect myself.

[@K1ngR0ya1ty]

wear a mask, it's cool, you'll look like Scorpion from Mortal Kombat 😷

[@doctorwhofan-if7vx]

Agreed

[@Emgee78]

I now want a mask like that.

[@bluespiral4678]

Where a mask if you want to and don't wear mask if you don't want to

[@seanbaugh3239]

*GET OVER HERE !!!* (and put this mask on)

[@Kamn_exe]

Were all ninja now. Whats wrong with that?

[@teacherfromthejungles6671]

Quick summary: Americans don't learn from their mistakes.

[@hamcrazy96]

*1918 pandemic intensifies*

[@DansEarway]

American Independence is a thing. American codependency is not. Still #1

[@fupoflapo2386]

Meanwhile riots intensify

[@DansEarway]

Grass Hopper.. in shithole lefty cities. Own it.

[@flips7863]

*Karens

[@teresaellis7062]

This is why I made a mask that says "These are MY germs, you can't have them" With a smiley face.

[@Turbo_Waitress]

Mixed messaging early on in the pandemic definitely makes getting reluctant people to wear masks that much harder. I understand that the goal was to discourage people from buying up all the N95s, but now that we need people to wear their masks, they’re fighting it because of the mixed messaging back in March about “not needing a mask”.

[@leemealone8622]

Not to mention the damage done by letting Fauci, on government behalf, essentially tell the American people that The Authorities will lie straight to our faces for trivial, transient gains.

[@nenmaster5218]

@@leemealone8622 May i RANDOMLY recommend some Science-KZbinr? ?

[@Audiablo]

"Most contentious issue of 2020" Yeah. To Americans...

[@HFCosta83]

[1] Arthur Johnson, Journal of Biological Engineering (2016). [2] The Physiological Impact of N95 Masks on Medical Staff, National Taiwan University Hospital (June 2005). [3] The Physiological Impact of N95 Masks on Medical Staff, National Taiwan University Hospital (June 2005). [4] Headaches and the N95 Face-Mask Amongst Healthcare Providers. Lim EC1, Seet RC, Lee KH, Wilder-Smith EP, Chuah BY, Ong BK, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 28 Feb 2006, 113(3):199-202. [5] Ong JJY et al. Headaches associated with personal protective equipment- A cross-sectional study among frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19. Headache 2020;60(5):864-877. [6] Are Face Masks Effective Against Covid-19? The Science Times (May 25, 2020). [7] Could Wearing a Mask for Long Periods Be Detrimental to Health? The Jerusalem Post, Donna Rachel Edmunds (May 18, 2020) (quoting neurosurgeon Blaylock). [8] Bader A et al. Preliminary report on surgical mask induced deoxygenation during major surgery. Neurocirugia 2008;19:12-126.. [9] Russell Blaylock, Id. (quoting Shehade H et al. Cutting edge: Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 negatively regulates Th1 function. J Immunol 2015;195:1372-1376. Veja tambén: Westendorf AM et al. Hypoxia enhances immunosuppression by inhibiting CD4+ effector T cell function and promoting Treg activity. Cell Physiol Biochem 2017;41:1271-84. Veja adicionalmente: Sceneay J et al. Hypoxia-driven immunosuppression contributes to the pre-metastatic niche. Oncoimmunology 2013;2:1 e22355. [10] Aggarwal BB. Nucler factor-kappaB: The enemy within. Cancer Cell 2004;6:203-208, and Blaylock RL. Immunoexcitatory mechanisms in glioma proliferation, invasion and occasional metastasis. Surg Neurol Inter 2013;4:15. [11] Savransky V et al. Chronic intermittent hypoxia induces atherosclerosis. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2007;175:1290-1297. [12] Baig AM et al. Evidence of the COVID-19 virus targeting the CNS: Tissue distribution, host-virus interaction, and proposed neurotropic mechanisms. ACS Chem Neurosci 2020;11:7:995-998. Wu Y et al. Nervous system involvement after infection with COVID-19 and other coronaviruses. Brain Behavior, and Immunity. [13] Perlman S et al. Spread of a neurotropic murine coronavirus into the CNS via the trigeminal and olfactory nerves. Virology 1989;170:556-560.

[@HFCosta83]

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0953620520303356

[@Alejuaco]

You surely haven’t see what’s happened in Madrid and Berlin and London, and in Melbourne... Americans have actually been way too passive on this

[@brianp8631]

Carlos Hilner a bunch of studies not related to covid lol. The vast overwhelming scientific consensus is that masks prevent the spread of covid. www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/face-masks-really-do-matter-the-scientific-evidence-is-growing-11595083298 www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/06/417906/still-confused-about-masks-heres-science-behind-how-face-masks-prevent www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-mask/art-20485449 www.aamc.org/news-insights/science-and-psychology-behind-masking-prevent-spread-covid-19 www.google.com/amp/s/www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/how-face-masks-can-help-prevent-the-spread-of-covid-19-67646/amp www.umms.org/coronavirus/what-to-know/masks/wearing-mask www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200612172200.htm

[@campkira]

Good clear some space for other people...

[@sandracheeks1811]

After 26 years as a public health nurse, I have learned that despite our best interventions and attempts at education, you just can’t fix stupid.

[@paulk9188]

Than as a nurse you would know a mask has no effect on viral transmission

[@sandracheeks1811]

@@paulk9188 I would disagree with that. A homemade mask might not completely prevent the spread of the virus, but it does decrease it. The inhabitation of the spray of respiratory droplets decreases the spread of the virus. I don’t know why people argue with this. It’s so basic. And medical grade masks such as N-95’s do in fact protect the wearer from acquiring a virus (flu, measles, COVID, etc.) If you don’t want to wear a mask, whatever, but don’t attempt to convince me of false information because I’ve seen the studies and know the facts. You do you and I hope you stay well.

[@paulk9188]

@@sandracheeks1811 Actually the N95 mask does not. The N95 is meant for .3 microns..the CV viron is 1/10 of ONE micron. And please don’t argue Respiratory droplets, we know that is a fallacy

[@ra7319]

@@sandracheeks1811 like you said, you can't fix stupid.. the replies you received prove that.

[@dyfrigshandy]

@@paulk9188 why is it a fallacy

[@diamondinvr]

I have asthma and I smoke. Wearing a mask sucks but it doesn't suffocate me, these people are crazy lol (I've worn them for up to 7 hours at a time without issue)

[@cursedcliff7562]

Why tf would you smoke when you have asthma?

