COVID and band members

elcazador83

Airport in Atlanta, night in Vegas, GA in Fresno, two different flights to ATL. Dave Matthews two days later in Huntsville. All without mask and Rona free. Live your life. Do whatever makes you comfortable.

nautical_disaster

Falling Down said:

nautical_disaster said:

I do wonder what it's going to be like at the show in Québec City. My wife and I got looks from non-maskers at the grocery store the last few times we went lol. 

When was that? We’ve been wearing masks here non-stop for two years up until 10 days ago. If that was pre-COVID, then yes, I’m sure you got some looks! 

lol within the last couple of weeks

DEGBTI

Get_Right said:

It seems those who wore masks walked away from the shows without getting COVID.  Others were not so lucky.

Well, on the other side of the coin I was in GA for three off the shows as well as my wife and two sons, no masks, and none got covid. I can care less if you were a mask or not by the way. Whatever make you comfortable.

 When the CDC recommended wearing a mask, I did. When they dropped it, so did I. You cant have it both ways. If you believe the science to wear a mask, well then you have to believe the science that supports no longer having to wear a mask. This is the hypocritical part of it all.
Again, if you want to, power to you, if you don't, power to you.  If you dont want to chance it, stay home, simple.

L5-S1

OMG..Never go by what the Government says ! , Do what you want, Fuck People who want to think for you.....Always protect Yourself !

Imcoffeegirl

Poncier said:

Imcoffeegirl said:

100 Pacer said:

I got some looks from those around me for wearing a mask in GA at Fresno.

I feel ya. I not only got looks, but got hassled by someone at a show (not Pearl Jam) for wearing my mask. I went to another part of the venue, but it upset me. 

Just ridiculous that people feel the need to hassle someone for taking a precaution, especially knowing nothing about that person's medical history or family situation etc.
Next time just give them this line about mask wearing:
"It's just like masturbation. I'll do me, you do you and we'll all be happy."

Lolol, I'm going to have to remember that come back if anyone busts my chops for wearing a mask again 😂😂

pbultimate

elcazador83 said:

Airport in Atlanta, night in Vegas, GA in Fresno, two different flights to ATL. Dave Matthews two days later in Huntsville. All without mask and Rona free. Live your life. Do whatever makes you comfortable.

Or….asymptomatic and got others sick. Sharing is caring right?

HughFreakingDillon

pbultimate said:

elcazador83 said:

Airport in Atlanta, night in Vegas, GA in Fresno, two different flights to ATL. Dave Matthews two days later in Huntsville. All without mask and Rona free. Live your life. Do whatever makes you comfortable.

Or….asymptomatic and got others sick. Sharing is caring right?

one of my favourite "films".

DEGBTI

pbultimate said:

elcazador83 said:

Airport in Atlanta, night in Vegas, GA in Fresno, two different flights to ATL. Dave Matthews two days later in Huntsville. All without mask and Rona free. Live your life. Do whatever makes you comfortable.

Or….asymptomatic and got others sick. Sharing is caring right?

Well, then the others should had stayed home. 

lastexitlondon

DEGBTI said:

Just a random comment, my friend just got back from 3 weeks in Europe. Traveled to a few countries including some on the soon to be tour. Take it for what its worth but when I questioned her about masks and covid in general she shrugged her shoulders and said she never even thought about it. Everything was normal in all the places she visited with no covid protocol any ware. She said she was never asked to wear a mask at anytime. Just passing it on. What was odd is when I asked her about the war in Ukrane, she also said it wasn't talked about in public any ware she went. Almost like the trip was pre-covid/war. Makes you wonder if the media in Europe isn't shoving panic down everyone's throat on a daily basis like they do here.

Oh we panic. But only in the minority.  Most are living  pre covid and monkey pox.  No care  annoys me.

lastexitlondon

I wear a mask and i am the only one of maybe 20 in a shop.  I get looks the other way. Like what are you still doing that for.

Sad.

Go Beavers

Tjm007 said:

JABK said:

Tool is about to wrap up a month long arena tour in Europe, and I attended the show in Stockholm. Maybe PJ should ask Tool for some advice what they've done to reduce the risk for infection? Of course luck is also involved when talking about Covid...

PJ need to travel forward 2 years in time to 2022. The solution is to not test every morning and come to work unless you feel ill. 

Hiding in a bubble prevents exposure to lots of common bugs and viruses - simply storing up trouble for the future of your immune system.

