So should I wear a surgical mask now when I go out in public?

[Duer 157099]

Just to be trendy, I mean.

I have a box of them, just one of those items I thought might be good to keep on hand.

Or will I look like a complete dork?

And who should be wearing them anyway, people who are sick, or everyone else?

:shrug:

[11 Bravo]

1. Are you really fucking ugly?

[Ikonoklast]

13. Does it really matter who he's fucking?

He might be fucking cutie.


:P

[11 Bravo]

20. Of course it does. I know Ugly, and she's very germ-phobic.

Cutie doesn't give a shit.

:evilgrin:

[TheCoxwain]

2. That is one sure shot way to calm people down

[DJ13]

3. Yes, and a single white glove

[niceypoo]

12. Dont forget the sparkle glitter on the glove

...and dark sunglasses.

[TBF]

4. Yes. n/t

:evilgrin:

[mikelgb]

5. better safe than SARS!

oh wait, that was the other one

better safe the swine-flu?

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. If you are a cancer patient or any other

with an immuno compromised system, you may be told to do that by your doctor

But I am sure you knew that

Oh and free fracking clue, has nuthing to do with this either

[MADem]

7. If you're hucking, hacking, wheezing, sneezing and coughing you should. NT

[Warpy]

8. IMO, the only good a cheap drugstore mask does

is prevent you from touching your mouth or nose with your fingers. That would cut contagion but you don't need a mask to do it, just learn to scratch with the back of your wrist until you get those contaminated fingers washed.

If you want to reduce droplet infection, you need to spring for a HEPA mask at a medical supply store.

The only people who need to mask in public right now are people who are severely immunodeficient: people on chemo and transplant recipients.

[gblady]

17. yep, that's what I heard....

on the teevee...they don't do any good.
Gotta get the real medical ones if you want to protect yourself...

[noamnety]

19. That's why I'm not using the drug store masks at all.

I've been wrapping my head in duct tape and inserting two straws in the nostril holes so I can breath.

It's not the most convenient. My diet consists solely of spaghetti noodles sucked in through my nasal cavity - it's the only thing that fits through the straws.

[Jack from Charlotte]

21. Place cotton in the end of the straws in order to.....

filter out that bad stuff.

Ain't duct tape great? In The South it holds most all things together.

[luvspeas]

9. Yes, you absolutely should wear one.

It will protect you from all known viruses. Drink urine too, I heard that helps. Also, drink vinegar with aspirin in it to tear the coating off the virus, and rub onions on yourself twice a day. :sarcasm:

[gratuitous]

10. I am unlikely to see you

So the "point-and-laugh" factor is going to be substantially reduced. Please do us all the comic courtesy of posting some photos of yourself out in public being "trendy."

Thank you very much.

[Ian David]

11. If you want to be trendy, wear a black leather mask and assless chaps. n/t

[chollybocker]

14. Damn. My hazmat suit is still at the dry cleaners.

But I've wrapped my house in Saran Wrap and keep my pets locked firmly in Tupperware. (burp)

[TheCoxwain]

16. I actually remember a DHS advisory for people to buy DUCT Tape to fight a chemical attack

I couldnt fucking believe the shit they saying....

[TheCoxwain]

18. Here ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape_alert


I bet this must have led to a shortage of duct tape in Republican districts

[chollybocker]

24. Well, duct tape, of course, which absorbs all the nucular rays,

and can then be converted into enough energy to power a microwave oven for a bag of popcorn.
;)

[Fleshdancer]

15. I wish Americans would wear them when they have colds, etc

It was odd seeing people wear them in Japan when I first arrived, but I admire how courteous they are to at least try not to spread their germs.

[havocmom]

22. Agree. Mask your cold or stay home.

We figured we would be OK here in rural Montana. BUT, then some 'snowbirds' just arrived home.... from Mexico. Stopped in to see Havocdad at his office. They were complaining of feeling feverish. :banghead:

Pass the tissues, would ya? I feel sorta wheezy.

[Duer 157099]

23. See, that makes sense to me, too - that the sick people should be wearing them

so that when they sneeze, they catch all their "germs" in the mask

It seems silly to wear them to try to prevent getting sick. I mean, surgeons wears them, why? Because they're afraid of catching something? Of course not, it's to prevent them from breathing on the patient.