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  • MOTOR51

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    since this stuff has started, I’ve stopped going into stores. I buy everything possible I can online or let the wife make any store runs. As far as work, I keep a balaclava around my neck to half assed cover my mouth just to satisfy the people that matter, but that does come off the second I walk out the door. And yes, I still carry my weapon while at work. My store manager knows it, and doesn’t mind as he carries himself.

    Sounds reasonable enough. I believe the mask law everyone refers to has an exemption for health related wearing of mask. I’d have to look it up again though


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    There is no mask law tied to concealed carry in Louisiana.

    The masks being worn are technically for medical reasons and are exempt in the state statute.

    I have multiple masks to keep in various places, because I have forgotten them. I was at the hospital recently for about a week and can tell you that people, including staff, do gross things. I witnessed multiple people leave the restroom without washing their hands. People touching their face while eating, not washing their hands prior to eating. One man pulled his mask down to blow his nose, pulled his mask back up, and put the tissue in his pocket. Then he walked into the cafeteria.

    I’ll wear one to comply, but people are disgusting mask or not.
     

    buttanic

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    I am 76 with coronary artery disease, I had triple bypass 21 years ago. I will not war a mask unless forced to and since this has started I was forced to two times, one to see a doctor and once in a restaurant that the week before didn't and caught me by surprise.
    I know about 12 friends and family members who have supposedly been diagnosed with the virus. Two were age 89 and age 92 and showed no symptoms and are now negative for the virus. Of the rest only one had symptoms severe enough to require hospitalization, he is 58 and spent a week on oxygen, his wife was also covid positive with no symptoms.
    I believe when we reach the end, when and whatever the end is, I believe had we done nothing at all the the numbers of people who will have died from the virus will basically be the same. As the infected population gets larger the number of people dying will get smaller because most of the truly vulnerable will have already died. This virus is not going to disappear, just as the cold virus and flu virus does not disappear it mutates. This may take years but it will become just like the yearly flu. People will get it, feel bad for a few days, the sickest with underlying condition will die just as in the past with the flu and pneumonia.
    Smallpox was the first disease, and so far the only infectious disease of humans, to be eradicated by deliberate intervention.
     
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    jstokes1

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    Why would you wear a mask if you are asymptomatic? To cull public fear? Prophylaxis? Im a pharmacists and don't wear masks when Im not at work; my exposure is minimal. Also, masks, unless you are wearing a fully sealed respirator, do nothing for prevention.
     

    flamatrix99

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    Just remember unless there was a temp amendment that it is still illegal to wear any type of face covering/mask or conceal your identity in any way while concealed carrying a handgun with a CHP

    WHOOP WHOOP ANOTHER POSITIVE REASON NOT TO WEAR A STUPID MASK

    Where is that written????? You can't conceal your identity at any time in LA not just when carrying.
     

    Beau Etienne

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    BigChillin83,
    I understand your view, but .2 micron filters will reject the virus as it's size is in the .2 to.5 range. It will be very hard to breath, though.
    I'm also what they call an 'eggspert,', (I know enough to be dangerous :)')in blood borne pathogens and microbial detection and identification as it related to the field of end stage renal disease. I have inserviced nuerous medical professionals across the US, in these areas over the years as part of my job at the time.
    Stopping the virus from crossing over completely from the front of the home made mask to your face is not going to happen, but a partial rejection is very possible. This is significance is that it may reduce the total viral 'load' you develop. You can have the virus all over your body and you will not become sick unless the 'load' of genomes present reaches a certain level.
    A bacteria like salmonella requires a relatively small load to cause a serious illness.
    I am a big supporter of individual rights and you can and will do anything you like and I won't disparage your actions. It is simply my opinion that wearing a mask it is the right thing to do for myself and others during times of a pandemic.
     
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    Firearmfanatic

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    Wear a mask or not wear a mask for what ever reason. It is everyone's choice regardless if the mask works or not. Myself, I am wearing a mask even though I may not have covid or I may be asymptomatic if I have it. If I or any one has it, would you prefer them or me to not wear a mask and possibly transmitt the virus on to you or someone you hold dearly? In my opinion it is not an infringement on my freedom to be told to wear a mask. In my opinion it is common sense to try to protect myself and others. I am not trying to preach. All of you all do as you wish but if I and any of the rest of you meet in person, I will be the one wearing the mask because I really give a care about myself and others!
     

