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do you live in a hospital? because if not, those studies are of very limited utility to you, proving only that masks can possibly lower spread in a highly contr
by clairity 6y ago
do you live in a hospital? because if not, those studies are of very limited utility to you, proving only that masks can possibly lower spread in a highly controlled environment, with no more than a suggestive hypothesis in any other scenario.
the CDC provides no plausible causal chain to believe masks by themselves would contain the outbreak.
you've provided no plausible causal chain that a falling droplet will suddenly shoot a virus particle right up your nose into that juicy bronchial mucus the virus loves, that a mask would prevent with high certainty.
in the real world, where masks are of highly varying quality and the general usage is poor at best, distancing, even modestly, does the heavy lifitng.
- nucleardog 6y agoI think everything you've brought up here is addressed in the second link I provided. I assume you didn't read it because they very clearly separate the studies of healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers, including at least 3 studies covering a household setting with infected living alongside uninfected. Any of your points that aren't covered in that meta-analysis are easily addressed by other readily available literature. I replied in good faith assuming maybe you were just unaware, but I can see now you're intentionally ignorant. I'm out. Have a nice day.