Quote Originally Posted by GeoFisher View Post
The story IS about pushing mask wearing during flu season. IF you don't see that, well..........

And for the record, I posted a very similar graphic months ago. I absolutely agree that the spit, and sneezing, and coughing, is CONTROLLED with whatever mask you wear...N95, hazmat suit, or cloth diaper as some folks here want to say.

BUT I will not be told to wear a mask in the freakin up coming flu season........

You wait...it's coming.

When I pull this up in 5 months, when we have politicians stating we should wear a mask during flu season, will you apologize for your attack on me? I doubt it.

Later,

Geo.
Well at least we are on the same page about not having to wear a mask to prevent one from getting the flu. I'd rather just get my flu shot than have to wear a mask to prevent getting the common flu. At my age I need to be protected from the flu and SARS CoV2 with the latter being even more important. Which is why I get the flu shot and the Covid-19 vaccine. I also got my shingles vaccine and a pneumonia vaccine. I get what my doctor tells me to get. After having a heart attack back in 2009 I started listening to my doctor a lot more and doing what they tell me to do.

I don't see a future where any doctors tell us to wear a mask to prevent getting the flu when it's much easier to just get the flu vaccine instead.

Now let me be clear. I'm over 60 years of age and retired. Therefore, I don't have to get out all the time. I only go out for necessities and even then, I have a lot of things delivered to the house, so I don't have to get out and be around people this past two years. So, if I have to wear a mask to go inside the grocery store it's only for about an hour or so. So, I'm not having to wear a mask very long. Now I can see where others that have to wear a mask at work would get tired of having to wear a mask. I'm lucky to not be in that position. I don't have to worry about the back of my ears getting sore from wearing a mask for long hours at a time daily. Which is why I don't mind mask mandates as they really don't affect me that much. We both know that mask help reduce the amount of spit that travels out of one's mouth and nose and reduced the distance that spit travels when ejected out of the mouth while talking, shouting, or sneezing. The mask helps reduce the spread of spit and thus the amount of virus particles. And I'm talking about Covid-19 now. I just posted the picture to help show others how a mask reduced the amount of spit. I was not intending to tell anyone to wear a mask to stop the spread of the flu. The reduction of flu cases was what I was pointing out as if you reduce Covid-19 spread by wearing a mask you also reduce the spread of the common flu. That was all I intended to say with my OP.