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#26081 Ismo07

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Posted 17 June 2022 - 12:41 PM

Most recently, many conversations about #Covid with journalist colleagues & scientists from abroad. Our latest @welt investigation reveals: the German govt is considering the implementation of a general obligation to wear masks indoors from October 2022 until Easter each year.

 

https://twitter.com/...787629336416256

 

The idea is to make masks compulsory during the winter months when Covid cases have been higher since the beginning of the pandemic. Advocates of the plan reportedly hope that it will not only slow the spread of Covid but also hinder other lung infections from spreading at a time of year when flu infections are typically high.

 

The wording would copy the vocabulary of road rules, which require Germans to put on winter tires between October and Easter.

The rules would likely apply in restaurants, bars and shops. It is unclear whether they would be imposed again in schools and kindergartens.

Currently mask wearing is only obligatory on public transport and in medical and care institutions.

The reported plan could be put into a new version of the Infection Protection Act which is set to expire in September.

 

Germany mulls making masks mandatory ‘from October to Easter’ (thelocal.de)



#26082 dasmo

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Posted 17 June 2022 - 01:20 PM

Ya, it's just like winter tires.... 



#26083 Ismo07

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Posted 17 June 2022 - 01:29 PM

Ya, it's just like winter tires.... 

 

To be fair many of those countries (France, Italy and the area) are seeing increased infections, like similar to January 2022 numbers...  I hear the sun is cranking there too, although the skeptics are suggesting the governments there are controlling the weather to ban public outings...


Edited by Ismo07, 17 June 2022 - 01:29 PM.

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#26084 dasmo

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Posted 17 June 2022 - 01:49 PM


Edited by dasmo, 17 June 2022 - 01:57 PM.


#26085 Ismo07

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Posted 17 June 2022 - 01:57 PM

It’s called the flu season. It’s been happening for all time. Except the last two years when the flu disappeared.

 

The flu is rampant in the summer?  28-50,000 daily flus?  I'm not so sure...  I thought heat and sun makes it go away?  June cases equaling Dec/Jan cases....  or do you mean bird flus?


Edited by Ismo07, 17 June 2022 - 01:59 PM.


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Posted 17 June 2022 - 02:44 PM

The flu is rampant in the summer? 28-50,000 daily flus? I'm not so sure... I thought heat and sun makes it go away? June cases equaling Dec/Jan cases.... or do you mean bird flus?

I meant the season they are talking about.

#26087 Nparker

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Posted 17 June 2022 - 02:46 PM

I survived 52 flu seasons before COVID and I see no reason why I need to change my behaviour now.



#26088 Ismo07

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Posted 17 June 2022 - 02:52 PM

I meant the season they are talking about.

 

I understand when the flu season is and that is also seemingly when Covid ramps up but not necessarily because they are different viruses.  Right now in June those countries are seeing the same Covid uptake as they did in Dec 2021 and Jan 2022, so again understandably they are getting a little wiggy about what the fall/winter may bring.  I understand it sucks to plan ahead but they are going to no matter what...  

 

I survived 52 flu seasons before COVID and I see no reason why I need to change my behaviour now.

 

Yeah all about you...  It's a wonderful MO to sit back on, then you don't have to understand how other people feel... 


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#26089 dasmo

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Posted 17 June 2022 - 02:54 PM

I understand when the flu season is and that is also seemingly when Covid ramps up but not necessarily because they are different viruses.  Right now in June those countries are seeing the same Covid uptake as they did in Dec 2021 and Jan 2022, so again understandably they are getting a little wiggy about what the fall/winter may bring.  I understand it sucks to plan ahead but they are going to no matter what...  

 

 

Yeah all about you...  It's a wonderful MO to sit back on then you don't have to understand how other people feel... 

Like how millions feel about the notion of forced mask wearing? Or forced medical procedures? 



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Posted 17 June 2022 - 03:11 PM

Millions waisted...

 

Health Canada announced on Friday that the COVID Alert app has been shut down, citing low usage.

 

https://www.canada.c...ovid-alert.html



#26091 Ismo07

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Posted 17 June 2022 - 03:37 PM

Like how millions feel about the notion of forced mask wearing? Or forced medical procedures? 

 

I don't know but you seem to want to change the subject..  So you agree that the summer is not flu season right?  With Covid increasing right now it's nothing to do with the flu?   It seems that more people are ok with wearing masks than not so let's stick with this flu season argument you can't seem to get over.



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Posted 17 June 2022 - 04:07 PM

I don't know but you seem to want to change the subject..  So you agree that the summer is not flu season right?  With Covid increasing right now it's nothing to do with the flu?   It seems that more people are ok with wearing masks than not so let's stick with this flu season argument you can't seem to get over.

Hard to say what is actually happening. Testing doesn't mean sick. The vaccine isn't stopping people from testing positive or getting sick. The possibility of it actually making people sick is discounted entirely. Nothing we have done the last two years seems to have improved anything in the world. The opposite in fact. 

 

I don't really care if you want to wear a mask. Or if others want to. I'm not anti mask. I will wear one if I am cutting wood since I have sensitive lungs. Sometimes I just hold my breath because wearing a mask is also problematic for me.

 

I care if we accept being forced to wear masks at the discretion of our masters.... or whatever other physical intervention they come up with.... 



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Posted 17 June 2022 - 04:27 PM

...I care if we accept being forced to wear masks at the discretion of our masters.... or whatever other physical intervention they come up with.... 

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Posted 17 June 2022 - 06:30 PM

“All these viruses that were basically dormant for two years in kids are now just exploding,” he said, referring to viruses that typically afflict children in the winter, such as influenza, rhinovirus and respiratory syncytial virus.

 

 

https://www.theglobe...-record-number/


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#26095 LJ

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Posted 17 June 2022 - 07:27 PM

Have tickets to Cirque on Sunday, ticket says you have to wear a mask. Anyone know if this is still valid?


Life's a journey......so roll down the window and enjoy the breeze.

#26096 Nparker

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Posted 17 June 2022 - 07:33 PM

Unless the mandate is venue specific, it's not the law of the land.



#26097 Matt R.

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Posted 17 June 2022 - 09:49 PM

It’s valid and up to the venue and their contract I’m sure.
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#26098 todd

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Posted 18 June 2022 - 10:24 AM

Like how millions feel about the notion of forced mask wearing?


Yeah some weirdos don’t like inhaling your bodily fluids
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#26099 Nparker

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Posted 18 June 2022 - 10:38 AM

Yeah some weirdos don’t like inhaling your bodily fluids

https://youtu.be/KNIZofPB8ZM



#26100 todd

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Posted 18 June 2022 - 10:41 AM

https://youtu.be/KNIZofPB8ZM


I do my best not to get too close, I find most humans disgusting.

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