“The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal.”
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I doubt you’ll find many in the health world who would claim they prevent someone from getting it - the rationale they use for masks is that it helps prevent a spreader from passing it on. i.e. it’s not about protecting the wearer from getting the virus, according to them.
i work in the health care field and most of us see it for the ridiculous posturing it is
Agreed. But if it only makes it safe for sick people to be around others.. then mask wearing should be done by those who think they may have been exposed and folks who know they are sick shouldn’t be walking about in public.
Its like these lockdowns where heathy people are destroyed without doing one bit of good at preventing the spread of the illness because folks are concentrated indoors.. the only place its really likely to spread.
Masks have their place, and I believe we will look more like the Japanese with a smattering of foiks wearing masks all of the time. Cool. But, edicts requiring them are bunk and the people doing this are merely Tin Pot dictators.