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The mask is to prevent unknowing infected from transferring the disease. It was never to protect FROM covid19

by null4bl3 5y ago

jjgreen 5y ago
That's the narrative now, but a year ago there were plenty of people in the government, press and academia with a different view, https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-07-08-oxford-covid-19-study-face-masks-and-coverings-work-act-now https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-07-08-oxford-covid-19-study-f... for example
- emteycz 5y ago
  Don't pay attention to dumb narratives. Government, press as well as academia serve themselves. Why would you blindly trust what they say? The relevant science was publicly on the web, and it was always clear from all relevant research that masks are there to stop the wearer from spreading; any doctor would've told you, they are taught about it in school. It was the narrative in many other countries for way over a year, if that's what you must look for (e.g. "chráníš mě, chráním tebe" - I protect you, you protect me - is the official governmental stance in Czechia since March 2020).
- hijodelsol 5y ago
  In early 2020 it was still a common opinion that SARS-CoV2 mainly spread through droplets, in that case surgical masks would have been sufficient to offer the wearer some protection. However by late Spring/early Summer (northern hemisphere) it became apparent that it was airborne which is why all medical personal switched to FFP2 masks (long before the CDC and the WHO officially recognized it as being airborne). Confusion only arose because many actors were reluctant in accepting airborne transmission and thus kept recommending the wrong type of mask for personal protection. But nowadays there’s no doubt about airborne transmission and you can get good quality FFP2 masks for around 2$ and studies show that even exercising with them is not a problem.

3 ms·

The mask is to prevent unknowing infected from transferring the disease. It was never to protect FROM covid19

by null4bl3 5y ago

The mask is to prevent unknowing infected from transferring the disease. It was never to protect FROM covid19

jjgreen 5y ago
That's the narrative now, but a year ago there were plenty of people in the government, press and academia with a different view, https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-07-08-oxford-covid-19-study-face-masks-and-coverings-work-act-now https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-07-08-oxford-covid-19-study-f... for example
- emteycz 5y ago
  Don't pay attention to dumb narratives. Government, press as well as academia serve themselves. Why would you blindly trust what they say? The relevant science was publicly on the web, and it was always clear from all relevant research that masks are there to stop the wearer from spreading; any doctor would've told you, they are taught about it in school. It was the narrative in many other countries for way over a year, if that's what you must look for (e.g. "chráníš mě, chráním tebe" - I protect you, you protect me - is the official governmental stance in Czechia since March 2020).
- hijodelsol 5y ago
  In early 2020 it was still a common opinion that SARS-CoV2 mainly spread through droplets, in that case surgical masks would have been sufficient to offer the wearer some protection. However by late Spring/early Summer (northern hemisphere) it became apparent that it was airborne which is why all medical personal switched to FFP2 masks (long before the CDC and the WHO officially recognized it as being airborne). Confusion only arose because many actors were reluctant in accepting airborne transmission and thus kept recommending the wrong type of mask for personal protection. But nowadays there’s no doubt about airborne transmission and you can get good quality FFP2 masks for around 2$ and studies show that even exercising with them is not a problem.