If mask wearing is required and at least 80% of people wear masks, transmission of the virus is halted.
This is why it is not spreading in Asia like it is in the U.S. Everyone is wearing masks. Right now the U.S. is out of control.
In my state and others I am aware of covid cases has dropped through the floor and many are not wearing. masks. If you want to wear a politically correct snot rag go ahead. Don’t expect rational people to join you
“If mask wearing is required and at least 80% of people wear masks, transmission of the virus is halted... “
I just read that paper you linked. It is all theoretical and bench tests. As in, “cough at the petei dish” type experiments. No real world evidence. But the link I posted in #17 gives over a dozen peer reviewer papers that did actual, real world experiments with real people, sick and not, and counted who else got sick. Results? Masks don’t work to prevent people from getting sick. Bench tests and theories are fine, but when they don’t work in real life, you must discount them. When theories fail in real life, the theory is wrong. That’s science.
And as for Asia, Hubei province study in China where everyone wore masks showed... Drumroll... Masks don’t work. They didn’t prevent further transmission. And everyone wore them. In China, there is pretty good compliance. Or jail.
So stop with the propaganda. Masks don’t work, and we’re tired of fear mongering virtue signalling control freaks telling everyone what to do.
If mask wearing is required and at least 80% of people wear masks, transmission of the virus is halted....
How can you prove that?
The major flaw in the article you posted is that the author states that the asymptomatic spread the virus. The cdc now says that’s not the case. Thus for these people wearing a mask is irrelevant.
I will concede that a mask on a symptomatic person will impede droplets but these people should just stay home.
I personally know medical people and one epidemiologist - they disagree that masks protect you from any virus...the best they can do is limit the spray of those who are sick...it’s why surgical crews wear masks - to prevent them from spreading germs to a vulnerable patient, why they wear masks during high outbreaks - in case one of them is sick w/o realizing it so it doesn’t spread throughout the staff.
A healthy person benefits almost zero for a mask - a lot of those countries you speak of have a high incidence of mask wearing due to pollution in the air...