To you brain washed maskers

Date: Sep 28, 2020

To you brain washed maskers

Date: Sep 28, 2020

THANK YOU! So sick of this bull**** its making everyone miserable. Customers are acting like bitches about everything now

Date: Sep 28, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
You wear whatever you want. We won't what we don't.
This bull$hit covid so-called crisis has gone on too long, it's never shown evidence to support any of these stupid policies, and it's not ever going to----or it already would have. Retail workers are the worst affected by these govt mandated control tactics: breathing in your regurgitated c02 gas is NOT a healthy practice. Cart pushers have it the worst, without even factoring in the heat of this summer.
When this thing is over with-------and it will be eventually, because history proves again and again you can't control people forever----you Maskers still won't be convinced against strapping diapers to your faces. You're gonna be like those Japanese soldiers hiding out on the South Pacific islands, stubbornly believing WW2 is still going on.

With the Election Day coming up, the thing to do is to make sure the maskers aren't in charge. You know if this virus affected everybody the same way, I would support mask wearing and social distancing. But the truth is it doesn't. The death rate is between 2.5 and 3 percent. However, that only takes into account the people who have actually had themselves tested. If what they're preaching about asymptomatic indivduals is true, then there's probably thousands of us who have gotten the virus and never knew about. You take all those people into account and the death rate is much lower. Speaking of being asymptomic, since when is not getting sick a bad thing? I wonder about the death count too. There's been too many stories of people dying from one cause but having their cause of death listed as Covid-19 just because they happened to be infected with the virus at the time of death. If you eliminate all the people who were already terminally ill, the death rate is just a fraction of a fraction of a percent. I bet if you look at those people closely enough, you will find some underlying condition or genetic abnormality that made them more susceptable to the virus. From what I've read, it's the people's immune response that causes the problem, not the virus itself

Date: Sep 28, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
You wear whatever you want. We won't what we don't.
This bull$hit covid so-called crisis has gone on too long, it's never shown evidence to support any of these stupid policies, and it's not ever going to----or it already would have. Retail workers are the worst affected by these govt mandated control tactics: breathing in your regurgitated c02 gas is NOT a healthy practice. Cart pushers have it the worst, without even factoring in the heat of this summer.
When this thing is over with-------and it will be eventually, because history proves again and again you can't control people forever----you Maskers still won't be convinced against strapping diapers to your faces. You're gonna be like those Japanese soldiers hiding out on the South Pacific islands, stubbornly believing WW2 is still going on.

I only wear a mask cause every time I go into kroger it always smells like sh!t down aisles that have ASSociates stocking or just standing there doing nothing. Even after this pandemic is history customers should wear masks in suspect **** smelling krogers

Date: Sep 29, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
You wear whatever you want. We won't what we don't.
This bull$hit covid so-called crisis has gone on too long, it's never shown evidence to support any of these stupid policies, and it's not ever going to----or it already would have. Retail workers are the worst affected by these govt mandated control tactics: breathing in your regurgitated c02 gas is NOT a healthy practice. Cart pushers have it the worst, without even factoring in the heat of this summer.
When this thing is over with-------and it will be eventually, because history proves again and again you can't control people forever----you Maskers still won't be convinced against strapping diapers to your faces. You're gonna be like those Japanese soldiers hiding out on the South Pacific islands, stubbornly believing WW2 is still going on.
With the Election Day coming up, the thing to do is to make sure the maskers aren't in charge. You know if this virus affected everybody the same way, I would support mask wearing and social distancing. But the truth is it doesn't. The death rate is between 2.5 and 3 percent. However, that only takes into account the people who have actually had themselves tested. If what they're preaching about asymptomatic indivduals is true, then there's probably thousands of us who have gotten the virus and never knew about. You take all those people into account and the death rate is much lower. Speaking of being asymptomic, since when is not getting sick a bad thing? I wonder about the death count too. There's been too many stories of people dying from one cause but having their cause of death listed as Covid-19 just because they happened to be infected with the virus at the time of death. If you eliminate all the people who were already terminally ill, the death rate is just a fraction of a fraction of a percent. I bet if you look at those people closely enough, you will find some underlying condition or genetic abnormality that made them more susceptable to the virus. From what I've read, it's the people's immune response that causes the problem, not the virus itself
Excellent response.

