
There has been a lot of confusion around the wearing of face masks. Mostly, this consists of two groups of people. One group is comprised of scientists and medical professionals who say that face masks are the #1 way, along with social distancing, that people can protect themselves from Coronavirus. The other group is comprised of people who have some really outstanding non-scientific reasons why face masks are to be avoided at all cost.
Life in the Boomer Lane has done an exhaustive survey of reasons why face masks are a big no-no to many people. She shares some reasons with you, her Loyal Readers.
1.Face masks contain microscopic toxins, most likely implanted by Bill Gates, in his ongoing effort to either wipe out the human race or subject everyone to mind control. The fact that he spends countless billions of dollars trying to save the human race is his clever smokescreen that prevents us from knowing his true agenda.
2. Face masks are a spawn of the Devil. If you unravel a face mask and lay all of the fibers out on a table, you will get the following message: Revenge and immortal hate shall be mine. Glory shall be my wrath and might. Bend thy knee and bow to me. The terror of my arm shows no doubt of my Empire of Darkness. (This quote is either directly attributable to Satan, or if viewed on a table that has a wonky leg, to Mitch McConnell.)
3. Wearing a face mask is a secret way to show support of the Deep State. Although nobody actually knows what the Deep State is or does, it’s behind everything that supports destruction of the American Way of Life.
4. Face masks throughout human history are a sign of very, very bad people. American Indians wore face masks disguised as headbands with feathers on them and so had to be wiped out. Mexicans wear face masks disguised as hats and so we need walls to keep them out. Protestors wear face masks disguised as homemade signs. Immigrants wear face masks disguised as funny clothing. All of these people are out to destroy the American Way of Life.
5. Face masks don’t allow men to look like Manly Men. Being a Manly Man is the duty of every male person who supports the American Way of Life.
6. Face masks prevent people from breathing the pure, abundant and totally free-of-charge air that god has provided us, with the ever-present help of American Industry.
7. Face masks are the same as vaccines They are a form of control that goes against everything we hold dear, which includes Spring Break and going to crowded bars and political rallies. As Americans we have the right to live and die as we see fit, with no one telling us what to do. We take full responsibility for the consequences. If we get Covid, so be it. The only responsibility the government has is to make sure there is a bed for us in the ICU, as well as umpteen thousands of dollars worth of medical equipment and trained medical professionals who will work tirelessly around the clock, with no thought to their own safety, to save our lives. That’s the American Way of life.
Phyllis
July 13, 2020
#2 is my favorite reason and one that I will use to justify allowing my face to fly free.
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 14, 2020
It’s my favorite as well. We must be anti-Devil friends. xxoo
ermigal
July 13, 2020
Good one, LBL. It’s hard to understand that it’s become political, but that “rugged individualism” is at full throttle. It would be safer to choose a different way to practice it–start a business, write an opinion letter, stuff like that. How did you ever find that picture of the young woman with the sign? Oh, my. No words for that.
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 14, 2020
We have a long history of rugged individualism in this country. A notable percentage of it ended with the deaths of innocent people. The mantra now is “My body, my choice.” They just forgot about the part where the right to breathe as they decided god intended puts everyone around them at risk. But that’s a small price to pay for freedom, right? The photo is compliments of Google images. Google provides.
Taswegian1957
July 13, 2020
What they forget that while they are choosing to exercise their right to catch Covid-19 they are jeopardising their families, friends and countless strangers who have never done anything to them.
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 16, 2020
Yes. It’s obvious that their personal freedom doesn’t include the safety of others. But I’m absolutely sure that if my “personal freedom” negatively impacted on them, they’d be going crazy.
montanalulu
July 13, 2020
nailed it!
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 16, 2020
Thanks, Lulu. I often wish I lived on a different planet.
Joanne Duchene
July 13, 2020
This is the poorest quality written article I have ever read, I could do much better at writing and article. How about talking to people and finding out why they don’t wear them! How about listening to the professionals, MASKS don’t work! Mask can cause Lung disease, can cause headaches and making people more susceptible to getting sick once their immune is low from wearing them. I can go on with more data, but this article is written by someone not very informed.
Peter's pondering
July 13, 2020
You’ve got this absolutely perfectly right LBL. I must admit that I’d missed the wonky table leg element though. Must dash, I’m off to a Covid-19 catch it if you can party!
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 16, 2020
Oh my, that’s what 45 should call his rallies.
bone&silver
July 13, 2020
What is going on over there?? Yet I bet those same new ‘my body my choice’ folk don’t support abortion? Sorry to be so political when you’re trying to be funny, but your country is freaking me out (I’m in Oz). Stay safe & funny, G
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 16, 2020
My country is freaking me out, but no other country will take me, at this point. You make an outstanding point about “my body my choice.” You nailed it. These “personal freedom” folks are in favor of only those “personal freedoms” they approve of.