[@koolkat-hq5xc]

Thanks for being smart about this, I hope you can quit smoking though

[@stanmarsh7149]

Congrats. Enjoy your _freedom._

[@Matt-fl8uy]

@@stanmarsh7149 Ugh. Please remember that your freedom doesn't extend to being able to infringe upon mine. You risking my life with your germs does just that.

[@pargolf3158]

@@cursedcliff7562 Why tf would you smoke even if you don't have asthma?

[@yl9644]

Anti maskers: fake news, fake info, I read couple facebook posts I’m expert.

[@mueezadam8438]

60% of links shared on social media are never clicked, so even at that it’s probably just the title they’re going on lol

[@aussieexpat]

You do realize that most people aren't using masks properly?

[@JD-mz1rl]

Said by a "real" scientist, who would actually know how to call BS if it were attempted

[@moviemetalhead]

No, I just read the Warning label on the side of a box of masks: "Will not protect the wearer from viruses or infectious diseases."

[@kacperpiotrowski7239]

You could at least try to understand where they concerns are coming from. Quite a comment for Someone nicknamed Freedom extreme

[@LightningRaven42]

When you behavior is seen as stupid 100 years ago, you need to rethink some aspects of your life.

[@pwrserge83]

Ravan Santos I keep telling socialists that every day.

[@perhaps1094]

@@pwrserge83 this obviously doesnt apply to partisan politics, nice try tho

[@pwrserge83]

@@perhaps1094 How so? Belief in an ideology that has caused the deaths of a quarter billion people in under a century is most certainly a pattern of behavior.

[@JDMI-]

@@pwrserge83 that might be because anything to the left of the American right is treated as socialism. Even social dems like myself are treated like Soviet communists. It's crazy.

[@pwrserge83]

J D because you are.

[@kylegamble6531]

In Canada we mostly just wear masks everywhere.. because we acturally care about each other

[@mercurialsilver5688]

That makes you totally unAmerican. Over here, it is every man, woman, and child for themselves. We call it “rugged individualism.”

[@andrewduong2740]

Or at least keep apart from each other

[@JamesDinh98]

Well I live in Montreal and there ade a lot Quebecers are protesting not to wear masks... This province is the Canadian’s Florida 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@pog9308]

@u wot m8 come back after your 13th birthday the people who understand the issue are speaking 🤭🤭🤭

[@ghola0]

Nah, Canadians are polite but are actually some of the least caring people around. They are, however, big on following rules because it's a rule.... so i'd chalk it up to that.

[@adriansantiago3745]

People who don’t wear masks don’t know how privileged they are. In the Spanish flu they would have been so grateful to even have one...

[@shouygui4955]

Mustard gas = Spanish flu. They didn't want to report the truth in the military weaponry at the time.

[@cibinomin6540]

@@shouygui4955 damn those lizard people. better not add any evidence in case someone might think im not a low iq waste of space

[@davidandremelchorzavala2100]

Shouy Gui lo not at all. Tell that to the 10-20 million dead in India without contact to the mustard gas, for example

[@johnmacrae2006]

@@cibinomin6540 Actually the Spanish flu started at Fort Riley, Kansas where U.S. soldiers were being injected with an experimental vaccine from the Rockefellers. They took it to Europe and back, and the rest is history. ☺️

[@nikakurtsikidze847]

@@johnmacrae2006 proof=zero

[@jasjfl]

The people who pull their mask down to talk drive me insane. That’s literally when you need it on the most.

[@WeatherMondacicci]

As a hearing impaired person, I usually do ask if the person talking to me can lower their masks so that I can see their lips. Masks also have a way of muffling sound which makes it harder for me to hear.

[@HFCosta83]

[1] Arthur Johnson, Journal of Biological Engineering (2016). [2] The Physiological Impact of N95 Masks on Medical Staff, National Taiwan University Hospital (June 2005). [3] The Physiological Impact of N95 Masks on Medical Staff, National Taiwan University Hospital (June 2005). [4] Headaches and the N95 Face-Mask Amongst Healthcare Providers. Lim EC1, Seet RC, Lee KH, Wilder-Smith EP, Chuah BY, Ong BK, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 28 Feb 2006, 113(3):199-202. [5] Ong JJY et al. Headaches associated with personal protective equipment- A cross-sectional study among frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19. Headache 2020;60(5):864-877. [6] Are Face Masks Effective Against Covid-19? The Science Times (May 25, 2020). [7] Could Wearing a Mask for Long Periods Be Detrimental to Health? The Jerusalem Post, Donna Rachel Edmunds (May 18, 2020) (quoting neurosurgeon Blaylock). [8] Bader A et al. Preliminary report on surgical mask induced deoxygenation during major surgery. Neurocirugia 2008;19:12-126.. [9] Russell Blaylock, Id. (quoting Shehade H et al. Cutting edge: Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 negatively regulates Th1 function. J Immunol 2015;195:1372-1376. Veja tambén: Westendorf AM et al. Hypoxia enhances immunosuppression by inhibiting CD4+ effector T cell function and promoting Treg activity. Cell Physiol Biochem 2017;41:1271-84. Veja adicionalmente: Sceneay J et al. Hypoxia-driven immunosuppression contributes to the pre-metastatic niche. Oncoimmunology 2013;2:1 e22355. [10] Aggarwal BB. Nucler factor-kappaB: The enemy within. Cancer Cell 2004;6:203-208, and Blaylock RL. Immunoexcitatory mechanisms in glioma proliferation, invasion and occasional metastasis. Surg Neurol Inter 2013;4:15. [11] Savransky V et al. Chronic intermittent hypoxia induces atherosclerosis. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2007;175:1290-1297. [12] Baig AM et al. Evidence of the COVID-19 virus targeting the CNS: Tissue distribution, host-virus interaction, and proposed neurotropic mechanisms. ACS Chem Neurosci 2020;11:7:995-998. Wu Y et al. Nervous system involvement after infection with COVID-19 and other coronaviruses. Brain Behavior, and Immunity. [13] Perlman S et al. Spread of a neurotropic murine coronavirus into the CNS via the trigeminal and olfactory nerves. Virology 1989;170:556-560.

[@overthis]

Wrong hahahahahahahaha

[@overthis]

@@HFCosta83 😍

[@danielmorhous2405]

I had a guy come in to the store I work at three ish days ago complaining about how the line was long and no one was distancing and how he was going to call corporate. With his mask off. So I told him he should probably put his mask on before calling

[@kristenwillrule]

What kills me is that they go from “it’s ineffective bc you can still smell a fart thru my jeans what’s this cloth gonna do” to “MY LUNGS ARE COMBUSTING FROM A LACK OF OXYGEN I CANT BREATHE!!!1!” Bs. Like pick one narrative and put a mask on ya big babies.

