New York State requiring masks in public, starting on Friday

[TECSHARE]

Touching people without permission is assault. Spitting on people is assault. None of these things are inherent or legitimate forms of protest. Wearing a gun is a right. Cute how you tacked that on there.

and rights come with responsibility.. cute how you ignored that part

And the moon isn't made of cheese, cute how you didn't include that.

[Saisher]

Maybe the title is a bit misleading, but NY Gov Cuomo has ordered that everyone in NY when in public (when unable to follow social distancing guidelines) must wear a mask. This is going to be pretty common on public transportation, grocery stores, some work environments, etc.

NY is getting stricter and stricter with their measures, for good reason, as they're the state that has been hit the hardest when it comes to the coronavirus. Let me know what you guys think about this.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/nyregion/coronavirus-face-masks-andrew-cuomo.html

They should have implement this on day one, this virus can be transferred via droplets from cough and sneeze and wearing a face mask is our best protection, social distancing is also very important experts have recommended a one meter distance to one another, this will be the new normal in our lives now,until we found the vaccine.

[squatz1]

I guess so, just not a big fan of having someone else handle goods right now. But I guess you don't have much of a choice when it comes to all of the stuff that I'm getting from the grocery store once a week. God there's been a few cases in my grocery store that forced them to shut down for a few days, so I assume Etsy is probably the least of my concerns.

Shipped stuff has already been "quarantined" inside the box for a few days before getting to your doorstep.

Besides going out is not just a risk for you but a risk for others too if you're an asymptomatic carrier.

So, they have enough masks for all those people? I can see even for the health care workers there is not enough PPE equipment in USA so asking everyone to wear mask is the right thing?

There are no proper (like N95) masks for the general population. They're just saying "wrap your face in anything" basically.

Oh you're right in regards to all of that, just a nerve racking time where the typical rational thinking brain of mine isn't really doing that. I'm fine and I don't have a medical condition where this could be lethal -- that's the case for most people. Still not a big fan of leaving and having to go out, and I assume that's similar to most people as well.

Yeah no N95 masks -- just cloth on your face. Many videos on social media (I shared one from the surgeon general) and so on to show how to make one. It'll work fine for most peoples needs and it'll stop / slow the spread of the virus.

[BADecker]

Think of all the money you could make if you invented a mask that had a small grommet hole right in the middle of the mouth... for smokers. There could be a plug attached, held on by a string, for smokers who wanted to stop smoking for a little while.

[Sadlife]

They should have ordered a quarantine before the virus gets spread to everyone. Maybe they're underestimating the virus and other Americans went to the Beach to feel the summer heat and others threaten to the US government for an uprising.
But even over 600,000 im surprised still USA can handle that much of numbers of patients. I wonder if trump plans to decrease the population that's he didn't take precautions when the virus first broke out in china.