Date: Sep 30, 2020

I don't wear condoms, so why would I wear a mask?!

You said it, brother.

Date: Sep 30, 2020

And you all think this virus is gonna DISAPPEAR by November???? evileye

#1. Think again!!!

and...

#2. I'd sure love to know what DRUGS you guys are on, because right now, I wouldn't mind being oblivious to reality!!!

Date: Sep 30, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
And you all think this virus is gonna DISAPPEAR by November????
#1. Think again!!!
and...
#2. I'd sure love to know what DRUGS you guys are on, because right now, I wouldn't mind being oblivious to reality!!!

I was around some one who had covid. They wore a mask during quarantine I didn't. Guess what I didn't get it. Get a grip it isn't that serious.

Date: Oct 1, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
And you all think this virus is gonna DISAPPEAR by November????
#1. Think again!!!
and...
#2. I'd sure love to know what DRUGS you guys are on, because right now, I wouldn't mind being oblivious to reality!!!

As I stated, there will be some who disagree with this. That's ok, not gonna argue with anyone.

Here lately, while shopping I've taken to letting my masks dangle from one ear like many of the employees I see. Occasionally I'll get mean stares from other customers. I meanmug right back. Nothing happens, and I don't expect it ever will: If you're too chicken to breathe clean air, how likely you gon be to fight?

Date: Oct 1, 2020

I got COVID from someone i was near and farted and i smelled it.

Date: Oct 2, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
I got COVID from someone i was near and farted and i smelled it.

YOU TOO??

Date: Oct 2, 2020

OK, then, smart alecks...DISPUTE THIS!!!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-he-and-first-lady-have-tested-positive-for-coronavirus/ar-BB19CG4u?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

Our OWN president!!! You guys better hope it doesn't get worse for him!!! And remember...HE DIDN'T WEAR A MASK!

How much you wanna bet he's gonna rethink that now??? evileye

Date: Oct 2, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
OK, then, smart alecks...DISPUTE THIS!!!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-he-and-first-lady-have-tested-positive-for-coronavirus/ar-BB19CG4u?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout
Our OWN president!!! You guys better hope it doesn't get worse for him!!! And remember...HE DIDN'T WEAR A MASK!
How much you wanna bet he's gonna rethink that now???

FAKE NEWS. Hes trying to score some sympathy points

Kroger-Employee · Guru

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
OK, then, smart alecks...DISPUTE THIS!!!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-he-and-first-lady-have-tested-positive-for-coronavirus/ar-BB19CG4u?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout
Our OWN president!!! You guys better hope it doesn't get worse for him!!! And remember...HE DIDN'T WEAR A MASK!
How much you wanna bet he's gonna rethink that now???
FAKE NEWS. Hes trying to score some sympathy points

Not fake news. Donald Trump and the first lady both HAVE tested positive for Covid-19. I hope and pray for their speedy recovery. I am fully expecting both of them to recover, and quickly. I heard today that their symptoms are mild.

Although Trump is slightly obese, he is also very energetic, is busy much of the time, and (I think, correct me if this is wrong) he DOES NOT SMOKE, DRINK, or DO DRUGS! That is a big PLUS for his health, and makes it more likely that he will have mild symptoms and recover soon.

Trump had also taken Hydroxocloraquin (sp?) and zinc several months ago to help lessen symptoms of Covid if it he does get it. If the symptoms stay mild and he recovers quickly, this will be more evidence (not conclusive, but evidence nevertheless) that Hydroxocloraquin can be of help, as many doctors have been saying all along, even though the mainstream media outlets have been trying to hush - hush them.

Date: Oct 2, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
OK, then, smart alecks...DISPUTE THIS!!!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-he-and-first-lady-have-tested-positive-for-coronavirus/ar-BB19CG4u?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout
Our OWN president!!! You guys better hope it doesn't get worse for him!!! And remember...HE DIDN'T WEAR A MASK!
How much you wanna bet he's gonna rethink that now???

