Wearing a mask to protect against covid or to prevent the spread of covid 19 is a waste of time, and even more a detriment to an individuals health. The wearing of a mask and for what reasons and for how long has been well established by OSHA, that the occupational safety and health administration of the US government.
Note: A face mask (also called a surgical mask,
procedure mask, or other similar terms) on a patient or
other sick person should not be confused with PPE for
a worker; the mask acts to contain potentially infectious
respiratory secretions at the source (i.e., the person’s nose
and mouth).
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
There are a ton of rules for employers to provide PPE to its employees, two of those are medical exam, and fitting/education on usage. A face mask used improperly will lead to harm. The employer if requiring employees to wear mask must provide them and educate their employees on the proper use of them.
There should be recall petitions for all elected officials that are violating an individuals constitutional rights, which happens to be everything not Specifically reserved for the government.
Hey, @bashadow.
Lots of good stuff here from top to bottom.
I find I can't wear the ones I've been given for very long before I start experiencing something—not sure what it is, but it's kind of a mixture of oxygen deprivation and anxiety. Really weird sensations since I'm not used to having either.
In my case, it's not my employer, it's the dang Governor who keeps finding new and improved ways to try to force us to do her bidding. We currently have a mandatory mask order in place in seven counties. I work in three of them on a regular basis and so far, in the two I've been, patrons aren't wearing masks. Most employees are, and they're not saying anything to their customers, which is good, because they'd probably lose them.
All, except Costco. They still pack them in even though they've been mandatory for weeks in non-mandatory counties.
re: recall petitions
If we could only just exercise the rights we naturally have, what a difference it would make. We don't even know what rights we do have, other than ones we really don't, that are shallow, made up and unsustainable anyway.
Carbon dioxide build up in the body can cause a lot of things and have a lot of issues. The mask restricts the amount of fresh air you get, it also concentrates the carbon dioxide we exhale in a small area, and then you end up re-breathing it. Surgeons do not wear a mask to protect themselves, they wear a mask to protect the patient. The minute they are out and away from the patient the very first thing they do is take the mask away from their face and try to breath deep.
About the longest I can wear a mask is 20 minutes tops. I have reduced lung capacity, I need the air I breath, fresh air, not the same air I just exhaled.