I know it's a commonly held belief, but for adults the immune system doesn't weaken due to lack of exposure to viruses.

elcazador83

pbultimate said:

elcazador83 said:

Airport in Atlanta, night in Vegas, GA in Fresno, two different flights to ATL. Dave Matthews two days later in Huntsville. All without mask and Rona free. Live your life. Do whatever makes you comfortable.

Or….asymptomatic and got others sick. Sharing is caring right?

I forgot to mention that I returned to work and put in 50 hours last week. I run a restaurant with 65 employees and we served 4400 guests last week. I should probably start hiring more because half my staff is going to keel over from the covid I unknowingly brought back or I should look for a new job because my clientele is definitely headed to an early grave because of my ignorance. So when you hear the news of the southeast getting annihilated from some new super strand of covid and body counts piling up, blame me for being that guy, the super spreader, some asymptomatic jerk that God forbid had some fun. 
But at least I cared and shared the wealth. Ha.

Get_Right

RatherStarved said:

Get_Right said:

It seems those who wore masks walked away from the shows without getting COVID.  Others were not so lucky.

Imagine that.  Something that filters out a virus actually filters out the virus.  If only it hadn’t been politicized.  It’s pretty simple really.  

My wife is Japanese. We wear masks whenever one of us gets sick and often on airplanes.  We had a stockpile way before the pandemic. Not complicated.

NEweather

 We too are familiar with the Japanese wearing of masks/ gloves- so we think that's what one can do, or does, for others and themselves, in a good way. It's been like that for a long time-
way before the sars/covid-19 

mpedone

DEGBTI said:

Get_Right said:

It seems those who wore masks walked away from the shows without getting COVID.  Others were not so lucky.

Well, on the other side of the coin I was in GA for three off the shows as well as my wife and two sons, no masks, and none got covid. I can care less if you were a mask or not by the way. Whatever make you comfortable.

 When the CDC recommended wearing a mask, I did. When they dropped it, so did I. You cant have it both ways. If you believe the science to wear a mask, well then you have to believe the science that supports no longer having to wear a mask. This is the hypocritical part of it all.
Again, if you want to, power to you, if you don't, power to you.  If you dont want to chance it, stay home, simple.

I thought about not wearing my mask when then CDC said it was okay, then I looked more deeply into the announcement, and saw that their recommendation wasn't based on the likelihood of getting COVID but on hospital capacity. Also, the recommendation isn't that masks aren't necessary - they are still recommending masks in MANY situations. By the letter of the recommendation, most of the west coast shows were probably in the "not necessary" category, as the community transmission rates are low in the area. However, given how many fans travel for those shows, I think it becomes an unknown transmission situation, and the CDC would most likely recommend that you mask up.

MD190661

I wore a mask at both Oakland shows. My friends who I went with each night both got Covid while not wearing a mask. I didn't.

They then got their families sick. One needed to go to the ER. Take it for what it’s worth. Can’t understand not trying to protect yourself or others around you during a COVID surge.

sdharv1919

Everywhere in the world, mask usage is not associated with lower infection rates.  Only well-fitted N95s offer any measure of protection (to the wearer).

https://twitter.com/MonicaGandhi9/status/1528725880268128256?s=20&t=vVaYxMXSgXw8uo4ZX6BgIw

RiotAct10

sdharv1919 said:

Everywhere in the world, mask usage is not associated with lower infection rates.  Only well-fitted N95s offer any measure of protection (to the wearer).

https://twitter.com/MonicaGandhi9/status/1528725880268128256?s=20&t=vVaYxMXSgXw8uo4ZX6BgIw

Can you elaborate on what you said and the study you posted, because I am not seeing the connection. The word "mask" is used one time in the article, and while it says they were required "on campus", I am not seeing anything about where cases happened, such as dorm rooms, parties, classrooms, etc. In fact it seems to suggest it all started when students went home for Thanksgiving, or at least that is what I am seeing. How are you drawing from this study that masks don't work?

elvistheking44

pbultimate said:

elcazador83 said:

Airport in Atlanta, night in Vegas, GA in Fresno, two different flights to ATL. Dave Matthews two days later in Huntsville. All without mask and Rona free. Live your life. Do whatever makes you comfortable.

Or….asymptomatic and got others sick. Sharing is caring right?

This right here is why we can’t move on. 

OceansJenny

Tjm007 said:

Does anyone know if Matt or Jeff were actually unwell or did they just fail a test ?

We aren’t going to have this information offered to us.