Testing positive for the virus does not mean you're sick. The hospitalization rate for even the most vulnerable (age 64 and over) is 481.5 per 100,000. That means out of 100,000 people over age 64, 481.5 are hospitalized with Covid-19 related illnesses. That's less than half a percent. Over 208,000 people have died from "Covid related" illnesses. That may seem like a lot but an average of 7500 people die every day in the United States. That means nearly 1.4 million people have died anyway regardless of Covid since the first of April. You just have to put things in perspective.

Date: Oct 2, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
OK, then, smart alecks...DISPUTE THIS!!!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-he-and-first-lady-have-tested-positive-for-coronavirus/ar-BB19CG4u?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout
Our OWN president!!! You guys better hope it doesn't get worse for him!!! And remember...HE DIDN'T WEAR A MASK!
How much you wanna bet he's gonna rethink that now???
Testing positive for the virus does not mean you're sick. The hospitalization rate for even the most vulnerable (age 64 and over) is 481.5 per 100,000. That means out of 100,000 people over age 64, 481.5 are hospitalized with Covid-19 related illnesses. That's less than half a percent. Over 208,000 people have died from "Covid related" illnesses. That may seem like a lot but an average of 7500 people die every day in the United States. That means nearly 1.4 million people have died anyway regardless of Covid since the first of April. You just have to put things in perspective.

^ THIS ^

Nothing sucks the wind out of the sails of these blubbering maskers faster than hard, cold numbers.

This breaks down into three categories: There are people with the virus who never get sick. There are others who do get sick from it but recover. And there are still more who have the virus and die----not from covid, but underlying conditions combined with age and / or a weakened immune system. But these arent included in the numbers we keep seeing.

Date: Oct 3, 2020

exactly show me some proof on masks having any affect, if they do why the social distancing, even n95 masks allow 3nm particulates to go through the virus is under 1nm. why is Wisconsin seeing skyrocketing positive tests now that the mask mandate has been in effect? among other states with a mandate? Not to mention the legality. I conseal carry and by law am not permitted to cover my face which law should overide the other? It's all to create fear and panic in an election year, control the masses. and by the way all humans have the markers they are looking for in covid pcr testing. They are elevated with any cold fever abnormality stress etc.

Date: Oct 3, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
exactly show me some proof on masks having any affect, if they do why the social distancing, even n95 masks allow 3nm particulates to go through the virus is under 1nm. why is Wisconsin seeing skyrocketing positive tests now that the mask mandate has been in effect? among other states with a mandate? Not to mention the legality. I conseal carry and by law am not permitted to cover my face which law should overide the other? It's all to create fear and panic in an election year, control the masses. and by the way all humans have the markers they are looking for in covid pcr testing. They are elevated with any cold fever abnormality stress etc.

OK, whatever...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/02/trump-has-covid-running-list-whos-been-tested-and-their-results/5894564002/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/10/03/fact-check-false-claim-trumps-covid-19-test-result-con/5894945002/

Date: Oct 3, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
exactly show me some proof on masks having any affect, if they do why the social distancing, even n95 masks allow 3nm particulates to go through the virus is under 1nm. why is Wisconsin seeing skyrocketing positive tests now that the mask mandate has been in effect? among other states with a mandate? Not to mention the legality. I conseal carry and by law am not permitted to cover my face which law should overide the other? It's all to create fear and panic in an election year, control the masses. and by the way all humans have the markers they are looking for in covid pcr testing. They are elevated with any cold fever abnormality stress etc.

At this point the powers - that - be behind this thing ---which I believe are the One Percenters controlling our 'politicians'----don't even need the police or other law enforcement agents to keep us in line. This crap has created a nation of mall cop / Barney Fife types who love nothing better than to flex up their mosquitto bite biceps and get in your maskless face, lol. "WHERE'S YOUR MAAAAAASK? " Me: "In my drawer waiting for Halloween, Gertie. Now go home and watch Alley McBeal re runs."

