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Some long-term, large-scale studies of the effects of widespread public masking have been performed recently. For example, one lasting over 1.5 years was done
by VancouverMan 4y ago
Some long-term, large-scale studies of the effects of widespread public masking have been performed recently.
For example, one lasting over 1.5 years was done in the province of Ontario, Canada, involving approximately 15,000,000 participants, in environments ranging from dense urban settings to sparse rural ones. In Ontario's largest and densest population center, Toronto, the duration this study was about 2 years in length.
It was conclusively demonstrated that widespread public masking does not prevent infection, and it does not prevent transmission, of airborne viruses.
It was conclusively proven that such masking did cause accessibility problems, it did cause significant social disruption, and it did cause environmental damage, among numerous other harmful effects.
- HyperSane 4y agoCan you provide a link to this study? If masks don't work then why do surgeons wear them?
- samatman 4y agoTo the latter question, it's to prevent droplets of spittle from landing on exposed tissue. There are pathogens which spread by droplets, rather than aerosols, the Sars2 virus doesn't happen to be one of them. Yes, if you spit directly onto an open wound or mucous tissue, but it doesn't live long on surfaces, and the droplet-fomite route is how that vector of infection works.
- HyperSane 4y ago"prevent droplets of spittle from landing on exposed tissue" Isn't tiny droplets of saliva how most respiratory viruses spread?
- lucb1e 4y agoThey're joking that there were infections in the city despite mask requirements (surprise) and that mask requirements caused "significant social disruption".... At least I hope it's supposed to be a joke.
- HyperSane 4y agoIt is just sad anti-mask BS.
- VancouverMan 4y agoThe only thing that's "anti-mask" is reality. All of the scientific evidence shows that widespread everyday masking just doesn't work. If masking worked at all, then the "pandemic" would have been over by the end of 2020, at the very latest. Obviously, that isn't what happened, because masking isn't effective.
- HyperSane 4y agoIf respiratory viruses spread via tiny droplets of saliva then masks that actually filter them out HAVE TO reduce the spread of these viruses. "If masking worked at all, then the "pandemic" would have been over by the end of 2020, at the very latest." If 100% of people masked 100% when in groups but that is hardly the case.