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> people should stick to N95/KN-95/KF-94/FFP2/FFP3 masks for the time being Now that we have a vaccine and a bivalent booster, realize that you're suggesting m

> people should stick to N95/KN-95/KF-94/FFP2/FFP3 masks for the time being Now that we have a vaccine and a bivalent booster, realize that you're suggesting masking for at least another 5 years. You said this, but it also has to be N95 at this point with how contagious it is. > people get reinfected every few months The realistic estimates are more like every year.

graeme 4y ago
I use an N95 myself, but have family who just use surgical but don’t hang out with sick people and get cautious in places with lots of people and they never got it It’s very very contagious and you have higher odds with worse measures but it also isn’t magic.
- nikolay 4y ago
  How do you know who's sick when 30-40% of people are asymptomatic? Also, the virus lingers in the air of closed spaces of hours.
nikolay 4y ago
The boosters do almost nothing about XBB.1.5 and the upcoming strains - this is evolution at play! You can't use the same strategy we've used for the flu - this virus mutates much faster as it infects a lot more people.
- threadweaver34 4y ago
  My point was that we've reached the mid-term status quo. If you're still wearing a mask, you're going to be wearing it for a while.
  - nikolay 4y ago
    I am fully aware of it and well used to it already - I've gone through hundreds of 3M and Moldex N95s already, I can properly put on and take off a face mask with a single hand in a second. I'm sure the first people who put on underwear were also ridiculed and others thought of them as crazies, but from modern day's perspective, they were the clever bunch. Face masks might be a novelty in the Western Hemisphere, but in the more populated other half of our planet, people have been wearing masks as less inconvenient than getting sick. People should learn about Hayflick limit before saying they can keep surviving a reinfection every couple of months - especially one, which exploits such a common receptor as ACE2!

graeme 4y ago

I use an N95 myself, but have family who just use surgical but don’t hang out with sick people and get cautious in places with lots of people and they never got it It’s very very contagious and you have higher odds with worse measures but it also isn’t magic.

nikolay 4y ago
How do you know who's sick when 30-40% of people are asymptomatic? Also, the virus lingers in the air of closed spaces of hours.

nikolay 4y ago

The boosters do almost nothing about XBB.1.5 and the upcoming strains - this is evolution at play! You can't use the same strategy we've used for the flu - this virus mutates much faster as it infects a lot more people.

threadweaver34 4y ago
My point was that we've reached the mid-term status quo. If you're still wearing a mask, you're going to be wearing it for a while.
- nikolay 4y ago
  I am fully aware of it and well used to it already - I've gone through hundreds of 3M and Moldex N95s already, I can properly put on and take off a face mask with a single hand in a second. I'm sure the first people who put on underwear were also ridiculed and others thought of them as crazies, but from modern day's perspective, they were the clever bunch. Face masks might be a novelty in the Western Hemisphere, but in the more populated other half of our planet, people have been wearing masks as less inconvenient than getting sick. People should learn about Hayflick limit before saying they can keep surviving a reinfection every couple of months - especially one, which exploits such a common receptor as ACE2!