Posted on 11/30/2021 9:51:09 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Earlier in the pandemic there was a publication from India in which they examined the pore sizes of cloth masks. The pore size was typically around 500nm. The virus is 100nm in diameter. So obviously they do not work.
Well, duh.
Face masks are a totem for the irrationally fearful to clutch at in order to fool themselves into thinking they can exert some control over the uncontrollable. It’s purely magical thinking, not science. Might as well buy a quartz crystal necklace or pyramid hat and wear that to stop viruses.
RE: The pore size was typically around 500nm. The virus is 100nm in diameter. So obviously they do not work.
So, why can’t someone manufacture a face mask with a pore size much smaller than the coronavirus’ diameter?
This article is just confirming earlier studies that show face masks do not work.
Masks are not supposed to reduce the rate of infections. They reduce viral load and therefore tend to reduce severity of disease and deaths. That’s all fllks.
Tell that to Biden and Fauxi. AS long as ehey’re in charge there won’t be progress in this matter.
Oh, they work.
But not as masks.
They’re muzzles.
It is the ultimate virtue signal for most women and beta males.
It’s not obvious to me that “mask mandates” as implemented do anything positive - but the literature on mask mandates comparing “mandate” with “non-mandate” almost never assesses the % of mask wearers in a mandate vs no-mandate area.
Anyone who has ever taken a course in virology (or worked in a virology lab) knows that cloth masks cannot do the job. They are pretty much worthless. You need a positive-pressure full face (or body) respirator system with its own contained air supply. Mask-wearing is silly. A sign of compliance. Not much else.
Looks like masks make things worse.
There is literally no proof they do that either.
Oh… so the last 100 years of science didn’t suddenly change in 2020… except for the fact that Dr. “I am the science” Fauci deemed it to be.
No - they don’t if the virus is aerosolized (like Covid is) and is smaller than the mask pores.
So yes - a gas mask will work. An N95 mask will work.
Your average face diaper will not.
Even Fauci knows (or used to know) that. When someone panics, and says “do something!”, this is what they get. You do it so they’ll stop screaming, even if it’s just a gesture. Governments are famous for meaningless gestures.
That can’t he true. I always wear the facemask when walking between the front door and the bar and I have never got covid
Fauci says masks are ineffective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcBFs4o0VYk
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