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> There are no downsides to wearing a mask this is objectively false. it is generally accepted in the scientific community that wearing masks for an extended p
by metalspot 3y ago
> There are no downsides to wearing a mask
this is objectively false. it is generally accepted in the scientific community that wearing masks for an extended period of time is dangerous and leads to respiratory illnesses.
- fzeroracer 3y agoNo it isn't.
- wddkcs 3y agoThere's also little if any evidence masks were effective at stopping spread. Maybe in idealized conditions, but the mandated use likely did nothing.
- jacob171714 3y agoNo, n95 and better masks have been proven conclusively to protect against it. If your mask isn't fitted right it wont work obviously and surgical masks are not effective. If you are going to be in a poorly ventilated space with someone for an extended period of time an n99 may be better. But otherwise n95s are very effective.
- wddkcs 3y agoI'm not familiar with any country that mandated or adequately supplies n95s to their citizens. There's a the question of whether masks can be effective (even without a study, common sense says they are against a respiratory virus) vs. the question of whether they are effective, given actual use. There's a good argument that idealized use of masks would have been beneficial, but actual use was likely neutral, or even counter productive (caused more unintended harms than prevented infections).
- jabradoodle 3y agoSource?
- barbacoa 3y agohttps://www.city-journal.org/article/approximately-zero https://www.city-journal.org/article/approximately-zero I suspect this is the study being mentioned. Keep in mind this is at slowing population level spread. On an individual level masking may be different. The idea is that covid is so contagious in unexposed population that any precautions against spread are futile.
- jabradoodle 3y agoI think your mistaking which comment I replied to.