[@jde3993]

I wear a mask every time I leave my house, and so do most of my friends. I can usually talk the ones that don’t into it by asking, or informing them of some facts. Calling them big babies would not have helped, and most likely would have made them double down. We need to inform people rather than ridicule and mock them.

[@JacksonWalter735]

That and how people are using science to say that masks are ineffective because Covid molecules are smaller than the holes in a mask while also ignoring that those same molecules are usually attached to droplets. Sure masks aren't 100% effective, but they still help substantially. Don't even get me started on how some people are against abortion because all lives are important while believing in sacrificing those who are high risks of contracting the virus to save the economy. We could have reopened up safely by now and saved our economy like so many countries all around the world if we did things properly. If wearing a mask is the quickest way of getting back to how life was before the pandemic (unless we find a cure) then I'm all for it.

[@Irgendwelche5]

So if you're wearing a mask it makes you a taff cool guy instead of a complete idiot? Nice

[@JacksonWalter735]

@@Irgendwelche5 Do shinigami eyes work if half of the other person's face is covered? Or do you need a full helmet to cover your name/lifespan?

[@Irgendwelche5]

@@JacksonWalter735 You need a full helmet

[@frankm.2850]

Honestly I’m sick of living in a country populated by immature adult children who see making minor sacrifices for the well-being of the community as some kind of despotic evil. Because how dare an adult be expected to care about anyone else I guess.

[@Aaron_Hayman]

Thats a species wide problem, mate. Ive seen people espouse the importance of wearing a mask but will go into a gas station without a mask because they dont want to walk back to their car to get it. "Well ill only be in there for 2 mins" is the common excuse.

[@TheSirZparity]

Same.

[@unknownuser4224]

Yh it just seems dumb that people whine so much about something that isn't even hard to do to keep everyone else safe it's just discusting really. Like just shut up and wear a mask it's not hard or even that much of an inconvenient and it saves lives but a scary amount of the population seems to be adult babies that are so dense and moronic.

[@lolbro8701]

I think America just has a general distrust of the government ngl

[@nicholetiglao4680]

Well, based on how majority of high-ranking government officials treat the situation tells me other wise... I mean the p.o.t.u.s. himself doesn't advocate for masks and dismiss the severity of the pandemic.

[@palaven4048]

@@nicholetiglao4680 Trump said to wear masks a few weeks ago.

[@nicholetiglao4680]

@@palaven4048 yeah he did once..... and never again. It also took him months before doing so.

[@bf2man106]

Common sense should tell you and the respect for others to wear a mask... Like in japan...

[@jw4277]

@@palaven4048 the wave started months ago...bit late huh?

[@555lemonade]

Although educating the public is key, that is kind of hard to do when so many people spread misinformation.

[@Roeclean]

Lol

[@tacomonkey222]

Its also an issue when even squarespace shutdown a doctors page we should hear both sides and come to a conclusion its an evolving event so we still don’t have all the data shutting down one side of science because it goes against the mainstream its not scientific

[@brwi1]

Like the doctors themselves

[@555lemonade]

@@brwi1 what?

[@brwi1]

555lemonade the surgeon general and cdc lied 4 months ago saying to not wear masks and that they don’t work

[@danteller8282]

I'm a Florida Man too, and I happen to wear a mask in public, but irregardless of my stance on masks, I would have been so happy to drag that dude out of Costco by his tiny head just because he thought he deserved the right to treat somebody else that way.

[@Ryan-pg1tw]

Maybe you should express yourself more respectful

[@danteller8282]

@Denny Martíne, it actually is. It just means the same thing as "regardless." So it's a useless word, but a word nonetheless.

[@nenmaster5218]

@Takoyuki May i RANDOMLY recommend some Science-KZbinr? ?

[@freddychopin]

Really? A thousand anti-maskers disliked this video, even as five thousand people continue to die every single day?

[@ddmck1972]

And when it eventually happens to them...

[@reggiefields6551]

have you ever considered that we do not need so many people around?

[@dillonross1679]

What went wrong was the data did not match the claims everyone was making. Turns out that piece of cloth was not “lifesaving”

[@areoform]

Hey Wisecrack, This is a friendly reminder to include citations in your video descriptions. It's not only good praxis, but an effective way to help others follow on and read your work. The video mentions several different books and studies, but doesn't specify their names or what they are. There is no mechanism for the viewer to go and read more about the topic and gain more education, i.e. the mesage of the video. Citations are the lifeblood of academia for a reason. Thanks!

[@eleven864]

If you read studies about masks protecting against viruses, they're actually not that effective. This video is one sided. This is what annoys people. These studies were done before covid. Now that's apparently changed? WHO and CDC a couple of months ago were saying how masks wouldn't help.

[@josephglenn1471]

jocaguz18 What annoys me are idiots that cannot proofread

[@Wehdeo]

@@eleven864 It's hard to make a video that isn't one-sided when the two sides are "common sense" and "idiocy"

[@amandab3946]

Signal boost! Love a good list of references / links in the dropdown info section of the video. **picks up a glass** 🥃 Three cheers to critical thinking & individual research!!!

[@isabellalive2.081]

@jocaguz18 when the art of the state is getting every one to belive and practice a lie ( now go show and encourage the other children to do it to or I will acuse you of being autistic and then remove any dought of my felings toward people who have less of a working mind than I do They and you are the most obvious joke I ever heard of L0L I Know I wish all the defective, autistics would just keep their opionions of chat boards so jocaguz18 and I can carry on carrying ON!!!!! its something unpredictable that in the end is Right I Hope youve had the time of your Life. Wont you come and join the dance Alice I Am the Voice the looking Glass Behold I see You and My eve is fixed

[@migthulhu]

Wearing the mask makes concealed carry more exciting

[@bobnotbobff]

Omg that may work

[@fuxthebullshit]

Also makes it a felony in some jurisdictions

[@CaliburXL99]

CycleBear Not a crime if u don’t get caught 😉

[@JeradBenge]

First person to produce a mouth derringer makes the money.

[@felipedaiber2991]

@@fuxthebullshit that makes it even better

[@hypnoticmoai6509]

I tried wearing a ski mask to the bank. They weren’t too happy about it.

