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Let’s look at the science, not another uninformed opinion.


6 posted on 07/30/2020 9:25:04 AM PDT by bennowens
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We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic.

New England Journal of Medicine.


7 posted on 07/30/2020 9:43:22 AM PDT by eyeamok
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