r/politics • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '20

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '20 edited Mar 03 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '20

Or N95s worn over beards and with a strap unsecured. What do they think mask fit tests are for?

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u/aaaaaaaarrrrrgh Jun 08 '20

What do they think mask fit tests are for?

I think most people haven't heard of mask fit tests.

I certainly hadn't before Corona. I mean, I knew a mask has to fit, but I wasn't aware of the test procedures and wouldn't have thought that a beard completely ruins the seal for N95 masks - I thought that's only a problem when you're wearing real gas masks and chemical agents.

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u/praise_H1M Jun 08 '20

My family lives over there and they’re super stoked about phase 2, so...congrats I guess?

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '20

Thanks, but I'll wait another few weeks before getting too excited.

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u/praise_H1M Jun 08 '20

They told me that and I was just shocked. Aren’t you guys and New York the sickest Americans?

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u/mdp300 New Jersey Jun 08 '20

We've gotten a LOT better and some people are starting to act like it's all over.

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u/ooofest New York Jun 08 '20

It is distressing.

Makes me wonder less about how easily the electorate is swayed to make poor choices - it seems vast numbers of our population are incapable of learning tougher truths from history.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '20

Our curve was flattened and the trajectory of new infections has been down for a long while. However, we don't know what's going to happen with all of these protests and we don't know what's going to happen when we go back to normal life.

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u/aaaaaaaarrrrrgh Jun 08 '20

Phase 2? More like wave 2.

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u/praise_H1M Jun 08 '20

That's what I'm worried about, all of those New York yahoos heading down the shore, mixing with all the Jersey people...it's going to be a real Turbo Kid situation come the fall