Date: Oct 3, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
exactly show me some proof on masks having any affect, if they do why the social distancing, even n95 masks allow 3nm particulates to go through the virus is under 1nm. why is Wisconsin seeing skyrocketing positive tests now that the mask mandate has been in effect? among other states with a mandate? Not to mention the legality. I conseal carry and by law am not permitted to cover my face which law should overide the other? It's all to create fear and panic in an election year, control the masses. and by the way all humans have the markers they are looking for in covid pcr testing. They are elevated with any cold fever abnormality stress etc.
At this point the powers - that - be behind this thing ---which I believe are the One Percenters controlling our 'politicians'----don't even need the police or other law enforcement agents to keep us in line. This crap has created a nation of mall cop / Barney Fife types who love nothing better than to flex up their mosquitto bite biceps and get in your maskless face, lol. "WHERE'S YOUR MAAAAAASK? " Me: "In my drawer waiting for Halloween, Gertie. Now go home and watch Alley McBeal re runs."

You really have NO idea, do you??? evileye

Oh well...Be that way! We'll just see what happens in a month, won't we???

And trust me...A LOT can happen in a month!

Date: Oct 3, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
exactly show me some proof on masks having any affect, if they do why the social distancing, even n95 masks allow 3nm particulates to go through the virus is under 1nm. why is Wisconsin seeing skyrocketing positive tests now that the mask mandate has been in effect? among other states with a mandate? Not to mention the legality. I conseal carry and by law am not permitted to cover my face which law should overide the other? It's all to create fear and panic in an election year, control the masses. and by the way all humans have the markers they are looking for in covid pcr testing. They are elevated with any cold fever abnormality stress etc.
OK, whatever...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/02/trump-has-covid-running-list-whos-been-tested-and-their-results/5894564002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/10/03/fact-check-false-claim-trumps-covid-19-test-result-con/5894945002/

Can you or anyone else prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that those people and anyone else for that matter would not have caught the virus if everyone had been wearing masks?

Date: Oct 3, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
exactly show me some proof on masks having any affect, if they do why the social distancing, even n95 masks allow 3nm particulates to go through the virus is under 1nm. why is Wisconsin seeing skyrocketing positive tests now that the mask mandate has been in effect? among other states with a mandate? Not to mention the legality. I conseal carry and by law am not permitted to cover my face which law should overide the other? It's all to create fear and panic in an election year, control the masses. and by the way all humans have the markers they are looking for in covid pcr testing. They are elevated with any cold fever abnormality stress etc.
OK, whatever...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/02/trump-has-covid-running-list-whos-been-tested-and-their-results/5894564002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/10/03/fact-check-false-claim-trumps-covid-19-test-result-con/5894945002/

Can you or anyone else prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that those people and anyone else for that matter would not have caught the virus if everyone had been wearing masks?

No, and they can't prove the virus is any deadlier than any other new flu strain that comes along. I can't believe how stupid and easily controlled otherwise intelligent people have become over this.

Date: Oct 5, 2020

And I quote a man named Joseph R. Biden...

"Anybody who contracts the virus by essentially saying, Masks dont matter, social distancing doesnt matter, I think is responsible for what happens to them...

Problem is...There is NO RESPONSIBILITY anymore! No accountability whatsoever!!!

Sure, people have the freedom to do whatever they want, but there are consequences...

But I guess we all reap what we sow, don't we???

Date: Oct 6, 2020

I was trying to embed the gif of Trump saying "I don't take responsibility at all" but I'm too drunk.

Oh well. As Trump once said, "It is what it is."

Date: Oct 7, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
And I quote a man named Joseph R. Biden...
"Anybody who contracts the virus by essentially saying, Masks dont matter, social distancing doesnt matter, I think is responsible for what happens to them...
Problem is...There is NO RESPONSIBILITY anymore! No accountability whatsoever!!!
Sure, people have the freedom to do whatever they want, but there are consequences...
But I guess we all reap what we sow, don't we???

TRUMP DIDN'T, YOU LIBERAL F*UCKTARD! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Date: Oct 8, 2020

Trump almost never wears a mask in public. Joe Biden almost always wears one. Guess which one got COVID and which one didnt. I'll wait.

Everyone around Trump had to be tested. He did go to the hospital to get treated. After it was released it seemed he got short of breath, so was still experiencing symptoms nd there has been no news of how he is doing now. There is also no news of how his wife Melania is doing. Is she sick or asymptomatic.