Val Boyko
July 14, 2020
Powerful. Thanks LBL
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 16, 2020
Thanks, Val. And I was actually trying to be nice to these people. My dark thoughts will be kept to myself.
Widdershins
July 15, 2020
I’m beginning to see a pattern here.
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 16, 2020
Ya think? This country keeps getting creepier and creepier.
Widdershins
July 16, 2020
😦
Keith
July 15, 2020
Renee, too funny. I have two bookend quotes that say the same message.
Tom Hanks, who suffered and recovered from COVID-19 along with his wife Rita Wilson, said this in an interview with Lestor Holt last week. About wearing masks, Hanks said never have we been ask to do so little to help others. Wearing masks, socially distancing, washing hands are the least we can do for each other.
The other is more succinct from my brother-in-law who was in the Air Force. He said it is not like you are being asked to storm the beach at Normandy, so where a mask.
As for your deep state comment, a great book to read is Michael Lewis’ “The Fifth Risk,” based on his reading of the briefing materials prepared by outgoing Obama folks for incoming Trump folks, that largely went unread for meetings that went unattended. The risk is what the Trump administration does not know that keeps these hard working public servants up at night. As Lewis noted, the deep state are the people who know what they are talking about. The only people making these folks efforts political are the politicians, not the doers.
Keith
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 16, 2020
Good thoughts as usual, Keith. We have an administration that is either willfully ignorant or that supports a leader who is willfully ignorant. I read an enlightenng piece about the lengths his aides must go to now in order to keep up the facade of “All is well” intact around him and to scramble to create rallies that endanger people’s lives.
Keith
July 16, 2020
Renee, I would truly be embarassed to have to invent stories to cover for the boss’ many sins and lies. My guess is many a private conversation between aides starts out, “you will not believe what he said now.” Keith
Ilona Elliott
July 17, 2020
Renee I will never understand people railing against Bill Gates who has done so much good with his foundation. It is as if good is bad and bad is good now. The ineptitude of this administration is so painfully obvious to the world, and we even have the Covid mortality rate to prove it, and still they resist the best advice of the medical and scientific professionals at the battle lines. Geez, I just want it to end.
Great post LBL.
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 18, 2020
Thanks, Ilona. I’ve thought for a long time now that the world we have created is too much for many people. It’s too technical, too connected, too fast-moving. People crave control, and the modern world affords little in the way of that. The reaction is mistrust: of politicians, of science, of a global economy, of anything that smacks of people feeling even smaller in the general scheme of things. We see conspiracies and threats around every corner. What is intended to save lives is interpreted as a means to end life. And the heroes who work tirelessly to save the world are seen as having an agenda that ends ours. And into this swill there comes a man who, by his very inability to see a universe that extends beyond himself, is seen as a kindred spirit. He affirms our hate, our mistrust, our inability to grasp this new world. He raises ignorance to a high art and knowledge to a topic of derision. He gives his followers a false sense of security when he labels whatever we can’t control as “fake.” Climate change, Russian interference, Covid-19. Instead, he gives us new enemies to focus on: immigrants, gun control, national health coverage, those “Socialist” Democrats. We grab our new tax credits and we watch our portfolios inflate. We don’t notice that the forces that truly threaten us are allowed to move forward and grow stronger. In a very real sense, our nation is at crossroads that is, in some ways, more significant than it was at the start of the Civil War. Then, we had a leader who valued the Union over all else. Now we have one who derives power from the dischord and the polarization. I truly believe that the coming presidential election will determine our fate as a nation.
Ilona Elliott
July 24, 2020
I liked this but I don’t like it at all, if you know what I mean. Too truthy. It hurts to see it all laid out like this. I do so appreciate your astute observational skills and your ability to articulate things, while still not sounding apocalyptic. I have struggled with trying to write posts that address what is going on. And I agree. This election is the most important in our lifetimes. It’s interesting to organizations like The Lincoln Project running those fright ads about Trump. I think they are effective for certain people, and it takes the pressure off the Biden campaign. They don’t need to go too negative. It’s “interesting” to watch but also frightening to consider that the outcome could go either way. Trying to keep the faith as the days tick by.
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 25, 2020
I’m going to have Now Husband read this comment. He is always accusing me of being apocalyptic. It’s good to hear that I don’t come across that way. Inside my head, though, the big, fat Doomsday Clock is ticking away. Tick, tick, tick….
Ilona Elliott
July 27, 2020
Glad to be of help with your marital stuff, lol. I feel the same way. The refrain from the REM song is one I am apt to break out into at any moment: “It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine”…although I don’t really.