[@MrAnibl]

lol

[@frankm.2850]

The difference between 1918 and today is that those gauze masks didn’t do anything to protect the wearer. They were permeable enough for the fu to pass through, which isn’t the case with modern surgical and n95 masks.

[@nenmaster5218]

May i RANDOMLY recommend some Science-KZbinr? ?

[@ryanartward]

So it's like instead of a sign that says "Do Not Feed the Birds." Have it say: "Feed the Birds, I dare you." 🙃

[@xericicity]

"Feeding the birds is now mandatory" - The opposite party that you vote for

[@arhicluj2008]

"Real men stuff birds!"

[@seedplanter7173]

What birds? 4=1 G killed them off, next will be your dog..then you...maskhole

[@HFCosta83]

[1] Arthur Johnson, Journal of Biological Engineering (2016). [2] The Physiological Impact of N95 Masks on Medical Staff, National Taiwan University Hospital (June 2005). [3] The Physiological Impact of N95 Masks on Medical Staff, National Taiwan University Hospital (June 2005). [4] Headaches and the N95 Face-Mask Amongst Healthcare Providers. Lim EC1, Seet RC, Lee KH, Wilder-Smith EP, Chuah BY, Ong BK, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 28 Feb 2006, 113(3):199-202. [5] Ong JJY et al. Headaches associated with personal protective equipment- A cross-sectional study among frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19. Headache 2020;60(5):864-877. [6] Are Face Masks Effective Against Covid-19? The Science Times (May 25, 2020). [7] Could Wearing a Mask for Long Periods Be Detrimental to Health? The Jerusalem Post, Donna Rachel Edmunds (May 18, 2020) (quoting neurosurgeon Blaylock). [8] Bader A et al. Preliminary report on surgical mask induced deoxygenation during major surgery. Neurocirugia 2008;19:12-126.. [9] Russell Blaylock, Id. (quoting Shehade H et al. Cutting edge: Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 negatively regulates Th1 function. J Immunol 2015;195:1372-1376. Veja tambén: Westendorf AM et al. Hypoxia enhances immunosuppression by inhibiting CD4+ effector T cell function and promoting Treg activity. Cell Physiol Biochem 2017;41:1271-84. Veja adicionalmente: Sceneay J et al. Hypoxia-driven immunosuppression contributes to the pre-metastatic niche. Oncoimmunology 2013;2:1 e22355. [10] Aggarwal BB. Nucler factor-kappaB: The enemy within. Cancer Cell 2004;6:203-208, and Blaylock RL. Immunoexcitatory mechanisms in glioma proliferation, invasion and occasional metastasis. Surg Neurol Inter 2013;4:15. [11] Savransky V et al. Chronic intermittent hypoxia induces atherosclerosis. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2007;175:1290-1297. [12] Baig AM et al. Evidence of the COVID-19 virus targeting the CNS: Tissue distribution, host-virus interaction, and proposed neurotropic mechanisms. ACS Chem Neurosci 2020;11:7:995-998. Wu Y et al. Nervous system involvement after infection with COVID-19 and other coronaviruses. Brain Behavior, and Immunity. [13] Perlman S et al. Spread of a neurotropic murine coronavirus into the CNS via the trigeminal and olfactory nerves. Virology 1989;170:556-560.

[@blackcatkuroi]

I wear a mask practically every day, for eleven+ hours a day, and have since February. Then again, I live in Korea and we have maybe a couple cases every other day.

[@incisivecommenter5974]

That's what I do here in the US, but then again I work in health care. Even if it wasn't required I'd wear it

[@nenmaster5218]

@@incisivecommenter5974 May i RANDOMLY recommend some Science-KZbinr? ?

[@zakkgreene]

I wonder where we’d be if the president decided to sell maga masks instead of the path he chose

[@richardparker2555]

Wisecrack should stick to movies and avoid politics. These pandemic videos they made aren't aging well and really show that they didn't know what they were talking about.

[@Milkra]

No one cared who I was til I put on the mask...

[@tomgjgj]

Dude, I've seen the leader of your government on the telly and I think this ''education'' thing isn't a priority.

[@TotallyNotRedneckYall]

🤣😭😭

[@pwrserge83]

That's why he's a billionaire and you can't speak proper English.

[@kutlumzrak2689]

I've also seen your leader, and what was it he said... hmm... "Don't go to work, but go to work. Go outside, but dont go outside."

[@Jadasan]

@@pwrserge83...and you're still poor! 😂😂

[@pwrserge83]

Jadasan [laughs in $20 cigar]

[@OGEdger]

Anti-maskers should sign waivers agreeing to not go to the hospital of they experience symptoms of COVID.

[@shouygui4955]

Circumcision is healthy. Anyone not circumcised should not be admitted to a hospital.

[@OGEdger]

@@shouygui4955 Lol. It's not the same. XD

[@pargolf3158]

@@shouygui4955 Really really bad comparison

[@psychicbyinternet]

@@shouygui4955 That was such a shit analogy that I honestly thought you were trying to advertise for some kind of pro-circumcision channel because it just seemed so ridiculously off-topic until I realized what you were trying to do. Oof.

[@frankm.2850]

To the people talking about not needing to wear a mask because you know to cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze: What part of “your breath has covid particles in it” don’t you understand? It’s not just coughing and sneezing that spreads it.

[@BurningHydrant]

This made me think about what Innuendo Studios said about things like this: Yes, you *can* make a militarist care about the environment be reframing it as "resources to protect", but you probably *shouldn't* because then you'd be throwing peace activism under the bus. Catering to someone's beliefs might be effective in the short term, but in the long term you have to address and change bad beliefs.

[@Pacmanghost]

Protecting resources is a bad belief?

[@caiheang]

@@Pacmanghost Yeah until that "resource" is some fictitious bullcrap that is in diametric opposition to the wellbeing of every human on earth, then yes. You do realise how effortless it is to shift the goalpost on the definition of "resources" to one's own benefit right?

[@Pacmanghost]

@@caiheang Your argument is meaningless, because obviously any ideology taken to its extreme is harmful. In this case I'm talking about the environment as a resource to protect and I doubt that you could argue against that being a good thing.

[@eliasalbarracin5549]

@@Pacmanghost I think the point they're arguing is that you can start to change someone's attitudes by first appealing to their beliefs, then attempt to argue for different ideas. Solely relying on the first option only works in the beginning and can lead to you having to somehow appeal to their beliefs any time you want to enact change. On a side note, I'm wondering what you mean by extremism (I think you're confusing it with fanaticism, but I could be wrong) because I've seen many people argue that you should never be an extremist and later call themselves "true centrists." It just takes away any meaning you could have gathered from the argument and instead suggests always following the middle option because apparently that is truly the "most important" aspect of the discussion.

