They slow the spread and that is the whole point. Maybe if everybody had masked up for 3 weeks at the beginning we would have wiped it out then, but that was not realistic. Now it’s a fight to slow it down while we ramp up treatments. Not quite there or we wouldn’t have over capacity hospitals and 1,000 dead per day (roughly).
In some amount of time, not long, it will be endemic like the common flu, then we go back to regular behaviors and treat it with what ever we’ve developed. Right now it’s still much more dangerous than the flu.
But my point was that masks do make a difference, contrary to what the anti-maskers claim and are claiming (falsely) about this study’s conclusions.
“Maybe if everybody had masked up for 3 weeks at the beginning we would have wiped it out then...”
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To what end? The reality is that we will all eventually be exposed.
It is no different than the flu in that respect. We will all be exposed eventually.
I absolutely hate the masks for a few reasons. My body, my choice. They restrict my breathing and I already have low oxygenation issues requiring surgical intervention to reduce. Most masks are useless. And finally, their use is overriding federal laws (such as ADA) and has literally become a control issue rather than a health issue.
Now, despite my personal opinions, I have a fMily member who is so pregnant that shes due for her baby within 3 weeks. She works as the one who does the intake at a hospital emergency room. She has to wear a mask and is regularly exposed to covid. She’s been exposed since the beginning, and hasn’t contracted it.
Additionally, she’s in the military and has had a series of vaccines that the average civilian doesn’t receive. I don’t know if any of those vaccines have contributed to her not contracted covid.
So, despite my personal opinions, I have to consider I may be incorrect. As many people as there are contracting covid, I have to consider that in many cases, masks are useless. It’s been reported that 85% of covid victims were faithful mask wearers.
I don’t use masks most of the time. Only 3 times have I used one for only a few minutes. So far I am covid free...testing proves it. I rarely ever get flu. When the kids were in school, that was a different story. It showed me that the unnatural environment of school was/is unhealthy.
Define California then, masks required everywhere and lockdowns, yet the Chinus cases are increasing.
Maybe if everybody had masked up for 3 weeks at the beginning we would have wiped it out then, ...
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New Zealand has one of the most draconian lockdowns. It is also one of the most isolated countries on the planet. It looked like they had magically avoided COVID. But ultimately it got thru. So now you have a population with zero herd immunity that remains fully vulnerable to Covid.
Well gee, I have read about every credible report on the effectiveness of masks. I haven’t come across one that show masks slow the spread. Please cite support of your statement, but remember, credible report is the key.
I believe the only thing a typical mask does is acts like a catcher’s mitt for some of the aerosols and droplets if someone coughs or sneezes. Otherwise, unless the entire perimeter of the mask is sealed to your skin, it is largely useless. Why? Because the air we inhale and exhale takes the path of least resistance, and that is through the gaps between your skin and the mask. There is a video (link below) on YouTube of a doctor showing how various masks behave this way. Personal experience would also prove this in that eyeglasses would not steam up if the unsealed mask worked correctly.
In the end, I also believe that unsealed masks are giving people a false sense of security. So if one person is fairly contagious and is in close proximity to someone else for a length of time, the virus will be passed on through the aerosols released through the gaps during normal or heavy breathing (singing, exercising, having sex, ...) or if that person coughs or sneezes.
Unless everyone seals the mask to their face, the best thing to do is get a small-enough viral load so as to build up antibodies for protection, all the while remaining asymptomatic.
And having those one-way aisles? Think of a steam train. It would be better to be going in the opposite direction rather than following it.