There's an asterisk down at the bottom that says "Not statistically significant".
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Apple Dropping Mask Mandates for Retail and Corporate Employees
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Your refereeing to # not *. That is only applicable to cloth masks. Zoom in on the image.
Wait until you find out doctors/nurses, people with weakened immune systems, and construction/manufacturing professionals have been wearing masks well before the pandemic.
Ours has been a regular Apple Store with the exceptions of the masks, nothing was different. Walk in play around hang out whatever.
Don't forget all categories of public safety personnel. Police, Firefighters, EMT. There is as you named a broad amount of the population that does their jobs wearing masks part of the time so iPhone unlock mask feature isn't too late.
It’s actually nice outside. When it’s like 30 it gets frigid.It does help when the air is cold right now. Like where you are now its 41 F.
Same with my local Apple store. Not sure about the ones in Chicago/Cook County.
Why can't we just err on the side of caution until the spring? We've gone this long, why not just finish out the winter.
I guess this means their Cupertino staff will be returning to offices full time then. Right...?
I would like those with halitosis to also keep them on
That's the point though, right? If you want to wear a mask, you can! No one is stopping you.
The expectation to not ever get sick again is unrealistic and delusional. There are many things that are "potentially deadly," but living in a free society means that you can make a cost benefit analysis and do whatever you feel like you need to do to protect yourself and your family. Omicron proved that just testing positive at this point is a worthless measurement. It's time to get back to life.
* Fine print: Not statistically significant
* CDC’s own study as well as others showed masks were ineffective
* The second study the CDC pushes was botched so badly that no scientist takes it seriously. Even worse, they got caught using language from the teacher’s union for their guidance, proving it was politically motivated. They have recently been contacted by Congress to explain pushing masks on children with their “nonsensical” science
* Here’s a visual demonstration of just how ineffective masks are
* Face masks are devastating for the environment. Every minute of the day we throw away 3 million face masks. Many end up as potentially toxic micro- and nanoplastic or carriers for other toxicants in the environment.
* CDC has waffled multiple times on masks and pretty much everything else related to Covid since the endemic began
So no, all of us should not be wearing masks. But if it makes you happy, by all means, please go right ahead. Just don’t go around telling others what to do because of your own fears.
I still do, no different than wearing a baseball hat or beanie when I'm outside.
I still wear a mask in stores. Many do. I believe mask wearing is here to stay in some form for good. In Asia mask wearing was quite commonplace on public transport etc before the pandemic. Personally I very rarely use public transport anyway.
I don’t see wearing a mask as a big problem. It’s just not worth the risk for me.
I don’t see wearing a mask as a big problem. It’s just not worth the risk for me.
Then don’t take that risk if you’re worried. Nothing wrong with that.
In fact, that’s the point everyone has been making since the start - do whatever you want. Want to wear a mask? Go for it. Want to keep getting boosters? Go for it. Want to lockdown? Go for it. Just don’t subject the way you want to live your life on others (not saying you ever have, just speaking generally).
Nope, was not looking for your virtue signaling, but thanks anyways.
Exactly. If a place is rammed I’ll not be going. Truth is I don’t need to go into the Apple store. 99% of my purchases are done online these days. If I do go to a physical store, it’s always when they open when it’s quietest.
Ineffective is not the same limited effectiveness, which is what the CDC said in their study quoted in May 2020. In the early days of the pandemic, limited effectiveness was much better than not effective because there was no other tool in place.
Unfortunately a very close relative of my wife just died in February 15th from Covid…. She was fully vaccinated and boosted, so to be honest, this has not reached its end yet, and the true is that thousands of people is still dying worldwide day to day, so this is still a roulette (although we agree or not), that’s the ugly and raw true. So better to keep care of ourselves, given that we don’t know how well our bodies will react to a contagion even if we are fully vaccinated.
PLEASE NOTE: I’m not justifying to be afraid, I’m just talking about keeping those cares which allows us to meet a reasonable balance between being safe and feel comfortable ourselves.
First off, my condolences. Secondly, that is the problem with masks and the "vaccine". You can still wear one or four and get it. You can be "vaccinated" and boosted...and still get it. I for one would love to see what the pre existing conditions were of those that have died of covid. Could it have been a contributing factor...sure. I have seen so many people that are not wearing masks properly...or they wear the same one for days on end. Depending on the mask, they only last 4-8 hours. It depends on the box statement. People were wearing knitted masks...I don't know what that would stop.
I had a friend that died as well of covid. He also had copd. It begs to question: which did he really die of...covid? Or copd? or both? I think the certificate said covid...but is that really true? Was it a contributing factor? Sure. Until we are told the truth of people that died that had pre existing conditions or not...can anyone say for certain?
IF you look at the shot record for the "vaccine"...there are more than two lines for the shots...was this the plan all along? Or were they not certain that 2 shots would do what they thought it would do? No one will ever say in this life time.
If other people are already vaccinated and masked, why do you care what the rest of the people do?
Yes, especially people who lost loved ones to this “thing” like I lost my perfectly healthy brother to it