The article is total poppy-cock, and you’re conclusions are inaccurate.
No mention in your references of NIOSH anywhere.
Wearing a Mask is effective, and very much worth the effort.
Stay Well.
Good thing you said “Stay well” rather than “Breathe easy.”
English, your statements without evidence, proof, or even reference mean nothing at all. You must do better than that to convince anyone.
Nope.
Ok Karen.
Show me the science where ANY mask or respirator can filter out ALL particles at or below 0.125 microns in size.
Spoiler alert: None exist.
That is why all agencies dealing with this virus require supplied air.
This place must have low COVID numbers because EVERYONE is wearing a mask. (And some are quite stylish.)
Wrong.
This is in a "hotspot" in Brazil, the country with the highest number of new cases and deaths in the world. (How's that for anecdotal evidence?)
Why don’t you educate yourself and go to the CDC website and the OSHA websites and see exactly how clothe and surgical masks are viewed.
BTW, the CDC tells you that the SARS-CV-2 virus is approximately 0.125 um in size.
The industry standard N95 mask is designed to catch 95% of particles down to 2.5 um in diameter. That is the SMALLEST particles they capture.
The SARS-CV-2 virus is TWENTY TIMES SMALLER than the smallest particle that an N95 Respirator will capture.
That isn’t poppycock, that is fact. If you don’t believe me, look it up. You will find out I am correct. I will even help you. Look here:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7165108/
https://ellessco.com/blog/2019/12/n95-n99-n100-difference
I don’t believe that any kind of mask will protect me from every possible encounter with the virus which may result in infection.
But I think masks will protect me from many of the situations I might personally encounter, so I wear them when I go out shopping, and carry hand sanitizer. Wearing a mask for an hour or so in certain situations isn’t killing me, and might be helping somewhat.
The article is total poppy-cock, and you’re conclusions are inaccurate.
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Negation is not an argument.
Tell me how a piece of cloth blocks movement of virus particles which are smaller than the wavelength of light?
How is wearing a mask effective and very much worth the effort for the following?
A mask is not useful to a person with severe asthma and the uncontrontrolable anxiety that follows or is precipitated by the mask.
A person with COPD or any pulmonary disorder where oxygen levels are already impaired.
A person with cardiac issues such as atrial fibrillation or worse where oxygen levels are compromised.
A person with immune suppression issues whether from prior illness or treatment because of the concentration of bacteria and virus inside the mask.
A blanket statement that a mask is effective to these people takes on an entirely different meaning in this conversation.