[@BurningHydrant]

@Aaron Smith Yeah it wasn't on his channel. It was a talk he did for Indivisible: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGeqd36la8Smhbc There you go :)

[@SavageJunky]

- Conspirationist: Mask are dangerous! - Doctor who do brain surgery for hours while wearing mask: I would know if it was

[@Ramsey276one]

THERE YOU GO!

[@joelgonzales8342]

A brain surgeons would probably tell you that they only wear a masks in operating rooms where EVERYTHING has been sterilized, and that Wearing it outside of and extremely accute setting like that isn't going to achieve much, if anything.

[@SavageJunky]

@@joelgonzales8342 No

[@zeroyuki92]

@@joelgonzales8342 Introduce us to that Brain Surgeon

[@SavageJunky]

@@joelgonzales8342 So Doctors wear mask to avoid contaminate the person in front of them but outside the mask magically knows he is outside and stop protecting??? Can you tell me more about that ROFL?

[@dioxincaddiz8166]

karens gets in your face making demands, anti-maskers just want to be left alone and refuse your demands. who's the karen again? lol

[@psychicbyinternet]

Lol I've seen thousands of anti-mask Karen videos where they are incredibly rude to the people around them. But Karens never want to admit their Karens so your comment makes sense.

[@dioxincaddiz8166]

@@psychicbyinternet sadly yours just doesn't. i don't give a fuck what anybody does if it don't interfere with me. i just want people to fuck off and let me do me and you do you. you watched thousands of videos? lol yeah ok

[@theantipope4354]

12:20 I'm an Australian who was in their late teens when the Grim Reaper anti-HIV ads were aired, & they *were* accompanied by an effective prevention message, which was to use condoms every time. It worked, too.

[@bettybetty9476]

Wait... SO I'M SUPPOSED TO WEAR PANTS AT DENNY'S?!

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

It's a scheme of communist big pants to mass sterilize the west by forcing their balls to overheat in pants.

[@promoteroflibertyfromgloba8225]

You can wrap it in several layers of irony and sarcasm all you want, but our liberties are eroding ever so slowly under the pretext of virus safety

[@promoteroflibertyfromgloba8225]

I don’t want to wear a mask, and I shouldn’t be shamed and given a five hundred dollar fine for not obeying

[@dexdrako]

​@@promoteroflibertyfromgloba8225 F off inbred the world does not revolve around you. you matter equally to everyone else so you don't get to put others at risk

[@imperator692]

@@promoteroflibertyfromgloba8225 Lmao, your liberties are being stolen because you have to wear a mask at walmart

[@WhaleManMan]

"What went wrong?" Humanity: It all started.....when I was born.

[@andresplaza1232]

Agent Smith? Is that you? Hahaha

[@EstebanGallardo]

Universe: "Don't worry, my dear miracle, you were meant to disappear as a cosmic tiny silent fart that nobody in the future will know it ever existed. There, there... it's almost over"

[@OutstandingO]

Don't mind me. I just came in here to chuckle at all the comments from people butt-hurt about wearing masks.

[@cursedcliff7562]

Hahahah same

[@hittingyouoverthehead]

I still don't understand why. Why in good God's name is wearing a mask an infringement on your freedom? Where did this narrative originate? You guys didn't do a good job explaining that.

[@owlhater270]

Why are you afraid of healthy ppl?

[@alluneedislessthan3]

The 1918 government said “mask 4 masc”.

[@Sand_Bard]

haha! nailed it.

[@nenmaster5218]

@@Sand_Bard May i RANDOMLY recommend some Science-KZbinr? ?

[@haruruben]

I remember hearing people in my grandparents’ generation saying they believed seat belts made driving MORE dangerous for a variety of stupid reasons. I think now almost all Americans realize that seat belts save lives. The anti-mask stuff sounds a lot like the anti-mask

[@haruruben]

Carlos Hilner it’s not preventing people from getting sick, they still get horribly sick and this pill shows some chance of reducing chance of death... after you’re in a coma and in a ventilator. Problem is it also has other side effects

[@haruruben]

Carlos Hilner problem is the morons were telling front line workers to take hydroxy as a preventative measure... it doesn’t help you there.

[@haruruben]

Carlos Hilner there are only 700,000 staffed hospital beds in the country. That means if 0.002% of the population get sick enough to be hospitalized our entire healthcare system is clogged and people with other illnesses and injuries can’t get treated. Overall deaths are up 20% because of this

[@nenmaster5218]

@@haruruben I am worried about Anti-Science, so i go around and recommend people randomly Science-YT-Channel and just Education overall (mostly Fun-Education aka Teaching-as-it-should-be). Mind if i do?

[@postmortem3260]

Politics is going to be the death of us I swear..

[@shouygui4955]

Circumcision is healthy.

[@rhetteverette2406]

I overheard someone in a store telling someone else “ poke your nose out of the top of your mask again & I swear I’ll break it” i flashed him a thumbs up but honestly wanted to befriend him

[@psychicbyinternet]

Why do so many people not cover their noses??? We need an ad campaign or something.

[@AK907guy]

It just feels wrong to not hear "and of course, spoilers ahead"

[@dlsspy]

"and of course, spoiled kids ahead" would've worked

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

Well at the end he said "Later" but when the closed captions read "Peace" instead!

[@kalevala1778]

To be fair, we already know how this is going to end.

[@PeakHawk]

I just heard that comment about the old spice guy telling you to wear a mask, and I genuinely thing that is a really great idea

[@shouygui4955]

Circumcision is healthy. Mandate circumcision just like masks.

[@PeakHawk]

@@shouygui4955 what

[@nenmaster5218]

@@shouygui4955 May i RANDOMLY recommend some Science-KZbinr? ?

[@bamfhoneybadger]

This should not be political, by any means. But you completely glossed over how much false, conflicting, or misinformation the CDC, the US government, and media has spread at the beginning of all this, like how people were told initially not to wear a mask or to not go to the doctor. You also missed reports of doctors getting silenced in their practice or on social media, and prescriptions getting refused by the pharmacy for treatments because the president referenced studies being done with a drug, and how that drug became political.

