Politicized by the president, health experts still say that one of the surest ways to prevent the spread of coronavirus is for people to wear masks. Dr. Murtaza Akhter joins to discuss. Aired on 06/22/2020.
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AZ ER Doctor: With COVID-19, Not Wearing A Mask Is 'Really Selfish' | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
Those poor people dying in hospital, if only they had refused to be tested (Trump logic)
Spore be creative instead of stealing unfunny memes from unfunny people. Cheeeze..
@American Pie I’m not a looter or a Republican, so no stealing from me.
Or just stay home. Work gave me a two month weekend. You really don’t want to get it. Mask up.
Stfu! It’s mostly effecting the elderly.
MASK?, the Virus droplets are microscopic (that means you have to look under a microscope to see them!The so called experts tell us MASKS don’t protect you, true cause you can still breathe in the microscopic droplets. They assume the masks protect others from getting it from you. Is there studies or facts that can substantiate these claims? There have been several studies done for many years, concluding that masks will not work to stop the spread of a VIRUS! The Virus particles are too small to be blocked with a mask, that they will be expelled with your breath, where ever your breath is being expelled. In fact, if any Virus drops, get caught in your mask and you fiddle with your mask, (like we watch everyone do) you can spread the around with your hands (even with gloves on). We need to Co-Exist with CV19 just like we do with the FLU! If wearing a mask gives you a false sense of security go ahead. But don’t try to treat adults like kids and make ineffective mask wearing mandatory!
@Pam Deshane When masses get an idea burned into there heads, it may take decades to get it out of there. It doesn’t matter what the science says at that phase. The masses don’t listen anymore.
The idea is to get Trump out (which I support). Because Trump says all kind of stupid things, normally you can just say the opposite, and you are good. In the case of mask wearing, Trump is partly right (by accident). Other than in very close contact inside buildings (six feet apart isn’t such contact), people wearing masks doesn’t help with fighting the epidemic. If they would admit now that Trump was (partly) right in this matter, that would feed his supporters for a long time, and make them think that if he was right about this thing, while “the establishment” and “leftist media” was wrong, everything else they say Trump is lying about is probably true too. The narrative about effectiveness of masks has been told for too long in the USA (and many other countries) to change the narrative without losing credibility (or that’s how they seem to feel about it at least).
I already wrote a comment about this matter here, where I explain the non-effectiveness of masks better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZIV5mO1vdo&lc=UgzEZUMzoyjD_HZFmQ14AaABAg.9AEgHKrozl39AFeNhjUIfl
@Atro Katro links to comments don’t work on other people’s computers unfortunately 🙁 that link takes me to this video with no comments highlighted, just regular order.
That 6 feet thing’s been TOTALLY lost hasn’t it! I explained contact tracing to someone the other day & they asked me how would it be possible to do that when it could be anyone they had brushed up against on the street that had infected them, any delivery driver & a whole lot of other nonsense scenarios I can’t even remember now, but he was serious, he really believe that was possible!
I keep pointing out to them that they have more cases now than when they went into lockdown, so if masks worked, there was no need for a lockdown, so why did the government even suggest, let alone do the lock down, given it’s impact on the economy. They don’t seem to grasp that they’re being played! The masks are just to shift blame onto the victims & save the government a lot of money, while sacrificing a lot of people they consider too expensive to save. Crazy the lack of info in the US! Could you imagine that ever happening in your country? I’m guessing no & I know I couldn’t imagine it happening in mine either!