I wear a mask everytime Im out. Guess who has never experienced a single COVID symptom? Gee maybe following the guidelines keeps people from getting sick? Wow cant believe it how about that? Its almost like doctors, medical experts and scientists know more than random people who have never studied this stuff. I think I know who I prefer to listen to which is not random losers who think they know everything when they actually dont. Also, wearing masks is about protecting others. I honestly get people dont care. Essential=Disposable after all. No one gives a damn about us Kroger workers. They probably want us to get it. I honestly think some of these people at my store want me to get COVID, they sure seem to not care because they're all too willing to get in my face and space. Im so over it and them.

Date: Oct 8, 2020

Anonymous wrote:

I wear a mask everytime Im out. Guess who has never experienced a single COVID symptom?

The only time I wear a mask is when customers can see me. Otherwise, I never wear a mask. Guess what. I've never gotten Covid either. Neither has anyone that I've been around. Here's why I think the whole mask wearing thing is ridiculous. Take restaurants for example. They make you wear a mask when you go in, but naturally you have to take it off to eat. Does the act of putting food in your mouth keep the potential Covid germs from escaping? So what's the point? Then, on shows like Entertainment Tonight they talk about tv shows resuming their tapings. The actors take their masks off while on camera but put them back on again when they're not. Again, what's the point? You see people wearing masks below their noses. Again, what's the point? You see people constantly adjusting their masks taking them off and putting them back on. Again, what's the point?

All the reports tell us is how many have tested positive for the virus and how many have died. They don't tell you how many of those people had no symptoms or symptoms mild enough that the person didn't seek medical treatment. In my state of Kentucky there's been over 78,000 positive cases. That does not mean there are currently over 78,000 cases. That's the total number since March 23. There's been 1200 deaths. So what happened to the other nearly 77,000 people? Also, that 1200 makes the fatality rate about 1.5%. However, when you count the hundreds or maybe even thousands of people who might have the virus and haven't been tested because they have no symptoms then that fatality rate is actually much lower than reports say.

Date: Oct 10, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

I wear a mask everytime Im out. Guess who has never experienced a single COVID symptom?
The only time I wear a mask is when customers can see me. Otherwise, I never wear a mask. Guess what. I've never gotten Covid either. Neither has anyone that I've been around. Here's why I think the whole mask wearing thing is ridiculous. Take restaurants for example. They make you wear a mask when you go in, but naturally you have to take it off to eat. Does the act of putting food in your mouth keep the potential Covid germs from escaping? So what's the point? Then, on shows like Entertainment Tonight they talk about tv shows resuming their tapings. The actors take their masks off while on camera but put them back on again when they're not. Again, what's the point? You see people wearing masks below their noses. Again, what's the point? You see people constantly adjusting their masks taking them off and putting them back on. Again, what's the point?

All that says is that you haven't got it YET...I still don't see how some people out there don't see what's coming in the next few months...Flu season hasn't really kicked into high gear, so just you wait! If you haven't got your flu shot, you may well end up wishing you did before the spring comes! It's also gonna get cold soon...REAL COLD and that cold dry air in your house is just a BREEDING GROUND for viruses like this to multiply and spread! Getting outside, if at all possible, is one way to deal with it...Keeping the humidity levels in your house above a certain level could help, too...The reason all these other people are acting like business as usual is because there hasn't been a universal mandate of some sort and some uniform set rules and standards for everyone...The government hasn't led on this and pretty much, every state is left to make up it's own rules and you??? You're pretty much on your own nowadays to make uneducated guesses with no guidance or direction...Ain't THAT reassuring??? hmm