[@ScarletCandlelight]

I have had to ware masks before COVID do to my messed up lungs and weak imunsystum. But I have seen an accreecing number of people that have yelled at me minding my own buissnes that where non mask warees and going after anyone in a mask in a store for their complaints even been rejected a sale for I have to ware a mask. I rarely go out at all now to stay safe from attacking anti maskers. I'm weaker in every way do to my chronic disabilities so being attacked like that is so bad I am now afraid of people.

[@psychicbyinternet]

Sorry that people are awful. Guessing you live in a red state?

[@ScarletCandlelight]

@@psychicbyinternet think so I'm in FL

[@mr.jugglenuts6720]

I am Swedish, and I wear a mask eventhoe our state policy is "it would be nice if you wore one, but we are not gona tell you to". I never se other people were one.

[@HFCosta83]

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0953620520303356

[@Crysta11ize]

In Ohio, we recently got a bunch of mask mandates passed and it's really been the first time since this pandemic started that I've seen the majority of people are wearing masks when I go out. Like a lot of people weren't/aren't wearing masks because they hate the whole idea, but I feel like a lot more weren't wearing them because they were too lazy to do so when it was optional. My own brother falls into the latter category lmao

[@abdo19code]

Same in Virginia. It was like 50/50 before govt mandate, now it's like 98% wearing a mask

[@altrocks]

The difference between Illinois, where masks have been required indoors, and Iowa and Wisconsin, where they haven't been, is huge. People don't wear them unless they're forced to. It's sad.

[@crazyjoeshorts5256]

I'm from Ohio. The mandate is being largely ignored in my area. People make their own choice on wearing one and leave eachother alone about it and it works out pretty well. The case load has been very low the entire time in our county.

[@ashlikefrompokemon4327]

@@altrocks in Wisonsin, can confirm how bad it is here. Our governor finally passed a mask mandate tho! If it gets overturned by our mostly Republican state legislature or if people actually follow it remains to be seen however.

[@bentontramell]

It really took when Wal-Mart got on board. The number of people passing through their doors makes them more effective.

[@blupunk01]

Cases where I live started rising and the city finally passed a mask ordinance in early July. The week it went into effect was the very first time I'd been in a grocery store since the start of the pandemic that every customer was wearing a mask. Under voluntary compliance it wasn't unusual to see a 50% maskless rate.

[@zackpumpkinhead8882]

9:30 one person is smoking through their nose

[@christ3223]

A bit of a gap in this video and something that would behoove mask advocates: an acknowledgment that messaging from figures in government and public health about masks in the beginning of the emergency was mixed at best and anti-mask at worst.

[@yucannthahvitt251]

Not a bit of a gap, they missed the entire problem by a mile. The bad messaging at the start completely undermined people's trust in the information being presented. Backlash was inevitable after that point.

[@Jay-ue2ic]

The president didn’t wear a mask in public until 2 weeks ago and hasn’t since.

[@WillBC23]

I remember raging at the time of the stupidity of that messaging. I don't think your best case is plausible. They told people not to wear masks. Even if you grant they were needed for front line workers, it would have been better to advise people to make their own or use a handkerchief, which could have helped some at the time and perhaps prevented the issue we see now with their lack of credibility. It caused such a kerfuffle at the time, people saying that there wasn't sufficient evidence that they were helpful despite some pretty common sense reasons to suspect they would be better than nothing. A joke paper was referenced at the time, that we cannot conclude parachutes are effective due to the lack of double blind parachute studies. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC300808/#__ffn_sectitle Yes, there are a lot of ignorant people who don't understand biology and chafe at authority. But put yourself in their shoes. If someone who claims to be an authority in a field which you don't understand contradicts themselves in the span of months, why would you trust them? Masks are more than a mild inconvenience for some people. They reduce airflow and asthmatics etc. can be very uncomfortable with them.

[@NWPaul72]

Was there somebody who didn't get that?

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

@Faylum1 Did you watch the video? We're literally repeating history with the Spanish flu. I guess it was the end of the world when people had to wear masks then? And speaking of the flu you keep harping on...It's almost like you can get a flu shot or something... Huh...

[@Jay-ue2ic]

It would help if our elected leaders actually believed in science and didn’t use a pandemic as a political football to rally the base. You can’t tell me that a more serious president wouldn’t have driven awareness of this pandemic sooner.

[@cobrakingofeart]

do you remember when the whole world shut down over swine flu or avian flu or any one of what feels like a half dozen other "plagues" that happened during the obama administration?

[@moviemetalhead]

Keep blaming something on the president, that China inflicted on the world.

[@TheDrewker]

@@moviemetalhead It came from China, yes, but you dipshits helped it spread here. Good job, fucktard.

[@romanmanner]

@@cobrakingofeart They weren't as widespread and most importantly: AMERICAN LEADERSHIP DID ITS JOB THEN. TRUMP IS A DUMPSTER FIRE THAT IS INCAPABLE OF ACTING COMPETENTLY. Is that clear enough for you?

[@moviemetalhead]

@@TheDrewker And you wonder why a dialogue can't happen when your first instinct is hurl insults. Real constructive.

[@Madanth0ny]

The problem where mask believers went wrong was not reading on the box where it says “this does not prevent you from getting COVID 19”

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

LOL. Also apparently we once again forgot aerosol transmission exists and that masks are completely useless at blocking it

One does not have the freedom and liberty to spew their liquids on me. STFU and wear a mask. Covid will be over soon. We will prevail over the Corona virus. My mask is for you, your mask is for me. Q E D

[@Tobi13131]

i'm from austria, such the entire topic is just one big comic show for me

[@simiccombinefanatic331]

I’m from America. Can confirm we are a nation of idiots

[@TheBecke1983]

yeah it's so weird to me as well. I just can't understand how people don't want to end the pandemic quicker

[@Nimbereth]

I'm from Brazil and everybody here uses as well (except for our shit president)

[@jessmith7324]

Do you watch with beer and chips? lol

[@christiandauz3742]

What are the chances Bullshitnaro is either impeached, killed or voted out?

[@VengeanceMM]

Oh shit! I've been wearing a respirator style mask with exhaust ports, I never thought about how ineffective that actually was, I'll have to stop that immediately!

[@melodypond8008]

Ikr I've been doing the same I wish I'd researched it beforehand, but now I'm not sure what to get instead? 🤔😷

[@VengeanceMM]

Just a cloth one apparently as you are just trying to stop the moisture from flying out of your mouth at other people

[@EvilETV]

protectstyles.com

[@kutlumzrak2689]

It is effective in protecting YOU. It only fails in blocking your droplets department. So if you are healthy, you are not endangering anyone ( You better be damn sure though)

[@DocBree13]

I had never heard that before, either, and I was really surprised about that information - I wear the disposable ones, but I had thought about getting the kind you have because I assumed they were higher tech and therefore better.

