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> The reality is most people would not correctly fit a n95, and an improperly fit n95 would only provide marginal benefit. Marginal > none > Even in article,
by joshstrange 7y ago
> The reality is most people would not correctly fit a n95, and an improperly fit n95 would only provide marginal benefit.
Marginal > none
> Even in article, we are talking cloth face masks. That will provide even less marginal protection to the wearer from contracting the virus. But it will reduce the spread of an infected person. The goal isn't to wear a mask to protect yourself, the goal is to not spread the virus as an asymptomatic carrier
Not true, getting a lower dose of the virus initially gives your body more time to develop antibodies.
- throwaway5752 7y agoYes, viral load is important. As an uninfected person wearing a cloth mask you may still inhale droplets, but maybe fewer big ones. The bigger improvement is from a droplet being trapped or exhaled droplets traveling less distance because of the carrier was wearing a mask. You are correct on your critiques of what I wrote, but if everyone wears a surgical mask it's great and the reason is reducing overall transmission among populations.
- Confiks 7y ago> Not true, getting a lower dose of the virus initially gives your body more time to develop antibodies. Can you substantiate that claim with any evidence, preferably by citing published articles? I'm not disagreeing, I just wasn't able to find any myself.
- joshstrange 7y agoVideo of Rishi Desai, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer at Osmosis, Infectious Disease Physician talking about large/small inoculant [0] And From CEBM [1]: > The initial dose of virus and the amount of virus an individual has at any one time might worsen the severity of COVID 19 disease. Viral load is a measure of the number of viral particles present in an individual. Higher SARS-CoV-2 viral loads. might worsen outcomes, and data from China suggests the viral load is higher in patients [2] with more severe disease. The amount of virus exposure at the start of infection – the infectious dose – may increase the severity of the illness and is also. linked to a higher viral load [0] https://youtu.be/cFB_C2ieW5I?t=771 https://youtu.be/cFB_C2ieW5I?t=771 [1] https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/sars-cov-2-viral-load-and-the-severity-of-covid-19/ https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/sars-cov-2-viral-load-and-the-... [2] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30232-2/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3...