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So if I were to tweet that people should wear masks as it helps (evidence by Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, China) will I get banned as CDC says masks don't work?
by RegnisGnaw 7y ago
So if I were to tweet that people should wear masks as it helps (evidence by Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, China) will I get banned as CDC says masks don't work?
- dawnerd 7y agoNot to nitpick but CDC doesn't say they don't help, they say not to wear them if you're not sick or not caring for someone that is. Then again CDC says a bandanna is also appropriate alternative...
- SlowRobotAhead 7y agoHere is the thing... if you think a mask will help you from touching your face, or remind you to be cautious, wear it. It literally can not hurt.
- alkonaut 7y ago> It literally can not hurt. If it barely helps and hospitals everywhere are out of masks, then using one for very little gain does hurt. I think that's where we are.
- catalogia 7y agoI have the impression that "it barely helps" is a gross exaggeration, if not a white lie, motivated by "hospitals everywhere are out of masks"
- DanBC 7y agoNo. It barely helps is a simple fact. Look at most of the masks being worn. The have huge gaps all around them. They do no cover the eyes. And if you're not used to wearing a mask you'll be adjusting it constantly -- touching your face. What untrained people are doing is tying a fomite to their face and expecting it to magically protect them, ignoring the fact that most transmission is via your hands.
- SlowRobotAhead 7y agoEither you don’t know what gain means, or you don’t know what hurt means. You can’t have a little gain being hurt.
- lawn 7y agoBecause you can spread the virus before you show symptoms this advice would also cause the virus to spread more, and thus would be bannable.
- RegnisGnaw 7y agoWhich one? 1) Don't wear a mask unless your sick or caring for someone who is sick? 2) Masks help reduce spread.
- lawn 7y ago1) as it implies you only have to worry if you have symptoms.
- dageshi 7y agoDepends on what percentage of transmission is hand to nose/mouth vs inhaling the virus I guess? To prevent hand to face anything would do.
- jacurtis 7y agoNot to be the tinfoil-hat wearer in the room, but you must remember that the CDC is walking the line between "providing good health advice" and "minimizing public panic". If the USA had a steady supply of masks, they would almost certainly be asking or requiring everyone in public to have a mask on. Because we don't, they have been promoting the idea that "you don't need a mask" in order to minimize panic and make masks more available to people that really need them. Unfortunately this "you don't need a mask" statement is being misinterpreted by people to thinking that masks serve no purpose. But lets just agree that this disease would not be spreading as fast if everyone had a mask on. If nothing else it would prevent people who have the disease (and maybe don't know they have it yet) from spreading it. Surgical masks are effective at stopping particles coming from the mouth of the user. It also minimizes face touching by creating a physical barrier. N95 masks provide the same purpose, but also offer the added value of filtering particles coming from the outside, towards the user.