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GoBlazersGo said:
First day of them being required, here in Oregon, and I'm literally THE ONLY PERSON wearing one at my place of employment. They told everyone that it was "optional"... and I'm the only one the opted to wear one (have been since the end of March).
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every company needs at least one smart person.....they're lucky to have you!
 
GoBlazersGo said:
First day of them being required, here in Oregon, and I'm literally THE ONLY PERSON wearing one at my place of employment. They told everyone that it was "optional"... and I'm the only one the opted to wear one (have been since the end of March).
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My boss told us we didn't have to wear the masks in the office, even though mandated by LA law. I still wear it to piss him off. lolz
 
More insight into the mask-gate.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/mask-misinformation-and-the-failure-of-the-elites

As we know, U.S. authorities, backed by the Centers for Disease Control, are now recommending we cover up our noses and mouths with masks, after weeks of having said the opposite. That a five-cent procedural mask should take center stage in our discussions about societal distrust is almost disappointing in its banality. But the lie was simple and the stakes were high. Our surgeon general told us, “They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus.” (Thanks, Jerome Adams.) Members of Congress tweeted out statements like, “Stop wearing face masks.” (Thanks, Eric Swalwell.) “Oh, and face masks? You can pass on them,” offered Vox. (Thanks, Voxsplainers.) Other major media outlets relayed similar messages without any apparent skepticism. From the start, the motive behind the claims that masks don’t work, to conserve gear for frontline workers, was obvious. The means, deceiving the public, was depressingly familiar.
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That misinformation about masks that was promulgated in multiple countries wouldn’t have happened without the support of the World Health Organization, which, last I checked, is still insisting that masks aren’t necessary. I didn’t know a lot about WHO prior to February, but what I’ve learned since has told me enough about its trustworthiness.

In mid-January, WHO was relaying that Chinese authorities had found “no clear evidence” of person-to-person transmission of the coronavirus, despite late-December communications from Taiwan to the opposite effect. In late January and early February, WHO was claiming that travel restrictions were counterproductive, despite the obvious reality that viruses travel via people. (In reality, Trump never restricted travel to even a fraction of the extent that he claims, but he should have.)

When a Hong Kong–based interviewer asked a WHO senior adviser to weigh in on Taiwan’s response to the pandemic, the adviser seemed to avoid question. When Austria began to insist that shoppers in grocery stores wear masks to protect themselves and one another, WHO official Mike Ryan reiterated, “There is no specific evidence to suggest that the wearing of masks by the mass population has any particular benefit.” No evidence?
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GoBlazersGo said:
First day of them being required, here in Oregon, and I'm literally THE ONLY PERSON wearing one at my place of employment. They told everyone that it was "optional"... and I'm the only one the opted to wear one (have been since the end of March).
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It's common sense to wear them. Virus is transmitted thru air droplets. A covering of the face should be at least a little effective in blocking that. It is mandatory to even enter our offices and they have dispensers out front for us.
 
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