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
― George Carlin
Have you seen the MSDNC comment section and a black lives matter protest? 🤪
The New York City podiatrist who gave Donald Trump a letter stating he had bone spurs on his heels—which enabled him to dodge the Vietnam War draft—issued the document as a favor to Trump’s real-estate developer father, Fred, from whom his office space was rented, the doctor’s daughter has told The New York Times. “I know it was a favor,” said Elysa Braunstein, now 56, who said the implication from her father was that the future president did not have a disqualifying foot ailment. Braunstein’s surgical office in Jamaica, Queens, was owned by the Trump family until 2004. Braunstein said that after the letter was issued, her father received preferential treatment from his landlord. “If there was anything wrong in the building, my dad would call and Trump would take care of it immediately. That was the small favor that he got.” Larry Braunstein died in 2007. A second podiatrist, Manny Weinstein, who was also allegedly involved in testifying to Trump’s condition, was a close friend of Braunstein’s, she said. Weinstein lived in two apartments in Brooklyn owned by Fred Trump. He moved into the first space during the year Donald Trump received his exemption. In an interview with the Times in 2016, Donald Trump said a doctor provided “a very strong letter” about the bone spurs in his heels, which he then presented to military draft officials. He said he could not remember the doctor’s name. “You are talking a lot of years,” Trump said. He had been declared available for service two years earlier and underwent a physical exam, records show. Officials again declared him available for service in July 1968, by which time he had exhausted four education deferments and finished college. However, the last-minute diagnosis of bone spurs, which has been widely mocked, kept him out of military service.
MASK?, the Virus droplets are microscopic (that means you have to look under a microscope to see them!The so called experts tell us MASKS don’t protect you, true cause you can still breathe in the microscopic droplets. They assume the masks protect others from getting it from you. Is there studies or facts that can substantiate these claims? There have been several studies done for many years, concluding that masks will not work to stop the spread of a VIRUS! The Virus particles are too small to be blocked with a mask, that they will be expelled with your breath, where ever your breath is being expelled. In fact, if any Virus drops, get caught in your mask and you fiddle with your mask, (like we watch everyone do) you can spread the around with your hands (even with gloves on). We need to Co-Exist with CV19 just like we do with the FLU! If wearing a mask gives you a false sense of security go ahead. But don’t try to treat adults like kids and make ineffective mask wearing mandatory!
Do Masks Really Protect Against Covid?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HVapwIrdhE
In trump’s mind, those who wear masks, do it for the sole and only reason that they dislike him.
– How egocentric and paranoid is it possible to be… ? !
Psychopathic behavior.
Keith Mcmorrow A couple of camera guys not wearing masks, there’s no comparison to holding a rally with thousands of people and not wearing a mask! Who’s the fool?
The president is supposed to set a good example and take responsibility for the American people. Hello
@Pam Deshane Pam, will a mask help stop a sneeze going 8 or 10 feet ? Yes it will, stop being ignorant.
@Pam Deshane You should appreciate that the wearing of masks benefits everyone.
@Pam Deshane The biggest question is— How did you become an expert in the field? Do you think you are smarter than all the Ph.D.’s that totally disagree with your comment? Even the most ignorant should say it’s a 50/50 shot of not getting the virus and should wear a mask (just in case)!
Of course, real Patriots don’t care for the lives of their fellow countrymen and -women. I mean, thats what “patriot” means, right…? 🤔
Trump is selfish
Narcissistic people only think about themselves!
Scary scenes from the Mexico earthquake today 😮
https://youtu.be/CT3t68bbCFI
thats what I have been saying to people. Don’t be selfish and disrespectful. Wear a MASK when your near people.
@Printagic Online Wrong! Norway, Finland & Sweden are a few examples of mask free countries in Europe. There is no consistency between the mask wearers & the non-mask wearers in initial virus containment. In terms of second wave (that by your theory masks would be stopping), only mask free countries are avoiding it. All the mask wearers are seeing case number rises after their initial control & application of masks to everyone. Vietnam being the only exception, originally wearing masks & not getting a second wave, but they dumped masks as soon as they had control & are now mask & virus free.
You need to do some REALLY basic research & see what all countries with control have in common. It is a 3 part answer with zero exceptions to the application of this technique
@Printagic Online shes copying and pasting the same thing.. She or he is a Troll..
@Lilac Lizard Right now, you can pick up a box at any gas station, grocery store, drug store, or convenience store. No longer in short supply, or these outlets would not have them on the shelves for sale.
@Constituent A so there’s well over 1 billion masks a day being made in, or imported into America for the public to use right now? Any evidence to back up that claim?
