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Using a condom that leaks repeatedly results in MORE pregnancies. Because the biological agent is never disposed of. And it keeps being applied over and over

Using a condom that leaks repeatedly results in MORE pregnancies. Because the biological agent is never disposed of. And it keeps being applied over and over day after day. It's why you wouldn't want your surgeon to walk in to your operation with the mask he just used from the previous operation. It's also basic medical hygiene theory. The same reason that washing hands is effective because germs are transmissable via numerous vectors.

bluefirebrand 6y ago
You're doing some serious mental gymnastics here. Yes, using things that are broken means they don't perform their intended function very effectively. That doesn't imply that using non-broken versions of those things is less effective somehow. That's not how the transitive property works. Edit - again because you're super edit happy. > It's why you wouldn't want your surgeon to walk in to your operation with the mask he just used from the previous operation No, ideally of course not. But given the choice between "surgeon wearing the old mask" and "surgeon wearing no mask at all" I think I prefer the old mask. Would you seriously just prefer the surgeon to breathe directly into whatever open cavity you have during the surgery?
- nickthemagicman 6y ago
  If the last patient had an infectious disease then yes, no mask is much better than a mask. Breathing on me > contaminated infectious rag in the O.R.
astrange 6y ago
> It's why you wouldn't want your surgeon to walk in to your operation with the mask he just used from the previous operation. There is actually no evidence that surgical masks are protective during surgery. Mainly because nobody wants to do the experiment, but still.
- nickthemagicman 6y ago
  There are legitimate studies that demonstrate that masks combined with proper mask usage is at least somewhat effective at preventing disease transmission. See some of my previous posts for those.

bluefirebrand 6y ago

You're doing some serious mental gymnastics here. Yes, using things that are broken means they don't perform their intended function very effectively. That doesn't imply that using non-broken versions of those things is less effective somehow. That's not how the transitive property works. Edit - again because you're super edit happy. > It's why you wouldn't want your surgeon to walk in to your operation with the mask he just used from the previous operation No, ideally of course not. But given the choice between "surgeon wearing the old mask" and "surgeon wearing no mask at all" I think I prefer the old mask. Would you seriously just prefer the surgeon to breathe directly into whatever open cavity you have during the surgery?

nickthemagicman 6y ago
If the last patient had an infectious disease then yes, no mask is much better than a mask. Breathing on me > contaminated infectious rag in the O.R.

astrange 6y ago

> It's why you wouldn't want your surgeon to walk in to your operation with the mask he just used from the previous operation. There is actually no evidence that surgical masks are protective during surgery. Mainly because nobody wants to do the experiment, but still.

nickthemagicman 6y ago
There are legitimate studies that demonstrate that masks combined with proper mask usage is at least somewhat effective at preventing disease transmission. See some of my previous posts for those.