[@yaboyjosh3023]

I have Asthma, I have health issues, and I STILL wear a mask and have no problem with it. And No I'm not interested in conspiracy theories.

[@paulk9188]

are you interested in basic physics? Do you understand why a mask cannot stop viral transmission?

[@jojo-gy9pp]

Dude I work in an office where 40 people walk around for a couple hours. Before masks were mandated only 2 or 3 wore a mask. Of course now 8-12 use them incorrectly.

[@ironbuzz_]

Hey man i wear a mask once a week because I go out for groceries once a week and nothing else

[@MiishaKorvian]

Same my dude, Once a week because the rest of the time we're Self Isolating and Social Distancing! ...though if you were also the kind that only went outside about once a week anyways, it not much of a change.

[@RetroHobo]

Yes, not sure why wisecrack is shaming people for reducing their time spent out in public.

[@htoodoh5770]

@@RetroHobo before coronavire.

[@jordannadroj9061]

One good thing about Covid is that if anyone comes within two meters of me anything after that is self defence.

[@kendallmoore4826]

If they're not going to wear a mask, we'll make damn sure that they'll social distance.

[@RodniDemental]

If it's a good thing you basically just want to fight people. Explains a lot of the behaviour we're seeing

[@jordannadroj9061]

@@RodniDemental fight me

[@jordannadroj9061]

@@RodniDemental let's go 💪 haha. In all seriousness I do agree with the first comment regarding people who don't wear masks by Kendall; if you're able to wear a mask but choose not to then your existence puts other people at risk. I think I meant that in my original comment but worded it poorly and now I'm psycho 🙃

[@ZigealFaust]

@@RodniDemental Idk, they deserve a good punch in the face for being selfish pricks. Plus, the law's the law, riiiiiiiiight?

[@raiorai2]

*Specialists:* You see, you need to do this because it will affect other lifes and health, not yours. *Americans:* Bwut I dwon't want to. *Police seeing the drunk guy hop in his car:* I mean, it would surely be imoral for us to stop him

[@jkelly5957]

“If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” - Carl Sagan

[@Erik-pu4mj]

Shout out to those gay activists who took saving lives into their own hands. I wouldn't say pride--let alone gay pride--comes easily for me, but these heroes make me proud of my community.

[@coryvanbergeyk8173]

No

[@feathero3]

You should have more pride! You're awesome Erik!

[@Chilcutte]

Yes the Queens who led households in the drag balls did more to save lives then people realize ♡♡♡

[@Chilcutte]

@@feathero3 💜💙💚💛🧡❤

[@FeministEst]

I love gay men. They are always prepared and straight guys could learn a lot about sexual responsibility from them.

[@Karolomen]

2:30 end of the ad

[@Kamn_exe]

When you realize KZbin videos are really the advertisements for the ads themselves.

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

Thankfully channels keep it to about 1 minute long which is 6 clicks of the fast forward (L key on computers, double click the right side of the screen on phones)!

[@Vessi]

Oops, looks like you missed out getting to know us! We'd love for you to check out our shoes, they're totally waterproof and honestly will make your life so much easier 😉

[@randomsquidproductions4061]

@@LakeVermilionDreams KZbin then: "but first, our sponsor-" *skips forward once* KZbin now: "but first, our sponsor-" *skips forward five times*

[@Karolomen]

@@Vessi I guess you don't ship to Europe or I'd have to pay high tolls. But I'd give them a try if they're waterproof!

[@felenti4956]

Anti-Maskers: What Went Wrong? people woke up

[@TheSuzberry]

Dress code: No Shirt, No Shoes, No Mask: No Service. How hard is that?

[@mikigolub8952]

When the corona outbreak started the World Health Organization and other professionals stated that masks will not help you to not get sick. Even then I thought they were helpful, but I understand why people distrust what the media and scientists are telling them.

[@darkpaw1522]

Yeah, the only thing proven to work best was quarantine. We have something here at our Waterpark called Screeners. Where if you were sick in the last two week or near someone who was sick in the last two weeks you're not allowed to enter. And if they see you even flem cough or act sick at all you're immediately kicked out, no refund. It's been open 2 months now and no Covid-19 spikes at all, in fact it's been going down in my area. Some other entertainment places, stores, and restaurants been doing the same. Basically exercising social distancing and quarantine, along with keeping hand sanitizer within modest reach, All mask free too. It honestly feels nice to have things going back to normal.

[@Leshenn]

I agree, but it leads us to a really tough place. The inherent process of science is to rerun tests over and over until you see patterns. The scientific method is not immediate, and bad research exists. Usually, years of replication studies or related research can help shine light on errors, outliers, and sampling effects. However, in this time of crisis, science is more forced to be transparent. That means that the public sees that science is an imperfect process that corrects itself. I can understand why this would breed public distrust in science if findings seem contradicting or unstable. However, it is also sad that people end their engagement when research is in its infancy and is bound to require modification than when we have enough research to establish more certain patterns. As a scientist myself who is very interested in public outreach, I feel like this is a no-win situation. Transparency is the foundation of trust, but transparency without context and patience is a formula for misinformation.

[@darkpaw1522]

@@Leshenn This was very well put. Thankfully time moves forward. One day we'll look back on this and learn something.

[@eleven864]

@@Leshenn but my question is why is it only in the last few months that suddenly the science around masks protecting against and preventing viruses spreading has changed. There have been plenty of studies into masks' effectiveness for decades before this. These show that they are not as effective as they are saying now at aaalll in protecting against viruses plus that's not what they're meant for. What is that all about?

