Here is a question for anti-maskers:

[madaboutharry]

Would they be willing to have surgery if no one in the operating room was wearing a mask?

[ad121rome]

1. That's different,

Somehow.

[madaboutharry]

2. I think that is exactly what they would say!

The germs in the OR are somehow different.

[ScratchCat]

18. Well, it actually is

Because you are talking about someone being cut open during surgery. The reasons for masks during surgery isn't simply because the surgeon is in close contact with a patient.

[IronLionZion]

3. They're willing to take all sorts of big pharma meds

without having the slightest idea what's in any of it. But they know the vaccines have bad stuff. Their favorite way to stick it to big pharma these days is to go to a farm feed store to buy Ivermectin made by Merck.

[Rebl2]

4. I've

said the same thing. I bet they would be horrified if no one in the operating room had a mask on

[Maraya1969]

5. To anyone who says masks don't work or are dangerous I have been telling them

to make sure they stipulate in their medical records that they don't want anyone in the operative room wearing them if they end up there for some reason.

[Tadpole Raisin]

6. And who knew that surgeons all over the world were passing out in the

operating room because they couldn’t breathe with the mask on?

I would at least enjoy the split second of time while they were trying to understand how to respond to your question!!

I usually am not that quick witted - I’m going to try to remember that retort.

Thanks!

[mopinko]

7. i've thought of that myself.

they'd give you some yada yada about o.r. germs, and how they evolve because of the disinfectants, or some such that they dont understand.

[SharonAnn]

8. Hospital germs that have "evolved" (mutated) to evade disinfectants are MORE dangerous, not less.

[mopinko]

12. which is why they would think it was different,

not that i'd expect them to think of it themselves. i dont think they have a clue about how evolution works.

[kairos12]

9. No. They would let the barber go unmasked. Better to see the leech placement.

[lambchopp59]

10. Oh, do I have a telling story of that one:

Me to (redneck-ish) patient:
"Please pull your mask back up, sir."
Angry retort:
"Yoo of all people should know dey don't do no good. (followed by a "God's breathing system" rant)"
"Sir, why do surgeons wear masks?"
(duh...) "I dunno"

[KS Toronado]

11. "why do surgeons wear masks?"

would be another great retort to anti-maskers.

[lambchopp59]

14. Reverse psychology retort, more recent occurrence:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15787327

[KS Toronado]

16. That's another great one you had.

"You want the nanny state to forbid my freedom to protect myself from a deadly virus?"
Keep 'em coming!

[lambchopp59]

17. He left himself soooooo wide open for that one.

[Leftofinsane]

13. Operating Room Mask

I worked in a hospital operating room for 26 years and you can smell a fart through those mask.

[lambchopp59]

15. Peppermint oil

Oh, but just a dab on your mask and even working on the most odoriferous homeless, all I smell is peppermint.

[dbonds]

19. They don't understand analogies, even when it is close and obvious.

[Vinca]

20. With a follow-up question about the need for a mask when being ventilated in the ICU.