Mandatory masks in in city of GP

[JohnB]

https://everythinggp.com/2020/10/26/...rande-prairie/

[Twisted Canuck]

Yes, saw that. Ohmygodohmygodohmygod!! 100 new cases, world coming to an end, call out the national guard.....

Sucks, now I will have to wear a mask for my shifts down at the shooting range this week.

Luckily, I had foresight and got a good pirate mask...yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

[Outbound]

It's fricking stupid. Case numbers mean nothing. What is important are hospitalizations and deaths In all of Alberta, there are only 118 people in hospital and 16 in ICU due to the rona. Only 317ish deaths. Most in places with mask bylaws btw. This in a population if 4.3 million.

Talk about an over reaction amd fear mongering.

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by Outbound

It's fricking stupid. Case numbers mean nothing. What is important are hospitalizations and deaths In all of Alberta, there are only 118 people in hospital and 16 in ICU due to the rona. Only 317ish deaths. Most in places with mask bylaws btw. This in a population if 4.3 million.

Talk about an over reaction amd fear mongering.

Time will tell....

[Outbound]

Originally Posted by 58thecat

Time will tell....

That's what they said back in spring. Then this summer. It's getting old. So far, time has told that everyone is over reacting. Wash your hands, keep your distance, if you feel sick stay home, if you have health issues or are old stay home. Everyone else should carry on.

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by Outbound

That's what they said back in spring. Then this summer. It's getting old. So far, time has told that everyone is over reacting. Wash your hands, keep your distance, if you feel sick stay home, if you have health issues or are old stay home. Everyone else should carry on.

Bingo,you nailed it....problem is that there seems to be some that just don't follow simple protocols and put all of us at risk by doing so....making the powers that Implememt and force restrictions......so here we are....

[45-70man]

Putting everyone at risk of what, the fraction of a percent you might die if your at the end of your life anyway?

[tri777]

My greeny neighbor shook his fist at me a week ago for letting my car warm up in the morning.
I put some heat resistant fabric over the tail pipe to ease tensions & stop the spread of the any
pollutants. Anyone know why my car is sluggish now or why my emissions sensor is lit on the dash..

P.S.
I have been trying out this mask thing for the week and a half, I have noticed a consistant thing:
I start to getting light headed around the 20min mark, then kind of panic forcing my
mask off for 20-30secs to regain myself & resume with it back on.
Insanity!

[Positrac]

Fort McMurray went mandatory face mask use inside public places yesterday too.

I’d hate to be in retail and have to enforce their use.

[Bergerboy]

Originally Posted by Positrac

Fort McMurray went mandatory face mask use inside public places yesterday too.

I’d hate to be in retail and have to enforce their use.

Enforcement is not the stores responsibility. Its bylaws responsibility.

[Bigwoodsman]

Originally Posted by Bergerboy

Enforcement is not the stores responsibility. Its bylaws responsibility.

That is correct and we enforce it in our building. I have customers that will not allow our drivers on to the property without a face covering. I have one driver that has a medical exemption, and customers do not recognize this. They have asked for a different driver. Funny how he wears a mask to these places, he is an owner op.

We've had mandatory mask/face coverings for 3 months and the numbers are going up, up, up. Face masks/face coverings only make civic politicians feel good about themselves. They do nothing to stem the tide that's known as COVID.


BW

[birdman86]

Originally Posted by 45-70man

Putting everyone at risk of what, the fraction of a percent you might die if your at the end of your life anyway?

Tell that to the people who's loved ones have died. Whether some 80 yr old gentleman dies a year early or twenty, I guarantee his family wanted every one of those days.

Wearing a mask is such a stupid thing to plant your flag on. Current numbers aren't that important, its preventative - because case numbers *are rising*, and that means deaths are bound to increase in the coming months.

If I'm forced to wear a mask, and the alternative is a full shut down in a month or two, I'll happily be a "sheep" and do it.

[45-70man]

People die every day. Simple as

[Simplefarmer]

If in fact the wearing of a simple face covering is going to make any difference, then removing all restrictions is a must.

These jurisdictions mandating the face coverings should be able to allow mass gatherings and feel comfortable doing so... If not, these feel good measures amount to nothing more than fear.

[hunterngather]

Quit crying and acting like babies that just got something taken away from them. Legit temper tantrums from some people on this issue.

Wear the mask. Carry on with your life.

*giant eye roll*

[Talking moose]

Originally Posted by hunterngather

Quit crying and acting like babies that just got something taken away from them. Legit temper tantrums from some people on this issue.

Wear the mask. Carry on with your life.

*giant eye roll*

I find it the other way around. When out and about I see people crying to others to put a mask on. Not once have I seen anyone crying for someone to take it off.
Babies.
*mega eyeroll*

[bucksman]

Most guys on here wear a mask or face covering while they are out hunting but as soon as someone tells them they have to wear one they stomp their feet and have a tantrum

[whiteout]

Originally Posted by hunterngather

Quit crying and acting like babies that just got something taken away from them. Legit temper tantrums from some people on this issue.

Wear the mask. Carry on with your life.

*giant eye roll*

I’m guessing that the irony of having a temper tantrum over people not wearing a mask is lost on you. How about we just leave each other alone and not get sucked into the mob mentality that has sprung up in the last few months

[birdman86]

Originally Posted by Talking moose

I find it the other way around. When out and about I see people crying to others to put a mask on. Not once have I seen anyone crying for someone to take it off.
Babies.
*mega eyeroll*

There's actually a car here in Brooks that has "If you wear a mask, you are the problem" written on the bumper. No word of a lie.

