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It's mind blowing how 3 years into a pandemic, we're just having the conversation about N95 and mask fit vs kn95 vs cloth mask. What a huge miss in public healt
by jorblumesea 5y ago
It's mind blowing how 3 years into a pandemic, we're just having the conversation about N95 and mask fit vs kn95 vs cloth mask. What a huge miss in public health. Should have been done summer 2020.
The most effective, cheapest solution was just to wear a properly fitted n95. Sure, vaccines good, retrovirals, yes, but this should have been done long ago. Given the airborne and aerosolized nature having a real mask would have gone a long way to reduce community spread. This was a known thing, not new science.
I think the issue is sadly political, once masks became a lightning rod, the idea of more mask guidance or more restrictive masks became a problem. Hard enough to get people wearing masks in the first place.
- frogpelt 5y agoI heard this conversation at the beginning too. We all expected this fizzle out before now.
- tamaharbor 5y agoYou don’t trust the mask your wife made for you using material from an old t-shirt and a pattern she got from the internet? /s
- Erik816 5y agoSince the beginning, I have been using N95s when I'm actually worried about catching the virus and think I might be able to prevent it (like grocery shopping early on, flights, etc.) I use cloth masks pretty much everywhere else for compliance or because I think the situation is low enough risk.
- dehrmann 5y agoI did find it very interesting that the people most excited about masks were, for the most part, not particularly interested in masks that are actually effective.
- alfor 5y agoThere is also many simple things we could have done to reduce covid effects: vit D Vit C quercetin Sauna/hot shower/simulated fever reduce BMI sun exposure cardio source: Medcram https://youtu.be/vN30emwcNS4 https://youtu.be/vN30emwcNS4