Face Masks
 

Just curious.....state of NH said they were selling face masks at cost at all state liquor stores. They are charging $30 pkg of 50 but I can get the same mask on line for $11 and that's a big savings since we are using so many.

Loss leader?
 

Is $11 a loss leader price? A state agency may be required to calculate cost differently than just "purchase price".

Made in China
 

Please try to avoid these products

Thanks for the warning Gary but they look identical to the ones we've been using. Got some free at the state distribution and paid as much as $35 other places......blue paper masks

Yet another reason China let their virus escape to the world...they have the mask market cornered...:(

Great price!
 

Care to mention where/brand purchased?

I recently bought a 50 pack on line- $26. After ordering I got a notice saying "others who bought this also bought"- 3 ply masks. Do most ads specify this? Didn't see any reference when making my purchase.

I to bought some masks online quality was junk. Straps came apart while wearing them. I then bought the NH masks and the quality was superior.


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Wifey found them.....4 packs of 50 arrived Tuesday

https://clarkdeals.com/health-beauty...le-face-masks/

What are "the NH masks"?

State of NH is selling masks that they purchased en masse at cost at the state liquor stores.

Yes. Sorry I forgot that from the OP.
Thanks!

Mask Usage Mortality by # of Days in Country
 

New England Journal of Medicine
https://imgur.com/pQzVuHY

https://imgur.com/pQzVuHY

Would someone please make the image appear in their response? :)

Made in the USA
 

I found some disposable masks on Amazon that are made here. They're more expensive than others (20 for $22.98) but I'm very happy to pay more to buy American.

I have a thing about buying American for anything that is near my face. I'm very happy with My Pillow because of its design but more importantly because it is made in the USA. We bought a Tempurpedic mattress for the same reason. Where do you think Bobopedic is made? Not in the USA.

This is a really important point that ApS and TW illustrate--a significant number of researchers think there's a good chance that opening up with masks might be no riskier than staying closed without masks. It's too early to know for sure, and that is assuming 100% of people wearing masks, but this is something for us to watch

Walmart and Sam's will require masks starting 7/20

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...19/5442415002/

Alan

Yet another reason to avoid that dump full of Chinese junk! I hope this spawns the re-birth of the Mom & Pop shops.

the future is now.

About time

On the lighter side: https://babylonbee.com/news/walmart-...-to-wear-pants

FLL take note.

Preferably not yoga pants :) Seen too many things I can't erase from my mind

Drunks, children, and yoga pants never lie!


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To mask or not to mask
 

I am not a fan of wearing masks...they are annoying...but I wear one when going into a store because we’re supposed to...and maybe they protect me and others from the dreaded Covid virus...maybe. Anyhow, I stopped in to Skelleys a short while ago....the place was a madhouse....and very few were wearing masks or making any attempt to social distance. Got my stuff and exited to parking lot, which was full of out of state license plates. My message to them, and to everyone: if you are going to leave home, which might be in a Covid-19 infested state, and escape to N.H., where the numbers are pretty good, would you mind COVERING YOUR FACE with a MASK so that we don’t have to inhale your germs? Maybe a mask helps, and may it doesn’t, but it can’t hurt. Besides it hides wrinkles in old ladies, which is a side benefit.

Your thoughts now that Trump is wearing a mask?

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I agree with your approach to masks...now if only the real NH residents would agree with mask using. It isn’t only the “others.”

See below. Nothing has changed. I don’t flip-flop, nor do I make decisions based on what President Trump does. I support him, I will vote for him in November, but I think independently. Ok?

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Yet another reason to avoid that dump full of Chinese junk! I hope this spawns the re-birth of the Mom & Pop shops.

Same thing at pier 19 store, employees and patrons not wearing masks. If your health is important to you I would suggest avoiding these places. Funny that at hunters in wolfeboro 100 percent wearing masks the last few times I have been there.

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Yes--I have noticed the same--Skelley's and Pier 19 are not masked in general, Hunter's and EM Heath are masked in general. I think this is the leadership of each store. Certain places broadcast the masked vibe, and certain others do not.

Examples: When you let your employees pull their masks down over their chins, you are broadcasting a non-masked vibe. When you teach your employees to use latex gloves and to gently chide customers (like me) who absent-mindedly walk the wrong way down one-way aisles, you are broadcasting a masked vibe.

Skelley's has been a terrific store for years, and Pier 19 looks like they've invested a ton of money. I'm sad to report that I am doing all I can to avoid them.

He wore a mask once. And that was in a hospital. They probably told home he had to or couldn't enter.