[Positrac]

Originally Posted by Bergerboy

Enforcement is not the stores responsibility. Its bylaws responsibility.

While that is true some stores have given their employees the direction to bar people who are not wearing a face covering from entering.

[hunterngather]

Originally Posted by Talking moose

I find it the other way around. When out and about I see people crying to others to put a mask on. Not once have I seen anyone crying for someone to take it off.
Babies.
*mega eyeroll*

Lol. The irony of the baby analogy I made and your response has me laughing.

🤣

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by bucksman

Most guys on here wear a mask or face covering while they are out hunting but as soon as someone tells them they have to wear one they stomp their feet and have a tantrum

ya but they are not in their super cool hunting attire......unless your hunting and gathering at Walmart then you get hunting attire and a beauty mask to go along with it….maybe a pair of winter hunting crocs too

[MountainTi]

I think there are a good many that would grab their own ankles if told to by the powers that be......and smile while doing it.

[Scott h]

Originally Posted by tri777

P.S.
I have been trying out this mask thing for the week and a half, I have noticed a consistant thing:
I start to getting light headed around the 20min mark, then kind of panic forcing my
mask off for 20-30secs to regain myself & resume with it back on.
Insanity!

Some people are kinda delicate. It has nothing to do with physiology. It does have however have to psychology.........

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by MountainTi

I think there are a good many that would grab their own ankles if told to by the powers that be......and smile while doing it.

anyone up for yoga....six feet apart...masks on....I am sure many here enjoy yoga.....

[Scott h]

Originally Posted by birdman86

Tell that to the people who's loved ones have died. Whether some 80 yr old gentleman dies a year early or twenty, I guarantee his family wanted every one of those days.

Wearing a mask is such a stupid thing to plant your flag on. Current numbers aren't that important, its preventative - because case numbers *are rising*, and that means deaths are bound to increase in the coming months.

If I'm forced to wear a mask, and the alternative is a full shut down in a month or two, I'll happily be a "sheep" and do it.

Not everyone dies, but.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF_L...7JQTsBjZxMNmUQ

[birdman86]

Originally Posted by MountainTi

I think there are a good many that would grab their own ankles if told to by the powers that be......and smile while doing it.

There's also a good many that would drop their pants the moment the powers that be told them to pull them up. People are weird.

[bucksman]

Originally Posted by 58thecat

ya but they are not in their super cool hunting attire......unless your hunting and gathering at Walmart then you get hunting attire and a beauty mask to go along with it….maybe a pair of winter hunting crocs too

they make winter hunting crocs!?

[tbiddy]

I don’t understand the mask hate or the narrative of the use of them being some form of govt control. I’m not a fan of wearing them but if a business requires one, I put it on. Why do I want to get in a confrontation over a piece of fabric on my face? And the people that argue that it is against their rights and they should be able to shop anywhere they want sans mask is ridiculous too. Maybe I don’t want to wear a shirt or shoes when shopping but I have to. I have to wear my seatbelt when I drive and I have to take off my shoes and go through security before I fly. All inconvenience but people do it everyday day.

[Outbound]

I wear a mask or respirator daily due to my job, often for hours at a time. Having a mask on doesn't bother me. This isn't about not wanting to wear a mask. It's about an overreactiom and kneejerk policies on a global scale. It's about people blindly following the talking heads on tv without doing their own independent analysis of the data. I'm fully convinced that the health "experts" and government goofs badly overestimated the seriousness of this virus and are unwilling to admit it. Instead, they double down on the narrative and ratchet down more restrictions to keep people in fear to further that narrative.

In the beginning it was understandable until we had a better idea of what we were dealing with. Almost 10 months in and kids are fine, young people are fine, middle aged people are almost always fine, the sick and elderly are at risk. Instead of isolating and protecting the vulnerable, we locked down and disrupted the lives of 98% of the population. The good of the many outweigh the needs of the few is a phrase leftist love to toss around. In this case, the many need to be allowed to live their lives, go to work, go to school and build the world.

Again, a tiny fraction of people who catch the bug will die. Most of those who die would have died from the regular flu. Most of those who die are already over the average life expectancy. Most of those who die already have serious health problems. If masks were so effective why is Italy, which has excellent masking compliance, seeing a surge in cases? Why are cases rising in Edmonton and Calgary which have masking requirements?

Again, cases are not the measure by which to gauge this. We're testing more. Therefore we'll get more positive results. What we need to focus on are the hospitalizations and more importantly, the deaths resulting from that. 100 cases and 2 deaths in a city of over 60,000 doesn't even register on the list of things to be concerned about. 307 deaths out of a population pf 4.3 million even less so. More people will die from drunk driving, drug overdoses and suicide than covid.

I really no longer care what people do. Lockdown or not, mask or not. I'll shop online, keep my money out of the economy and prepeare for the inevitable crash when the final results of this unsustainable attitude come due. I'll save my fear of a virus for the day healthy 30 year olds are dropping dead en masse. If you want to wear a mask, knock yourseld out. If you don't, that's fine by me. I'll wear one only when doing so will get me sonething I need that I can't get without a mask.

Trust me when I say, if it weren't for the mass media and social media virtually nobody would have heard of covid 19.

There's my two cents. Agree or not, its up to you.