Comments on: Pensacola Council Keeps Mask Mandate In Place Until Next Year

By: Livefreeordie

Livefreeordie — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:23:53 +0000

@bob

Covering my face is my business. Don’t like it? Stay home. Wear your own.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:11:58 +0000

@JimC

Refusing to wear a mask in a pandemic is like driving drunk. It’s irresponsible, it’s negligent, and it’s selfish. I think it’s extremely disappointing that there are so many people in our community that would rather let their neighbors die a slow, painful death rather than put a piece of cloth over their mouth for five minutes while they do a grocery run.

By: JimC

JimC — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 19:39:56 +0000

And I thought no one read my comments! LOL!
To the mask enthusiasts:
1.) I never judge anyone who chooses to wear a mask.
2.) There are a host of reasons not to wear a mask.
3.) A couple of points to consider:
– If I wear a mask, is it to protect you or me?
If the answer is to protect you, the you must not have much faith in the mask you’re wearing.
If the answer is to protect me, the that’s my responsibility, not yours. (Aside from the disgust with politicalization of this illness, I’ve already had it and am neither contagious nor susceptible, so I’m not wearing one to meet your needs.)

By: Jane Doe

Jane Doe — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 19:23:29 +0000

If someone doesn’t have a mask on, so what, it is their choice. Everyone just take care of yourself the way you think you should. What other people do is no concern to me.

By: SueB

SueB — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 14:12:25 +0000

How do you people feel when you are around people who do not wear a mask? I stay away from them and wonder why they don’t understand the importance of wearing mask (not below the nose), keeping distance, & see the reports from our local hospitals on COVID-19. How many people do you know that celebrated Thanksgiving with family members that are now in the hospital with COVID?

By: Jizmo

Jizmo — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 00:21:49 +0000

Masks work great if you are the type that cough, spit, or sneeze directly on someone. Otherwise read the disclaimers on the mask you just purchased

By: Balance is key

Balance is key — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 22:56:32 +0000

While I do not like a mask mandate, I am ok with it as long as it allows business to conduct normal business. I’m fine being told to slip a mask on while on personal property if it’s the difference between us and all the lock down states. Lock downs are failures. However, while in public I think mask should be up to the individual. I’m great-full the governor had the foresight not to shut down again. We just have to push through it until everyone is either vaccinated or develops natural immunity, just like most viruses. Makes me laugh, because I see people in a mask but I hit up a public rest room and half the folks don’t wash their hands before leaving. I’m sure mask will save us all. Just plain nasty, i’m personally more concerned about hand washing then breathing the same air as someone else.

By: That dude

That dude — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 21:28:41 +0000

Context alert: The common cold hasn’t killed over 300,000 Americans this year, so there’s that.

By: Kane

Kane — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 20:27:17 +0000

@JimC Okay I am not the type to make baseless claims. I will provide some links to facts that you can verify yourself. I had to dig though charts and graphs to get good reliable relatable information.

Flu deaths in the U.S for this season 2019-2020 so far is at 22,000

Covid-19 deaths for the U.S. 2019-2020 so far is over 294,000

All of these statistics comes from the CDC here have some links!

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_casesper100klast7days

These are facts not suggestions not opinions just facts.

By: Kane

Kane — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 20:09:33 +0000

@JImC the death rate for covid 19 is higher then the common cold.

@John Sorry bud but a Privately Owned Business is just that Private meaning it can make up almost any rule it wants and if you want to do business with said company you have to follow their rules like it or not. That includes wearing a mask if they desire you to.

It’s like someone comes to your home and you have a house rule of lets say “No shoes allowed in the house”. Well your visitor has two choices remove their shoes or don’t come in to your house. If they choose to tell you they aren’t removing their shoes and try to come in any way what would your reaction be? I’m betting you wouldn’t let them in and you would expect the local authorities to back you up on that.