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Is the argument you're making that we're trying to compare: 1) masks decrease the spread of disease by decreasing your germy breath from spreading and by decre
by jmchuster 6y ago
Is the argument you're making that we're trying to compare:
1) masks decrease the spread of disease by decreasing your germy breath from spreading and by decreasing you from breathing someone else's germy breath
2) masks increase the spread of disease by causing you to touch your mask with your germy hand, which increases the chance that germs can spread from your hand to your mouth?
and that the benefits of (1) do not outweigh the downsides of (2)?
I think that could be easily proven by showing that it's very unlikely to spread germs through the air but very likely to spread germs via touch.
- oblio 6y agoFor 2. you'd either be contaminated directly from those particles landing on your face or by you touching your face directly, anyway, so I'd consider 2. to not be a strong argument against masks, anyway.
- ashtonkem 6y ago2) Being related to specific mask wearing seems implausible to me. One of the fun highlights of this disease has been the official advice to not touch your face, followed immediately by the realization that we all touch our faces a lot. The idea that masks specifically cause you to touch your face more than we already are doesn’t pass the sniff test.
- paulirwin 6y agoAlso, if you are having to touch your face a lot while wearing a mask, you have the wrong mask. I wear one to the grocery store and after an initial adjustment I don't usually have to touch it again.