Date: Oct 11, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

I wear a mask everytime Im out. Guess who has never experienced a single COVID symptom?
The only time I wear a mask is when customers can see me. Otherwise, I never wear a mask. Guess what. I've never gotten Covid either. Neither has anyone that I've been around. Here's why I think the whole mask wearing thing is ridiculous. Take restaurants for example. They make you wear a mask when you go in, but naturally you have to take it off to eat. Does the act of putting food in your mouth keep the potential Covid germs from escaping? So what's the point? Then, on shows like Entertainment Tonight they talk about tv shows resuming their tapings. The actors take their masks off while on camera but put them back on again when they're not. Again, what's the point? You see people wearing masks below their noses. Again, what's the point? You see people constantly adjusting their masks taking them off and putting them back on. Again, what's the point?
All that says is that you haven't got it YET...I still don't see how some people out there don't see what's coming in the next few months...Flu season hasn't really kicked into high gear, so just you wait! If you haven't got your flu shot, you may well end up wishing you did before the spring comes! It's also gonna get cold soon...REAL COLD and that cold dry air in your house is just a BREEDING GROUND for viruses like this to multiply and spread! Getting outside, if at all possible, is one way to deal with it...Keeping the humidity levels in your house above a certain level could help, too...The reason all these other people are acting like business as usual is because there hasn't been a universal mandate of some sort and some uniform set rules and standards for everyone...The government hasn't led on this and pretty much, every state is left to make up it's own rules and you??? You're pretty much on your own nowadays to make uneducated guesses with no guidance or direction...Ain't THAT reassuring???

I wasn't sure at first but now I am. You're a Communist. By the way, I've never had the flu in my entire life.

Date: Oct 12, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

I wear a mask everytime Im out. Guess who has never experienced a single COVID symptom?
The only time I wear a mask is when customers can see me. Otherwise, I never wear a mask. Guess what. I've never gotten Covid either. Neither has anyone that I've been around. Here's why I think the whole mask wearing thing is ridiculous. Take restaurants for example. They make you wear a mask when you go in, but naturally you have to take it off to eat. Does the act of putting food in your mouth keep the potential Covid germs from escaping? So what's the point? Then, on shows like Entertainment Tonight they talk about tv shows resuming their tapings. The actors take their masks off while on camera but put them back on again when they're not. Again, what's the point? You see people wearing masks below their noses. Again, what's the point? You see people constantly adjusting their masks taking them off and putting them back on. Again, what's the point?
All that says is that you haven't got it YET...I still don't see how some people out there don't see what's coming in the next few months...Flu season hasn't really kicked into high gear, so just you wait! If you haven't got your flu shot, you may well end up wishing you did before the spring comes! It's also gonna get cold soon...REAL COLD and that cold dry air in your house is just a BREEDING GROUND for viruses like this to multiply and spread! Getting outside, if at all possible, is one way to deal with it...Keeping the humidity levels in your house above a certain level could help, too...The reason all these other people are acting like business as usual is because there hasn't been a universal mandate of some sort and some uniform set rules and standards for everyone...The government hasn't led on this and pretty much, every state is left to make up it's own rules and you??? You're pretty much on your own nowadays to make uneducated guesses with no guidance or direction...Ain't THAT reassuring???
I wasn't sure at first but now I am. You're a Communist. By the way, I've never had the flu in my entire life.

No Communism here...I don't like to argue politics if I can help it...What I AM for is common sense and science...and I don't like to be too confident in things I don't understand, because I could WELL be proven wrong...But, I think the consensus on mask use is warranted...I urge all you guys to read this...

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02801-8?utm_source=pocket-newtab

While not 100%, there is enough evidence, at least in my mind, that the masks along with social distancing have made a decided difference in controlling the spread and I've been following the studies since the beginning...Sure, there have been mixed communications, but the more we learn about this virus, the more we will be able to say for sure what works and what doesn't...I also think it's important to get information and learn from others outside of your own small circle...There's a bigger world out there than just the one you inhabit or the one that informs your worldview...When you hear from a variety of sources and not just one, you get a better picture of the truth...I've always said that when you have an extreme view on one end and an extreme view on the other about anything, the truth is often somewhere in the middle...Keep that in mind as you navigate the days ahead...

Date: Oct 12, 2020

By the way, just because YOU might not have contracted the disease, you should think about the others out there who have not been so fortunate...The "long haulers" as this article states...

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02598-6

And since the President and The First Lady DID contract it (along with Chris Christie, Kayleigh McEnany, Kellyanne Conway and a host of other people in the President's circle...Why else would the President be airlifted to the hospital???) now NO ONE can say that they don't know SOMEONE with the disease...

