Travis County mandate for facial coverings when outside of house

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In reply to Aust Ag • 12:55p, 4/14/20
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Aust Ag said:
Health Commissioner just came on and said they're looking to make a "cultural shift".

This is here to stay, for a while.
It makes sense. China's been wearing masks for years and they never.......
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In reply to Charpie • 12:56p, 4/14/20
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I live in Austin.

I have no problem wearing a mask if it means I can go back to the office and my kid can go back to high school.
Oh, I've already talked to a few of my customers today telling them, next time you see me we'll be wearing masks.

Unfortunately, I'm thinking masks and full body armor isn't going to be enough to get kids to school until Sept.
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In reply to Aust Ag • 12:59p, 4/14/20
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Oh I know about the school part. I feel awful for them. But she's got one year of high school left. I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure she's actually in school in the fall.
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In reply to Charpie • 1:00p, 4/14/20
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You're lucky, my twin seniors are done.
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In reply to Aust Ag • 1:01p, 4/14/20
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I'm so sorry.
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1:06p, 4/14/20
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Perfectly fine with the masks when corona is a significant risk, or in the event of any future pandemics.

I just don't want them to become the norm. We did well a long time without them.
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In reply to beerad12man • 1:18p, 4/14/20
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beerad12man said:
Perfectly fine with the masks when corona is a significant risk, or in the event of any future pandemics.

I just don't want them to become the norm. We did well a long time without them.
I'd actually love for it to become normal for people to wear a mask when they are sick and out in public.. I don't think that'll happen, though. And I definitely do not think healthy people will be wearing masks under normal circumstances.
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In reply to BowSowy • 1:22p, 4/14/20
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I'd rather it just become the norm that sick people don't go into public places. But that's probably wishful thinking. If only the sick are in masks, then the sick won't want to basically point themselves out to everyone.
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In reply to BowSowy • 1:27p, 4/14/20
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Problem in this case is people can feel perfectly healthy and shed virus for ~14 days before feeling any symptoms.

With the normal flu, if you feel fine then you probably aren't contagious.

I'd hate to know that when I started feeling sick, that I had been potentially giving it to others for up to 2 weeks.
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In reply to deadbq03 • 1:28p, 4/14/20
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Aust Ag said:
I'm hearing so many stories like this, and how people dont use masks right.

I hope the Health Dept has done studies on how possibly folks that are "uneducated" (like alot of people), on if people correctly use all this, and that it's not counter-productive. I'm sure they haven't. Just put on whatever mask you have cobbled together, and go on with you business.
My wife is a risk communication expert and mentioned this. It's amazing that growing up, all through school we had education and drills for all kinds of disasters but we never had anything to prepare us for a pandemic.

There's very little hand-wringing and tin-foil hats when the government steps in during hurricanes/floods etc. and it's largely because we have it drilled into us. (To be fair, it's also because those things happen regularly, and because the effects are obvious).
Comparing this to hurricane or flood response is silly. Those are localized events.

What we are doing right now would be similar to telling people in Kansas to evacuate because a hurricane is going to hit Houston.
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In reply to JDCAG (NOT Colin) • 1:37p, 4/14/20
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yes however look at the 2 completely different responses. One response talking about being upwind from everyone else to try to avoid others potential germs. I understand the masks are more for everyone else's protection but why stand upwind?
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In reply to Player To Be Named Later • 1:38p, 4/14/20
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Problem in this case is people can feel perfectly healthy and shed virus for ~14 days before feeling any symptoms.

With the normal flu, if you feel fine then you probably aren't contagious.

I'd hate to know that when I started feeling sick, that I had been potentially giving it to others for up to 2 weeks.
Well, 4-5 days is the norm, not 14. And I was talking about normal times. I think we should all be wearing masks while this pandemic is still going on.
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In reply to BowSowy • 1:43p, 4/14/20
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Agree. I wouldn't suggest this be anywhere near permanent, but right now it seems reasonable.
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In reply to Aust Ag • 2:24p, 4/14/20
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Aust Ag said:
You're lucky, my twin seniors are done.
Same. We're trying to figure out what college is going to look like for them in the fall, while mourning the loss of prom, graduation, et. al.
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