Blake Cheetah
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Teach a man to fish...and he’ll eradicate entire species.(ba-BOOM!)
Do you wear a mask when you ride?
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Handlebars
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While riding, I saw a young man walking on the sidewalk, nobody else in sight. He had a donut, I think it was, and he was taking the mask down for a bite and then putting it back up to eat it, then taking down the mask for another bite, just as the mayor wants us to do in restaurants.
It's mental illness to persist in the nonsense now that multiples of treatments are working pretty well.
It's mental illness to persist in the nonsense now that multiples of treatments are working pretty well.
MeDotOrg
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A lot of times I start a ride with a mask. Especially if it's cold, it inhibits the snot rockets that invariably come. But once my mask gets wet, and it inhibits my breathing, it comes off. I'm just one of those guys who loses weight through their nose, especially when it's cold.
Stefan Mikes
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My experience with a thin breathable balaclava is very similar. I also cover my neck with a thick acryl tubular hood on low temperature rides. When the mouth part of the balaclava gets wet, I pull the hood over lower part of my face. Helps inhibiting cold air flow to the airway.
6zfshdb
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I do something similar when using a tractor to plow snow on my property. I'll have to try it on my next cold weather bike ride.
christob
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My mask starts out over my chin, ready to pull up and over mouth & nose as conditions warrant. In earlier warm weather, the paved/shared trails were mobbed with walkers, so I switched to riding in the then blissfully emptier streets. Our mild winter has reduced foot traffic on trails a little, but you can still encounter lots of density of people on sunny, cold days... Unfortunately the car traffic has exploded back to, if not pre-Covid levels, something getting close. So those lovely roads from summer rides are no longer as attractive an option and the mask gets frequent use now, when back to navigating those shared trails.
Handlebars
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It's shameful cowardice to be bullied into this state where you take everything from your children and grandchildren. At the start when we knew nothing but saw the Chinese on video having strokes and stuff, it was excusable and even wise to do the ultimate protection even though they were telling us to not wear masks and to keep borders open,to hug Chinese people and to gather together in crowds at Chinese restaurants where many staff had just returned from Wuhan.
Now it would be simply laughable it it weren't so terrible to see grown men and women cowering and not visiting their elders and keeping their children from normal socialization.
There are good treatments now.
Now it would be simply laughable it it weren't so terrible to see grown men and women cowering and not visiting their elders and keeping their children from normal socialization.
There are good treatments now.
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pmcdonald
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The immediate treatment is so much better these days. Given what little we do know about the long term health impacts I'd be hesitant to shrug off the virus as a treatable threat however. We may well be kicking the costs down the road, only to have to deal with significant mortality and quality of life issues later on.
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Handlebars
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Well, it is a treatable condition. That's exactly how you should treat it. Shrugging is not considered a treatment, neither is it a suggested outlook for this condition.The immediate treatment is so much better these days. Given what little we do know about the long term health impacts I'd be hesitant to shrug off the virus as a treatable threat however. We may well be kicking the costs down the road, only to have to deal with significant mortality and quality of life issues later on.
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GypsyTreker
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I have started to wear a mask whenever I am outside, riding our bikes, or not. It's not a statement it's simply what I choose to do. I avoid folk who don't wear masks, their choice also.
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As for why wear a mask - it's to partially protect others from the stupidity of that oerson who infected 6 others?
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Handlebars
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"The immediate treatment is so much better these days"The immediate treatment is so much better these days. Given what little we do know about the long term health impacts I'd be hesitant to shrug off the virus as a treatable threat however. We may well be kicking the costs down the road, only to have to deal with significant mortality and quality of life issues later on.
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It really is.
Do you also agree that treatments are not being further tested, refined, implemented at breakneck speed compared with how vaccines in reality of funding and in public awareness are pushed as news headline hopes every single day?
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Terry777
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ROTTO Motorcycle Balaclava... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0763LXRGP?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
I use this, it’s awesome! You can pull it down when when it’s hot or leave it up when it’s cold or needed to shield your face, it’s also handy as hell if a quick bank robbery presents itself while you’re on the move. What more could you ask for??
I use this, it’s awesome! You can pull it down when when it’s hot or leave it up when it’s cold or needed to shield your face, it’s also handy as hell if a quick bank robbery presents itself while you’re on the move. What more could you ask for??
Handlebars
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Before the world can be vaccinated, could the ill be at least treated?
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pmcdonald
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Our political and health leaders have opted for the policy of prevention being the best cure. The nation has sporadic short term lockdowns as deemed necessary but currently in my city retail shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants are full, workplaces are busy, I see a flood of job vacancy ads in the recruitment channels and there's nary a mask to be seen. We've had zero local cases in months. I support this approach. My life doesn't need another Covid debate right now. You have your views, I have mine. We're not likely to meet in the middle. All the best.
Handlebars
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Indeed, as always. However, the pandemic was not prevented.
That being the case, and always, unless you have a vaccine ready, which also isn't a "good look", always treatment until you get a vaccine and long after that, treatments are the first line of medical help.
And they do not care very much about that, quite apparently.
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