Date: Oct 23, 2020

Brain-washed maskers? How about brain DEAD anti-maskers??? I'm sorry, but my manager says that it's the anti-maskers (who are being selfish and narcissistic, by the way) are the ones helping to cause these spikes in COVID we're seeing across the country because they DON'T care about anyone or anything but themselves!!! I'm sorry to tell you guys this, but we just had TWO MORE people in our store come down with the COVID, our drug/GM lady and one of the front-end baggers...I'm not sure how our drug/GM got the COVID, but she does have a husband and two children, so I hope one of them didn't spread it without knowing, or CAUGHT IT FROM HER, for that matter! Hopefully, they will get through their illnesses...OTOH, my mom told me about one of her friends, an elderly lady with a 30-year old daughter...This 30 year old daughter, who is a single mother to the lady's grandadughter, is in the hospital...She apparently caught the COVID and her breathing has been getting worse and worse over the last few days...This woman has a developmentally-challenged daughter and the grandmother is worried she may have to care for her granddaughter if things get worse...You know, a few prayers and a little humility about this disease would go a long way, because as scientists have said, it may be quite a while before a vaccine is ready, if there even is one, and even then, the first responders will probably get the vaccine first and then, everyone else...Still, I'll bet $$$ we are still wearing masks and in pandemic mode a YEAR from now! Better get used to it, I say, because UNLIKE people, NUMBERS...DON'T...LIE!!! Like it or not, the numbers are going up everywhere...But just like your apathy, COVID doesn't care who it affects, either...

Kroger-Employee · Guru

Actually, the main reason why there are recurring "spikes" of Covid in many states is because of this: Most of the masks people are wearing are not much better than imaginary protection. They do not work to keep the virus particles from being inhaled or taken into the body by some other means (such as touching surfaces that a Covid-positive person has touched recently) . The virus particles are extremely small. If you can smell cigarette smoke, perfume, body odor, rotten potatoes, through your mask, the mask is useless to keep you from catching a virus!!!!! Why is this so hard to understand?

What about all the countries in Europe (except for Sweden who never locked down, the schools were NOT closed and no one was required to wear a mask) that locked down like a vise for months on end, and now they are seeing huge spikes AGAIN???? Masks were mandatory in most of those countries. It is because it is only PERFECTLY NATURAL AND NORMAL for a virus (whether it be a cold virus, flu, covid 19 or any of hundreds of other viruses) to keep on going around, and around , and around, circulating throughout the population and whether or not you wear a mask and stay locked up in your house ( like a self-imposed prison sentence), sooner or later most average people will come in contact with the virus. And 99.9 percent will be fine. Notice that the media is NOT concentrating on actual hospitalizations and deaths, just the number of CASES.

There might never be a vaccine for Covid 19. Is there a vaccine for a common cold? NO . IS there a vaccine for flu?? NO. Is there a vacccine for Aids? NO. There are treatments, but no CURES. The chances are good there will not be a vaccine............and if there is, that would be great. If not, then we just have to remember to LIVE WITH IT. Life must go on. You can't live in your basement and hide under the covers for months and years on end. You have to face life. If the hardy, strong Americans of even 70 years ago could see the wishy washy WUSSES we have now become in the country, they would be HORRIFIED!!

-- Edited by Kroger-Employee on Saturday 24th of October 2020 02:20:31 PM

Date: Oct 25, 2020

Kroger-Employee wrote:
Actually, the main reason why there are recurring "spikes" of Covid in many states is because of this: Most of the masks people are wearing are not much better than imaginary protection. They do not work to keep the virus particles from being inhaled or taken into the body by some other means (such as touching surfaces that a Covid-positive person has touched recently) . The virus particles are extremely small. If you can smell cigarette smoke, perfume, body odor, rotten potatoes, through your mask, the mask is useless to keep you from catching a virus!!!!! Why is this so hard to understand?

