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- Almost everybody wear mask when they are sick to avoid contaminating others. They do that since way before Cornavirus and on voluntary based. We're told that
by maps7 7y ago
- Almost everybody wear mask when they are sick to avoid contaminating others. They do that since way before Cornavirus and on voluntary based.
We're told that masks do not work
- lippel82 7y agoNobody should be saying that masks do not work. When worn by a sick person, they very effectively prevent droplets from leaving the mouth. They also help not breathing in contamination, as airborne viruses are usually contained in droplets. But there are other ways to get infected, so they don't help as much as people think they do.
- georgemcbay 7y agoThere was definitely a lot of press early on basically saying masks (and latex gloves) don't work. Generally they were clickbaity articles with headlines stating exactly that, but content stating the more reasonable idea that masks/gloves don't work (and may in fact cause more problems than they solve) if you don't use them correctly. eg. someone buys a mask, keeps using the same mask day after day while handling the mask in way that may make the inside of it a contaminated surface, etc.
- standardUser 7y agoThis should not be downvoted. There have been plenty of articles downplaying the importance of masks.
- robjan 7y agoThere are plenty of articles but that doesn't mean they are correct. Here is a peer reviewed study demonstrating that masks are helpful. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335516301553?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221133551... Masks provide two benefits. They protect other people from you when your are ill but currently asymptomatic and they protect you from "splashes" caused by people coughing and sneezing without covering their mouth.
- catalogia 7y agomaps7 didn't say masks don't work; they said that we've been told they don't work. maps7 is right, a lot of headlines at the least have been saying things like that.
- maps7 7y agoYeah, I am in the pro-masks camp but I feel like I can't wear one without being judged because the public have been told not to. I'm in Europe by the way.
- barry-cotter 7y agoIndeed. Here’s the US Surgeon General spreading disinformation on Twitter. > Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS! >?They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk! http://bit.ly/37Ay6Cm http://bit.ly/37Ay6Cm https://twitter.com/Surgeon_General/status/1233725785283932160?s=20 https://twitter.com/Surgeon_General/status/12337257852839321...
- boomboomsubban 7y agoThe Surgeon General is correct. Masks are for the sick.
- barry-cotter 7y agoThey said masks aren’t effective at stopping people getting sick. That’s misinformation. If they weren’t effective at reducing infection healthcare workers wouldn’t wear them. Saying there aren’t enough for healthcare workers isn’t. Save respirators and surgical masks for healthcare workers. Wear a mask if you’re going outside even if it’s just a tshirt covering your face.
- boomboomsubban 7y ago>If they weren’t effective at reducing infection healthcare workers wouldn’t wear them Yes, they would. The healthcare worker may already be sick, and are regularly closely interacting with people that have compromised immune systems. An illness that wouldn't slow down a nurse may kill a patient.
- objektif 7y agoAre you saying masks dont help in preventing ingestion of airborne viruses? That sounds like horse shit. Yes you can still get sick by touching contaminated surfaces and then touching your face...
- wolco 7y agoWe were and some were being mocked who wore them and called racist (this is when the virus was only in wuhan). This downplay is one of the major reasons for the slow public adoption of safety measures.
- stubish 7y agoLook at who is telling you masks do not work. None of the authoritative sources I've seen over here have said that. They say things that can be misinterpreted that way, like "don't stop transmission" or "don't need masks" or "don't help as much". I haven't seen an authoritative statement that they don't help, either catching or spreading. Yet over here, despite many households already having good masks due to recent fires, few people are wearing them.
- lonelappde 7y agoThe CDC was being intentionally misleading to manipulate the public instead of speaking the plain uncomfortable truth that masks are useful but in a shortage (caused by catastrophic government failure at a simple task of stockpiling cheap nonperishable, valuable equipment) they want you to leave masks for people who need them *more. This has been called out by at least one epidemiologist.
- boomboomsubban 7y agoIf you are sick, masks are an effective way of preventing others from catching it. If you are healthy, masks do not prevent you from getting sick. It's a fairly easy misunderstanding to make.
- joshfraser 7y agoThen why do doctors wear them in hospitals?
- boomboomsubban 7y agoSurgical masks? To prevent the spread of bodily fluids.
- tagrun 7y agoNo. You clearly have no idea how this works, and are basically an armchair health expert spreading patently false and dangerous information. Health care workers are required to use masks to protect immunocompromised patients. In Japan, people use masks to protect the community and goes both ways ---which is why it works.
- boomboomsubban 7y ago>Health care workers are required to use masks to protect immunocompromised patients Protect them from what? Their potentially disease carrying bodily fluids. I don't have the slightest clue what misinformation you think I'm spreading. You have responded to four of my posts, and none of the replies give any reason to think healthy people should wear masks.
- tagrun 7y agoI gave two reasons, I'll give them here again: 1. Masks do work. Wearing a mask obviously provides a better protection than nothing for a healthy person. You can also read a few studies https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/003335491012500206 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/003335491012500206 https://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/744899/facemasks-hand-hygiene-prevent-influenza-transmission-households-cluster-randomized-trial https://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/744899/facemasks-hand-hyg... Mask isn't a substitute for hygiene and social-distancing, it's a complementary countermeasure. 2. You don't know for sure a person is healthy right now, and asymptomatic cases are the main drivers of the contagion. The misinformation you're persistently perpetuating is that US surgeon general is right in saying > Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS! >They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk! which is not only wrong but also outright dangerous. How dangerous is this? Look at the spread rate and the number of cases in US vs Japan. Yes, there is panic buying. The Japanese government is handling the situation by managing the responsible distribution of the masks itself. Like most countries, US may not be able to meet the full demand immediately for the masks that are necessary to slow down the spread, and yes, health care workers do need them, but that can't justify giving dangerous advice and lies to public.
- Reedx 7y agoWhich is amusing when they follow that with: save them for healthcare workers.
- maps7 7y agoIt's mind-bendingly confusing. Everyone seems to lap it up though.