The convenience stores etc having them doesn’t mean there’s enough, it means people are idiots who don’t understand the risks of being cheapskates with masks
@Lilac LizardYou can use your favorite cloth hankey to cover your face, no need for real mask..Virus is quite big, any covering made of cotton will stop spreading to others by 90%
Good point . people need to be taught a lesson I feel others pain instead of trying to get them sick by not wearing a mask this is getting on my last nerves.
Guess what, it’s impossible to get someone else sick, when you are not sick yourself.
@BNR 1 How would you know if you are sick if it takes 14 days for symptoms to show, you may have Covid19, experience no symptoms, but spread it to others unknowingly. Ask the 10 people who tested positive on Trumps advance team in Tulsa, OK, or the group of 16 in Florida who went out to celebrate a friend’s birthday, all have tested positive now for Covid 19. Your logic is faulty.
@Joyce Wills huh, you seem to ignore the study where an “Asymptomatic” was exposed to 250+ people, and none of them got sick.
Your logic sounds like it came straight from CNN.
MASK?, the Virus droplets are microscopic (that means you have to look under a microscope to see them!The so called experts tell us MASKS don’t protect you, true cause you can still breathe in the microscopic droplets. They assume the masks protect others from getting it from you. Is there studies or facts that can substantiate these claims? There have been several studies done for many years, concluding that masks will not work to stop the spread of a VIRUS! The Virus particles are too small to be blocked with a mask, that they will be expelled with your breath, where ever your breath is being expelled. In fact, if any Virus drops, get caught in your mask and you fiddle with your mask, (like we watch everyone do) you can spread the around with your hands (even with gloves on). We need to Co-Exist with CV19 just like we do with the FLU! If wearing a mask gives you a false sense of security go ahead. But don’t try to treat adults like kids and make ineffective mask wearing mandatory!
Exactly what I keep saying to everyone! Don’t be selfish, show your care for your fellow human beings!
I agree 100% Julie. I notice more people refusing to wear a mask or if worn it’s only around their neck as an accessory. Americans are proving the truth depths to our ignorance. Trump is just an excuse for an underlying hatred that’s always been in there. Stay safe and protect YOURSELF 😷 edit: while you’re at it “TREAT YO SELF”
MASK?, the Virus droplets are microscopic (that means you have to look under a microscope to see them!The so called experts tell us MASKS don’t protect you, true cause you can still breathe in the microscopic droplets. They assume the masks protect others from getting it from you. Is there studies or facts that can substantiate these claims? There have been several studies done for many years, concluding that masks will not work to stop the spread of a VIRUS! The Virus particles are too small to be blocked with a mask, that they will be expelled with your breath, where ever your breath is being expelled. In fact, if any Virus drops, get caught in your mask and you fiddle with your mask, (like we watch everyone do) you can spread the around with your hands (even with gloves on). We need to Co-Exist with CV19 just like we do with the FLU! If wearing a mask gives you a false sense of security go ahead. But don’t try to treat adults like kids and make ineffective mask wearing mandatory!
@Pam Deshane PROPER masks use special tech to grab particles of all sizes while air travels through uneffected. That continues to happen for up to 4 hours of wear before the mask needs to be disposed of & replaced. If this is done, the mask will likely have a positive impact on reducing virus spread. Now in reality, how is that going to happen? That’s at least 1 billion masks a DAY in America if everyone wears them! Masks are good for medical professionals but you explained very well a lot of the SERIOUS issues with the public trying to wear them day to day! They will increase not decrease spread!
Julie, show you care, stay home if you’re sick! Cut this mask nonsense!
@Pam Deshane Troll alert
In France currently we have daily cases in the low hundreds but 90% of people are wearing masks when they go out. It is compulsory to wear masks on public transport. Nobody is getting in a tizzy about being told what to do. We appreciate that the wearing of masks benefits everyone. The quicker we can defeat the virus the quicker we can get back to our new normal.
