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Is there? Please cite sources. (Preferably scientific or scholarly instead of political.) There is overwhelming evidence that the virus is spread by fine aeros
by loosescrews 5y ago
Is there? Please cite sources. (Preferably scientific or scholarly instead of political.)
There is overwhelming evidence that the virus is spread by fine aerosols:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00869-2/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
It is widely reported (and noted in the article above) that cloth masks are not effective against such particulates.
One of the only studies on the topic found that cloth masks were penetrated by ~97% of such particles:
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577 https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577