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I’m sorry to break the news for you, but masking will not stop you from getting sick. It’s the other way around, it helps to reduce spreading when you are infec

by methyl 2y ago

I’m sorry to break the news for you, but masking will not stop you from getting sick. It’s the other way around, it helps to reduce spreading when you are infectious.

GenerocUsername 2y ago
Exactly. These people are stuck adhering to the mask propaganda from 2020. The lies were 'justified' at the time because high adoption meant spreaders were covered. Unless you have advanced medical grade masks and swap them regularly, surgical masks and other common covering do literally nothing to protect the wearer from COVID. Once spit particles are airborne, even N95s don't stop much. And yes I've seen the videos about static attraction. Which is maybe partially true for fresh masks, but the attic attraction fades quickly as your breath saturates the material with moisture
- wizzwizz4 2y ago
  Not literally nothing. Some people will deliberately cough in your face, but most people will give you a little more personal space. Rule of thumb: if you can smell what's around you – or what was around you 5 seconds ago – you're not protected from airborne biohazardous material. That said, there are masks that do protect you.
- AnthonBerg 2y ago
  These statements on the aerosol filtration physics are simply incorrect.
- navjack27 2y ago
  What are you even talking about? I've been masking with 3M Aura masks for years now and only got three vax shots so far (because I barely ever leave the house and I've developed a fainting problem and anxiety in relation to a lot of situations now, I would get more shots if I could but w/e) and I haven't gotten sick yet. My father and my stepmother have gotten all of the vaccinations but my dad who leaves the house more often stopped masking after a while and he got sick and then got my stepmom sick (they live in another house separate from me). As far as I can tell masks are the only thing along with limiting exposure that actually stop spread.
AnthonBerg 2y ago
Please, please allow me to ask you to interpret my words charitably and not as if I were calling you out or shaming you. That masks only stop infectious spread is a commonly held view due to the documented and provable failure of public health organizations to ingest scientific knowledge, understand it, and act on it. Masks in general—speaking of masks without any further specification of mask type or form—those do very little. What little they do is yes, mostly reducing spread I believe. Masks that lie fully against the face without gaps and are made out of modern filtration materials, these stop the infectious aerosol no matter which way it’s going. In or out. Properly thought out masks fit for purpose basically stop COVID stone cold. These masks are known as “respirator masks” for some unfortunate reason. The public health failure I mention is described here for instance: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ina.13070 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ina.13070 Paper title: ”What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic?”
yoshuaw 2y ago
That’s only true for cloth or medical masks. Well-fitting electro-static respirators (N95, FFP2, or better) do prevent you from getting infected with airborne diseases like Covid. Here’s a recent meta-study coming to that exact conclusion: > “[…] the subgroup showed a significant protective effect of using N95 respirators, particularly for medical staff.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335523003054 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221133552...

by methyl 2y ago

I’m sorry to break the news for you, but masking will not stop you from getting sick. It’s the other way around, it helps to reduce spreading when you are infectious.

GenerocUsername 2y ago

Exactly. These people are stuck adhering to the mask propaganda from 2020. The lies were 'justified' at the time because high adoption meant spreaders were covered. Unless you have advanced medical grade masks and swap them regularly, surgical masks and other common covering do literally nothing to protect the wearer from COVID. Once spit particles are airborne, even N95s don't stop much. And yes I've seen the videos about static attraction. Which is maybe partially true for fresh masks, but the attic attraction fades quickly as your breath saturates the material with moisture

wizzwizz4 2y ago
Not literally nothing. Some people will deliberately cough in your face, but most people will give you a little more personal space. Rule of thumb: if you can smell what's around you – or what was around you 5 seconds ago – you're not protected from airborne biohazardous material. That said, there are masks that do protect you.
AnthonBerg 2y ago
These statements on the aerosol filtration physics are simply incorrect.
navjack27 2y ago
What are you even talking about? I've been masking with 3M Aura masks for years now and only got three vax shots so far (because I barely ever leave the house and I've developed a fainting problem and anxiety in relation to a lot of situations now, I would get more shots if I could but w/e) and I haven't gotten sick yet. My father and my stepmother have gotten all of the vaccinations but my dad who leaves the house more often stopped masking after a while and he got sick and then got my stepmom sick (they live in another house separate from me). As far as I can tell masks are the only thing along with limiting exposure that actually stop spread.

AnthonBerg 2y ago

Please, please allow me to ask you to interpret my words charitably and not as if I were calling you out or shaming you. That masks only stop infectious spread is a commonly held view due to the documented and provable failure of public health organizations to ingest scientific knowledge, understand it, and act on it. Masks in general—speaking of masks without any further specification of mask type or form—those do very little. What little they do is yes, mostly reducing spread I believe. Masks that lie fully against the face without gaps and are made out of modern filtration materials, these stop the infectious aerosol no matter which way it’s going. In or out. Properly thought out masks fit for purpose basically stop COVID stone cold. These masks are known as “respirator masks” for some unfortunate reason. The public health failure I mention is described here for instance: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ina.13070 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ina.13070 Paper title: ”What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic?”

yoshuaw 2y ago

That’s only true for cloth or medical masks. Well-fitting electro-static respirators (N95, FFP2, or better) do prevent you from getting infected with airborne diseases like Covid. Here’s a recent meta-study coming to that exact conclusion: > “[…] the subgroup showed a significant protective effect of using N95 respirators, particularly for medical staff.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335523003054 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221133552...