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> even in most indoor situations, mask effectiveness only comes into play in very specific situations. I think you might be underestimating how transmissible t
by 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...