[@Leshenn]

@@eleven864 I recommend you talk to anyone who has a masters or above in microbiology. In short, decades of research on different viruses would not tell us anything about how this one behaves. The size of viral molecules and vectors (e.g. the way the virus travels using things like spit) are one of the main things that determines the effectiveness of masks. Also, how long the virus can exist without a host on various materials or in the air, the role of ventilation and similar variables, the amount of inhaled particles required to get various populations sick, and understanding the nature of a new and unique virus are all things that influence the scientific process and findings. Also, it is worth mentioning that the best comparison is this virus to SARS, a previously known and highly infectious virus. Except this virus has a different shape and behaves slightly differently than anything discovered before, hence the need to basically find solutions from scratch. I hope this information helps. 👍 Sometimes science takes a two prong approach. People research the virus and try to find solutions based off its characteristics, and people look at effective precautions in the real world then work backwards to determine why they are effective. Masks have been a major way countries have effectively prevented spread since they limit the ability for the particles to spread with an effective vector, and they limit the chance that particles which get through one mask will also get through yours (though this is generally a small help, as it is more important for the person with the virus to wear a mask). Lastly, if one only is exposed to the scientific knowledge through news or political outlets, the knowledge is even more prone to being skewed or pressured to serve an economic purpose. I always find looking at recommendations within scientific communities or articles to provide less whiplash when findings evolve

[@artypyrec4186]

Freedom without responsibilty

[@Imbatmn57]

Will be the end of us all

[@yme3267]

@@Imbatmn57 and that's your right 🤷‍♂️ You have the right to be stupid. Don't like that? Don't live here

[@ruraljurr]

@@yme3267 why does she have to leave because she doesn't like something? Wouldn't it make more sense to identify the problems and work to make them better?

[@salamisumo2]

The Guy With a Y That’s cute, I’m sure you consider leaving too when you bitched nonstop about Obama for 8 years.

[@LH-wd7mc]

Møtíf I don’t like when other people tell other people to leave the country but he has a point. America is the most free country in the world and if you don’t like it then just go to a socialist country or communist country where the government controls every aspect of your life.

[@jtmmmm27]

Americans will fight anything duh.

[@RosyOutlook2]

And idiots like you will go along with anything.

[@shouygui4955]

Circumcision is healthy. Mandate circumcision just like masks.

[@politereminder6284]

The US is historically poor at public health communication

[@angela_merkeI]

If only those people died/suffered potential life long complications I wouldn't have a problem with them not wearing masks, but unfortunately viruses do not work that way...

[@Raymix]

Woah, calm down there, Hitler

[@angela_merkeI]

@@Raymix How does that make me Hitler? They are adults and all the sources one needs to do an informed decision are publicly available. I'm not wasting empathy for people like the guy who let himself being infected to prove that Covid was a harmless hoax and died because of it and his friends who think that all of this is an invention. His death shouldn't of course be celebrated and the reason why so many people are ignorant fucks should be fought, but I'm not going to be sad that he was so mind numbingly stupid.

[@deltanebula8622]

The "your brain on drugs" ad just makes me think "but I like fried eggs better than raw eggs"

[@nenmaster5218]

May i RANDOMLY recommend some Science-KZbinr? ?

[@deeptalks2964]

So science says wearing a mask doesn't work but I still have to wear one to make you feel safe? Can't argue with that. Since I won't be needing all this common sense anymore I'll just throw it away...

[@BadirASalih]

Outsiders can clearly see why Americans call themselves the best at everything now....

[@KainGerc]

Twitter shaming only provokes antagonism not compliance.

[@PropheticShadeZ]

Its just so hard when the are so fundamentally wrong

[@filippoformoso9690]

So happy to see a video with this undertone, nobody has ever changed their mind because of being told they're idiots by random strangers...

[@TotallyNotRedneckYall]

Welcome to the internet! 🦠😷✌️

[@filippoformoso9690]

Raising health awareness and inflating cigarette prices did a lot more than calling people morons. Saying this as somebody who quit, the first thing I wanted to do after being chided for smoking was to light up a cigarette and raise the finger, it's a normal response to aggressive behaviour.

[@filippoformoso9690]

It's an emotional response, you surely do have them all the time without even realizing it!

[@filippoformoso9690]

...then why being dicks to other people and not tell them what they're doing wrong directly? Saves time and anger on both sides!

[@TheArtistKnownAsNooblet]

Happens all the time actually, it's called peer pressure

[@arthurwong1738]

I wear my mask whenever I am out in public BUT NOTE when I am doing my Fit Walk Full Cardio Workout. In order to quiet the mask shamers, I wore my mask for four days while doing my workouts. The effect was devastating: I thought that today was the day before. I skipped yesterday. Wearing a mask while working out is worse than taking drugs because it cuts off sufficient oxygen to both your body & your brain. Now, I just ignore mask shamers and be maskless during my workouts.

[@wargriffin5]

It probably DIDN'T help that the public was initially told that masks weren't effective, told not to buy them because there was a shortage for healthcare workers, and then were required to wear them by law despite there being said shortage. If you had your masks already, you most likely had disobeyed the former order at the time to fulfill the latter one. Turns out, giving contradictory, self-serving instructions is a REALLY good way to make sure that nobody trusts what you say.

[@sababugs1125]

Yeah but they didn't have the information when they first announced it

[@wargriffin5]

@@sababugs1125 Maybe, if not for the fact that the "masks aren't effective" and the "don't buy masks because WE need them" orders were occurring simultaneously(and from the same organization). They had enough information to know that they needed masks for healthcare workers, and lied to the public to try and get more. There's nothing easy about choosing who gets those resources, but because of how that decision was handled, there's no version of this where they're now suddenly the "good guys."

[@sababugs1125]

@@wargriffin5 let's say someone is shooting at you then you run to the left and find out that there is a another guy to the left so you run to the right . Are you know a bad person for using new information

[@jessicagauthier2499]

My favorite clip ever is the older Karen who is dead-ass running out of breath talking about how we are throwing away gods precious, flawless breathing device.

[@TheArtistKnownAsNooblet]

I know right, I have asthma and severe year long seasonal allergies, hearing anyone call my lungs a "perfect breathing device" is just hilarious.

[@hurleyv1623]

Shaming people will only make people double down, South Park did a whole episode on it.

[@kenouk6183]

How are we supposed not to do that when those. Retarded fucks are killing innocents because of their stupidity

[@DMWayne-ke7fl]

@@kenouk6183 more like killing old people that largely would've died 3 months later from a rough cough.

[@azazel166]

Your education system failed(which wasn't good to begin with), that's what happened.

[@DansEarway]

Please stay in your shithole country and don’t bring your subservient ideology to our shores.

[@azazel166]

@@DansEarway Oh, I will stay, don't you fret, little American. Try not to burst from all that ego.

[@DansEarway]

A Ghost Without a Past.. thank you

[@SWLinPHX]

2:39 Can you imagine if the government mandate said we all had to go back to wearing what they did during the bubonic plague, complete with the beak mask, robe and hat? Imagine hundreds of people walking around all looking identical like that.

[@luckysues6293]

That would be awesome can we do that.