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    Wear a mask or not wear a mask for what ever reason. It is everyone's choice regardless if the mask works or not. Myself, I am wearing a mask even though I may not have covid or I may be asymptomatic if I have it. If I or any one has it, would you prefer them or me to not wear a mask and possibly transmitt the virus on to you or someone you hold dearly? In my opinion it is not an infringement on my freedom to be told to wear a mask. In my opinion it is common sense to try to protect myself and others. I am not trying to preach. All of you all do as you wish but if I and any of the rest of you meet in person, I will be the one wearing the mask because I really give a care about myself and others!
    Make sure to keep that same mind set after this "pandemic" is over, if it's ever over. Don't want to be giving someone else the sniffles, or God forbid the flu.
    I can remember a time when someone was sick, they stayed home until they weren't sick and everything was A-OK, no masks or gloves or bio-suits involved. No one had a problem with it, it's just how things worked - for decades, centuries, longer?
    2020 gets here, and all of a sudden people are selfish in the same senerio because they refuse to eat the slop being fed to them about how a mask is going to save someone from a virus that 99%+ of the time won't kill you anyway.
     

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    Make sure to keep that same mind set after this "pandemic" is over, if it's ever over. Don't want to be giving someone else the sniffles, or God forbid the flu.
    I can remember a time when someone was sick, they stayed home until they weren't sick and everything was A-OK, no masks or gloves or bio-suits involved. No one had a problem with it, it's just how things worked - for decades, centuries, longer?
    2020 gets here, and all of a sudden people are selfish in the same senerio because they refuse to eat the slop being fed to them about how a mask is going to save someone from a virus that 99%+ of the time won't kill you anyway.

    There was an older lady that was in Hobby Lobby the other day hacking up a lung into her mask. I wondered why she was even there, because there isn't a single thing in Hobby Lobby that you "need."
     

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    Make sure to keep that same mind set after this "pandemic" is over, if it's ever over. Don't want to be giving someone else the sniffles, or God forbid the flu.
    I can remember a time when someone was sick, they stayed home until they weren't sick and everything was A-OK, no masks or gloves or bio-suits involved. No one had a problem with it, it's just how things worked - for decades, centuries, longer?
    2020 gets here, and all of a sudden people are selfish in the same senerio because they refuse to eat the slop being fed to them about how a mask is going to save someone from a virus that 99%+ of the time won't kill you anyway.

    Maybe you need to ask all of those that died from the virus why 99% of the time the virus would not kill them. Oh, guess what? You can not because they are dead. Sorry, but I am missing your point. I will still wear my mask regardless if it helps or not.
     

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    There was an older lady that was in Hobby Lobby the other day hacking up a lung into her mask. I wondered why she was even there, because there isn't a single thing in Hobby Lobby that you "need."
    Not really the same thing but, reminds me of a video I saw of a guy in a casino, wearing a mask with a cigarette hanging out the side of it just smoking away.
    I got a laugh out of it anyway.
     

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    Maybe you need to ask all of those that died from the virus why 99% of the time the virus would not kill them. Oh, guess what? You can not because they are dead. Sorry, but I am missing your point. I will still wear my mask regardless if it helps or not.
    Maybe we should ask all those people that were eaten by sharks if they still think it's a good idea to swim in the ocean even though 99.99% of the time you won't get eaten by a shark.
    Oh wait...
     

    Firearmfanatic

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    Maybe we should ask all those people that were eaten by sharks if they still think it's a good idea to swim in the ocean even though 99.99% of the time you won't get eaten by a shark.
    Oh wait...

    No correlation between the two. The ones swimming in the ocean knew or were aware of the risks. The others that died from covid did not know the risks and were not pressing their luck. Apples to oranges in statistics.
     

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    No correlation between the two. The ones swimming in the ocean knew or were aware of the risks. The others that died from covid did not know the risks and were not pressing their luck. Apples to oranges in statistics.
    It's called life brother. There are inherent risks we take every day we wake up. What I'm getting at here is this 'virus' is no more dangerous of a risk than any other common virus before it. What changed?
     

    Firearmfanatic

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    It's called life brother. There are inherent risks we take every day we wake up. What I'm getting at here is this 'virus' is no more dangerous of a risk than any other common virus before it. What changed?

    I hear you but what has changed is that so far, there is not a successful plan of treatment against it that is totally successful. The flu can be treated, syphliss can be treated, tuberculosous can be treated, pnumonia can be treated, aids can be treated, cancer can be treated, but yet there is no successful treatment for this virus.
     
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