"Masks Suck," Part Deux...

You'll recall, fondly I trust, my posting from a year or so ago, entitled, 

                 "Masks Suck!"

In it I outlined all the reasons why wearing the flimsy little plastic masks we've all hidden our faces behind for more than a year do not deserve to be worn.  For the simplest of reasons.  They do not work.

Got it?  They don't work.  If to "work" means, keep out the bad little viruses which will infect us, ummm, almost none of the time.*    

However it seems those on the Looney Left have discovered they've lost their control over our lives since the incidence of Chinese Wuhan Killer Coronavirus has been subsiding.  They've looked around and discovered they need something to happen to once again regain mastery.  And in the absence of an asteroid strike, the very best they could do was a subsiding pandemic...  

In other words, if they can make you wear your mask, they've demonstrated their control over your plebian, worthless little lives.  And all they had to do was come up with a "Delta variant," and we all folded like a cheap tent, didn't we?  Can't you just see it?  A bunch of Democrat Party insiders meeting in a Cincinnati basement to come up with the excuse they'll need to once again reimpose mask mandates.  Yeah, that's it!  The "Delta Variant!"  Sounds absolutely Orwellian!!!

In other, other words, masks are the "MAGA" hats of the Looney Left.  Trump had his "MAGA" hats, O'Biden has his masks.  They just won't stop stamping their little Gucci-clad feet until you put your mask back on and submit to their control...

There.  That's a good boy...

Here's a few facts for your reading enjoyment (skip this paragraph if you aren't into numbers):  Your average, run-of-the-mill bacteria measures about 0.4 micron in size (a micron is one millionth of a meter).  A virus, on-the-other-hand (just love hyphenations!), measures about 0.02 to 0.25 microns (some eat more than others).  Just a casual glance at these two numbers would tell you that bacteria are mucho bigger than viruses.  Think the Incredible Hulk in a cage match vs. a Pomeranian.  And bacteria are all that these flimsy little, throw-away masks are supposed to keep out.  

Which we tend not to throw away.

So viruses are submicron in size. The SARS-CoV-2 Virus, for example, measures 100 nm (nanomicron = 1,000 of a micron; "Nano Nano!"  Exsqueeze me.  I couldn't help myself!).  A CO2 molecule, for example, measures 0.33 nm.  When we speak we produce and emit droplets of between 20 and 2,000 microns.  And remember, a micron is 1,000 x larger than a nanomicron. 

Do these numbers make your eyes go out of focus?  Think of it this way; if the holes in your mask are large enough to let you breathe, they're large enough for viruses to stop by for a visit, set up camp and pitch their tents.    

Need more?  

The holes in your funny little masks are big enough for 200 viruses to hold hands and march sideways, through each of them.   

Yet, we're required to wear these infernal masks.  Why?  They say for "safety."  Used to be you had to get vaccinated to protect you against the Virus.  Now you have to get vaccinated to protect those who haven't yet been vaccinated.  I say, it's so they can exert control over our puny lives, once again.  The CDC says, "Don't wear your mask!"  Your local government says, "Put on that mask!"   

Trust in Government anymore, much? 

*   You might not know that I possess more than 10 years' experience in infectious diseases, virology and epidemiology, with an emphasis in the use of combination antimicrobial therapy for serious system infections.