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yes, please keep adding level-headed reasoning to the conversation despite the continuing public panic over the topic. another major confounding variable that
by clairity 7y ago
yes, please keep adding level-headed reasoning to the conversation despite the continuing public panic over the topic.
another major confounding variable that makes those effectiveness claims misleading is the environment in which they're used. ENT surgeons (and their patients) are absolutely positively at heightened risk by literally being in the face of patients for prolonged periods. they should use all sorts of countermeasures, including surgical masks.
the typical person on the street gains no added benefit from wearing a mask, regardless of the effectiveness of a given mask at blocking particles, as the ambient viral concentration is effectively non-existent basically everywhere outside, assuming most folks aren't congregating (closely and face-to-face) regularly. even in most indoor situations, mask effectiveness only comes into play in very specific situations.
if no one shoots the ball, you can't block their shot, no matter how great a shot-blocker you are.
latching onto miraculous prophylactics without skepticism and thought is a danger in itself.
- jawns 7y ago> even in most indoor situations, mask effectiveness only comes into play in very specific situations. I think you might be underestimating how transmissible this particular virus is. If it were that hard to catch it, people wouldn't be catching it at the rate they are.
- clairity 7y agono, note that the confirmed infection rate as of this morning in CA is 0.1% (~40K out of ~40M). because of the roughly 2-3 week lag in effects, the moderation of that rate is mostly attributable to modest distancing rules, before masks were widely encouraged.
- seafoam 7y ago21% here in NYC. [0] Note that this finding is materially different from zero, unlike the Stanford study. [1] Big picture : Don't be misled by the confirmed case count. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/g6pqsr/nysnyc_antibody_study_updates/ https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/g6pqsr/nysnyc_anti... [1] https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/04/19/fatal-flaws-in-stanford-study-of-coronavirus-prevalence/ https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/04/19/fatal-flaw...