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I don’t see how not wearing a mask in crowded places is “brave.”

• sitkack 2y ago
  Bravery is when you put others at risk.
• NoPie 2y ago
  We now know that masks were barely effective or not effective at all. They could even be net negative by causing people to take more risks. Isolating was the only way. A lot of elderly in the UK did this successfully and never got covid. Lockdowns, masks and schools closures did not affect the spread significantly. We know this because Sweden did not mandate these things and had about the same amount of people getting covid until vaccines arrived. The benefits were that Sweden had less mortality from other causes.
  • archagon 2y ago
    A well-fitted N95 mask is almost perfectly effective. I have been in a number of situations where my maskless companions got COVID but I (wearing a 3M Aura) did not.
    • NoPie 2y ago
      That applies only to lab conditions. No RCTs have found much effectiveness so far in real life.
      • archagon 2y ago
        I'm sorry, but that is some absurd nonsense if we're talking about N95 masks and not surgical masks. You have been misinformed.
        • NoPie 2y ago
          The RTCs didn't find significant difference between N95 and surgical masks in hospital settings. How can a request for evidence be absurd?