What about all the countries in Europe (except for Sweden who never locked down, the schools were NOT closed and no one was required to wear a mask) that locked down like a vise for months on end, and now they are seeing huge spikes AGAIN???? Masks were mandatory in most of those countries. It is because it is only PERFECTLY NATURAL AND NORMAL for a virus (whether it be a cold virus, flu, covid 19 or any of hundreds of other viruses) to keep on going around, and around , and around, circulating throughout the population and whether or not you wear a mask and stay locked up in your house ( like a self-imposed prison sentence), sooner or later most average people will come in contact with the virus. And 99.9 percent will be fine. Notice that the media is NOT concentrating on actual hospitalizations and deaths, just the number of CASES.
There might never be a vaccine for Covid 19. Is there a vaccine for a common cold? NO . IS there a vaccine for flu?? NO. Is there a vacccine for Aids? NO. There are treatments, but no CURES. The chances are good there will not be a vaccine............and if there is, that would be great. If not, then we just have to remember to LIVE WITH IT. Life must go on. You can't live in your basement and hide under the covers for months and years on end. You have to face life. If the hardy, strong Americans of even 70 years ago could see the wishy washy WUSSES we have now become in the country, they would be HORRIFIED!!

-- Edited by Kroger-Employee on Saturday 24th of October 2020 02:20:31 PM

Ummmm...Those who lived in the Middle Ages during the various Bubonic plagues might disagree with you about us being wusses...In the 14th century, the Black Death killed about 1/3 of the entire world population... Dead bodies became so prevalent in Europe that many remained rotting on the ground, creating a constant stench in cities.

England and France were so incapacitated by the plague that the countries called a truce to their war. The British feudal system collapsed when the plague changed economic circumstances and demographics. Ravaging populations in Greenland, Vikings lost the strength to wage battle against native populations, and their exploration of North America halted. We worry about our economy, but things were MUCH worse for them!!! Still, a plague is a plague...One of the main reasons why there are no cures for the said diseases is that the pharmaceutical companies can make more MONEY selling a treatment than they can selling a CURE!!! They really don't put any research & development into vaccines for these illnesses...Now, there are over 600 various treatments and vaccines in development for COVID-19 as of October 2020...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119090/coronavirus-drugs-in-development-by-leading-companies/

You don't think SOMETHING is bound to work with all the attention being paid to it??? There has never been trials of this large a scale in all of history...In the past, we didn't have the number of pharmaceutical companies as we have today, or the modern technologies they are utilizing, either...It may be that the computers will end up being smarter than the humans on this one in the end, too...

I don't think 99 % of the population will be fine, though...I say this because we never learn from our past and we keep repeating the same mistakes! I still say that if the masks work for the Asian populations and have for all these many years, then there must be something about them that works!

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culture-shocked/202005/why-was-mask-wearing-popular-in-asia-even-covid-19

As that article states..."Multiple studies have also found that wearing any mask, including a homemade one, protects the wearer from COVID-19 to a larger degree than wearing no mask at all. The University of Edinburgh tested common masks and found that some surgical masks protected the wearer against 80 percent of particles as small as .007 microns. (Thats ten times smaller than the average COVID-19 particle.)"

And did you know some Asian people even wear one as a fashion statement, even if there is no sickness??? Crazy, right??? Still, they work!!!

https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/not-just-coronavirus-asians-have-worn-face-masks-decades

Again, they've been ahead of the curve for years...Maybe it's time we ALL start getting smarter about using them!!! Whether we like it or not, we're gonna NEED to and probably sooner than later!!!

Date: Nov 17, 2020

So, who wants to talk about the fact that both Pfizer and Moderna have two new vaccines on the horizon that they claim to be 90% effective or better??? Who wants to talk about this COVID-19 virus disappearing after the election and that it was all politically motivated by Democrats??? Anyone wanna talk about the rising (I mean, SURGING) number of cases in states where they once had things under control??? And what about talk about the lack of leadership in this country getting to us to where we are today??? How about the fact that the president cares more about fighting court battles (and losing, by the way...) than helping all these Americans catching COVID now??? What about the fact that he hasn't been to a coronavirus briefing in over 5 months??? Takers??? Anyone??? evileye

Don't worry...I can wait... yawn

Date: Nov 17, 2020

Oh, and by the way, let's stick to reality here...I know that's a very uncommon thing these days, but it's the only thing that really makes sense right now...