The Effectiveness of Wearing a Mask Against Covid-19

[Tsing Tao]

From the New England Medical Journal in May...?

 

[Tsing Tao]

More from "the experts"...

 

[Tsing Tao]

Aaannd more.

 

[Bugenhagen]

Mmmm..does the language of this seem a little suspect? You would have to be a really fucking ignorant hick to think this is real.

Really, really..


'If you come in contact with COVID, your mask TRAPS IT, YOU become a walking virus dispenser.' signed Dr Tony Fakey

 

[userque]

@Tsing Tao

1. Do you believe that wearing an N95 mask could decrease the likelihood of the wearer catching covid 19?

2. Do you believe that wearing an N95 mask could decrease the likelihood of the wearer spreading covid 19 to others?

 

[Tsing Tao]

@Tsing Tao

1. Do you believe that wearing an N95 mask could decrease the likelihood of the wearer catching covid 19?

2. Do you believe that wearing an N95 mask could decrease the likelihood of the wearer spreading covid 19 to others?

My personal view on both is that only an idiot would say there is no decreased chance at all from catching the virus when someone places material over their nose and mouth. The question is the same as it is with everything virus related - is the discomfort/effort worth the increase in protection, and I don't have the answer to that.

If you told me it decreased my chance of getting any virus by .01%, then I'd say it was a waste of time. If you told me it decreased my chance of getting a virus by 10%, I'd say it was worthwhile. So it really comes down to subjectivity again, and the established proof of how much it helps. Quantified.

I post the stuff from the experts because I find it amusing so many experts say it does not help.

 

[El OchoCinco]

Starbucks employee spit in cops' drinks


https://www.northjersey.com/story/n...loyee-spit-police-officers-drinks/5478805002/

Hope they were fired immediately

 

[Snarkhund]

Huh? You got an electron microscope on that boat you're living on? How do you know that, for real?



You think that should be fun.... I already "trolled" B1 with his non-stop "the pandemic ended in April" with a quote from the great DJT himself today...

"Our goal is to not just control the pandemic, its to end the pandemic."
-Donald J. Trump
Press conference.
7/21/2020

No response yet.
....."The board quiets."

Yes I have a proper microscope at home and a small portable on the boat. I grind and sharpen blades for people, mostly antique straight razors and the occasional new Robert Williams custom and a scope is handy. I also make pasted strops.

I'm just going on olfactory though. Before UV my older N95 smelled like a pair of cycling shorts used by Eddie Merckx in the Tour de France then stored under my house for a few decades. After UV it smelled like a fresh spring day lol.

 

[easymon1]

Americans are dirty people,

How - Dare - You, Sir!

 

[piezoe]

This is critical... do you really know that asymptomatic people spread the virus in significant numbers....
Please show the data on asymptomatic transmission.
All I have seen are models... no real data.
I would love to see those studies.


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All I have read is that the WHO said the data is hard to find and member countries have reported very little asymptomatic transmission. They said this in a June 5th paper and then a a few days later a spokesperson said it ... but then backtracked.

Then they backed tracked and said...

https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/09/who-comments-asymptomatic-spread-covid-19/



top World Health Organization official clarified on Tuesday that scientists have not determined yet how frequently people with asymptomatic cases of Covid-19 pass the disease on to others, a day after suggesting that such spread is “very rare.”

The clarification comes after the WHO’s original comments incited strong pushback from outside public health experts, who suggested the agency had erred, or at least miscommunicated, when it said people who didn’t show symptoms were unlikely to spread the virus.

Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead on the Covid-19 pandemic, made it very clear Tuesday that the actual rates of asymptomatic transmission aren’t yet known.

Let's suppose there is no data. What would you do then? Fall back on common sense maybe!