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>no, that's exactly the misunderstanding that leads to such security theater. distance does nearly all the work. a mask adds marginal benefit when distancing.
by smileypete 6y ago
>no, that's exactly the misunderstanding that leads to such security theater. distance does nearly all the work. a mask adds marginal benefit when distancing.
FWIW...
'Yuen Kwok-yung, a professor of infectious disease at the University of Hong Kong, has advised his government that all social distancing can be relaxed – but only if people wear masks in enclosed spaces such as on trains and at work, and that no food or drink are consumed at concerts and cinemas.'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/22/why-we-might-not-get-a-coronavirus-vaccine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/22/why-we-might-n...
(Yuen Kwok-yung is one of, if not the leading infectious disease specialist in Asia among other things, and has his name on many peer reviewed scientific papers.)
- clairity 6y agothat might seem contradictory, but not necessarily. the article doesn't provide enough information to draw a definitive conclusion, but it seems to imply the same order of things later in the article. so distancing as the primary mitigation, masks when you can't, as with trains, concerts, and cinemas (work depends on the office plan).