We went to the Hannaford in Meredith on Thursday and it was pretty busy. Almost everyone wore masks but some couldn't follow the arrows and distancing wasn't working. We're coming back for a couple more weeks in August and we're going to do a pick-up at Walmart instead of going back to Hannaford. It was just uncomfortable when compared to the Hannaford in Bedford we usually shop at.

The fact that he acquiesced and is now saying "masks are great in the right locations" is a fair shift from retweeting columns about masks as "slavery" and "social control."

Just noticing the shift. He absolutely can't win the anti-mask thing—there's too much evidence showing their impact.

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Shelley update
 

It seems we’re spending lots of time at Skelleys lately.....gas for jet skis and boat...so we were there again this morning....the place was mobbed.... people, cars, trucks everywhere....and while I sat, perched in the car....
birds eye view of the doors....at least 50 people entered and exited, and only TWO wore masks. For now, no more Skelleys for us except for gas. Again, I am not a cheerleader for masks, but it’s considered almost disrespectful to barge into a busy place with no mask...I know....herd mentality....but just trying to be cautious.

Face Masks
 

The whole thing about sitting and watching what others are doing and not doing and is frightening. NH has and will continue to be a state that allows a bit more freedom then others. Those individuals that have all this free time I have wood that needs splitting and a shed that can to painted. Also, open carry while not wearing a mask appears to keep the crowd noise down. Just saying


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If we old/vulnerable people are responsible for ourselves, then careful observation of these issues is our responsibility.

Not overdoing it at all.

And it is useful to know which places seem safer than others; I appreciate the information the Forum provides.

It just is not always political.

Face masks
 

Face masks have been discussed thoroughly, but the best point I have heard was made by Sue Doe-nym, "but it can't hurt". Sure, everyone has an opinion, and, just like anything else in life, there are two (or more) sides to the issue, but Sue Doe-nym, basically, ends the discussion.

Don't all people sit and watch while their SO is pumping gas? Nothing frightening about that. Also nothing unusual about wanting to stay away from a place where others are not social distancing.

Injecting guns into this conversation? That is kind of weird, but I guess so is walking around your local store with one strapped to your side (just in case!)

But he can certainly “win” the freedom “thing” and that’s the bottom line.
I’m against (and hate) the restriction of a mask but I do “comply” if I have to...just like our president. I do, however, try to avoid the mask situations so by my absence, I’m doing my part.
By the way, there is plenty of “evidence” saying masks do absolutely nothing as well...just sayin’

Whats actually going on, what are we doing, what are we actually trying to accomplish
 

Given that this thread has already taken a left turn from its origin I don’t feel too bad adding to that deviation, but will try to do so without burning the forum down.

So my concern is what are we trying to do with all these masks?

Originally we are all told we needed to slow the spread and keep the hospital ICUs from becoming overloaded. This was going to be a few weeks, and we are all horrified. But now its been months with no end in sight and many people are using the term the new normal, with discussions about every one wearing masks all day long, all the time, forever more going forward.

So what happened to slowing the spread?

How did it become “stop or kill” the virus?

Do we really think we can stop or kill any virus?

Some are saying this is the new norm until we have a vaccine.

Will this all stop once there is a vaccine?

Do people realize that when speaking of flu viruses, roughly only half the population get the flu shot, and when we are lucky and it’s a “good” vaccine, its still only roughly 40% effective?

Do we realize that not all, but way too much of whats being discussed and proposed in the media and by self-proclaimed experts is NOT backed up by actual in depth scientific study, the universal standard being a double-blind study that takes time to conduct and time to review and time to agree upon and document the findings, as opposed to the current zero time pronouncements.

Personally I am feeling like a sheep, I am following what I am told to do, where masks (most of the time) social distance (most of the time) minimizing my activities and staying home.

And in truth, and as I now see no end in sight, I am also starting to feel like I have been listening to people who are selling me snake oil.

The original notion of slowing the spread to reduce impact to the hospital ICUs made sense, but I don’t know if I buy into the beat the virus, kill the virus, new normal, etc,,,

Feeling really confused, not protected, not better, not confident in ANYTHING I am now hearing.

Am I the only one who isn’t totally anchored in one camp or the other; the remain locked down until forever if needed until someone tells us we are now ok to return to the old normal camp, or the this is all nonsense there is nothing to worry about camp,,,

Starting to feel like I am in between 2 markers on the lake, and wondering if I should be on the outside of either of them, and not happy about or satisfied about anything the people on the boat are telling me.

Yes, I agree 100%. My new name for these snake oil salesmen is “MASK-HOLES”.

You are definitely not the only one not anchored in one camp or the other. This whole thing is confusing, and all we can do is be as cautious as possible without being a nut case. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if sometime soon, we could look in a rear view mirror, and be relieved that this pandemic was nothing but a terrible memory, but finished?

Oh, you're so clever.

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