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>evolving understanding of the use of masks This is just absurd. Did our medical establishment not understand at all how masks worked before 2020? They were ju
by HelixEndeavor 5y ago
>evolving understanding of the use of masks
This is just absurd. Did our medical establishment not understand at all how masks worked before 2020? They were just guessing the whole time until COVID happened?
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y agoThe understanding of airborne virus transmission has in fact come a long way in the last 18 months yes. Zeynep Tufekci is good on this subject, e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/opinion/coronavirus-airborne-transmission.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/opinion/coronavirus-airbo... https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/why-arent-we-talking-more-about-airborne-transmission/614737/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/why-arent... And an interesting read today: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/10/why-americans-wear-cloth-masks/620296/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/10/why-ameri... >there is still much to learn about the effectiveness of masking. So in summary, no, it's not absurd at all. Why would you say that? As per parent comment that dwelling on the masks was veering off topic, could you address _vaccine hesitancy_ in this context?