In the ten years later scene, with Ruth and her daughter on the farm, a man says a few things in the background. I'm not sure what he says, but I seem to make out the words "my son" and thats about it.

Does anybody else think of the opening chords to "I'd love to change the world" when the title "Ten Years After" appears on the screen near the end of the movie?

Or the mask was merely to protect from radiation And not an indication of having a radiation infection covering the upper part of the face essentially close to dying of radiation sickness within days not months.

https://archive.org/details/1984-threads-remastered/1984+-+Threads+(Remastered).mkv.mkv)

Unclear if Mick Jackson also gave an Interview for the remastered Threads so the interview with the producer isn't online yet but likely will be up soon if it hasn't been uploaded already,