In Australia we have a second wave in progress right now that we are very concerned about, we have seen exponential growth taking hold in the last week! We are getting between 12 & 16 cases caught in Australia a DAY right now! We have health authorities going door to door in the hotspots to check for infected people & educate the community, but we haven’t changed our no masks policy because we know that when worn incorrectly, as the doctor in this video so nicely modeled, they massively increase the risk of virus spread.
We allow people to wear them if they really want to & obviously medical workers wear them & for events like the BLM rallies most people chose to wear them BUT we stress that if choosing to do so, you are required to wear them properly, that means no more than 4 hours before disposing of & if removed from your face for any reason, like we see in the mask in this video, they must then be considered to be contaminated medical waste & disposed off immediately as such!
We have 102 deaths total & <7,500 cases, of which 2/3rds were caught overseas or on flights to return home, where people generally worn masks
@Atro Katro It’s not so important what the doctors say about this matter, but what the science says???? WHAT??? WHAT do you think doctors are guided by?? SCIENCE…..Duh what a dumb comment.
@james wheeler
– “WHAT do you think doctors are guided by?? SCIENCE”
Sometimes they are, but often they aren’t. Not even nearly every medical treatment or practice currently in use in the USA (or other countries) is proven and tested scientifically. Regular people just assume they are (and the medical field and industry of course have no interest to correct that misconception).
– “Duh what a dumb comment.”
Oh, the irony. Your comment isn’t actually dumb, though, but you write about something that you obviously don’t know much about.
A fair amount of Americans have been propagandized to vote, and now act, against their own best interests.
@Atro Katro psh
being selfish is a
requirement of maga.
“By April it will go away like magic”.By April 2025.
that’s being rather optimistic imo
would you expect anything less from trump, his team, the gop, and his supporters? they dont give a crap about anyone or anything other than themselves.
“AZ ER Doctor: With COVID-19, Not Wearing A Mask Is ‘Really Selfish'” **and** for #ImPOTUS45 is really poor leadership. May all reading this vote accordingly on Nov 3rd for that which is kind, just & right instead of more “Mourning in America.”
We need to develop more clearly our understanding of ‘Genocide’ as we live under Herr trump’s leadership: “Genocide is the intentional action to destroy a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part.” With over 120,000 Americans dead, Herr trump’s intentional negligence, his intentional ignorance, his intentional arrogance, his intentional disinformation, and his intentional petulance are the basis for the genocide taking place in America today. This racist leader intentionally put at least another 6,200 American lives at risk with his self-congratulatory rally! Herr trump is intentionally ignoring the scientific advice and recommendations! He needs to be charged with genocide!🤬🤬🤬
Hey, Trump, I’m talking to you!
You, your administration, your Fox Friends and all your cronies, you all said China should’ve stopped the Virus.
If it’s so easy, why can’t you do it?
Trump has failed to provide for the common defense. It’s making 911 look like a little glitch by comparison.
It’s so gross that keeping yourself and others safe from a deadly virus has become a political statement. Apparently these people don’t care about their parents, grandparents or people in their family that may have compromised immune systems. They don’t care about first responders or hospital staff, they’re so selfish that they only think of themselves. How uniquely American.
agreed it is disguisting! This total distraction of useless masks instead of actually focusing on effective management strategies really is leaving those of us in other countries watching with masses of popcorn, but also sadness! Who cares if you wear a mask or not! The virus certainly doesn’t!
Not enough that 8 of HIS STAFF tested positive.
10 at last count. Sad because they are just doing their jobs.
You reap what you sow!!
Trump, surrounded by flames of eternal hellfire:
This is fine.
I’m glad he is Not my doctor, and I hope his patients see this so that the will no longer have any patients.
agreed! Wearing a mask like that is something a tv doctor would do because they’ve watched a few shows & thinks it looks cool, while being devoid of any medical knowledge on how & why doctors wear PPE, making the PPE a virus risk instead of risk negator. He should be investigated by the regulating authorities!
Look you asshats, he was in his office, doing a video call. Do you honestly think he walked out of his office with it still under his chin? FFS, what kind of morons are you?????????????