I still see the occasional fool wearing one.
Splashguards. Like mud flaps on a gravel truck. Supposed to keep debris from spinning up off the rear tires of the truck into traffic behind, but only partial protection if any.
And the truck still gets muddy.
Transparent face splash shields could always provide at least as much protection as any masking system that does not provide complete head enclosure and a dedicated air supply through a respirator, and an exhaust burp valve for stale air.
umm, let me ask my family doctor called Fauci because he adamantly says they are 1000% effective. Geez, what do I do here s/
Foegen effect, you are 1.5x more likely to die of covid if you wear a mask.
The blue surgical masks are worthless but that is what most kids end up wearing (because they are cheap). The decent N95 masks do provide some protection if worn properly. The last controlled study I saw on them indicated they provided about 15 minutes of protection when within 3’ of a non mask wearing person. If both persons were wearing N95’s correctly the protection went well above an hour. No standard mask eliminates the virus getting through entirely but what you are trying to do is decrease the viral load you are exposed to and for that purpose N95 masks can be effective for a bit of time.
In a school setting I really don’t know how effective even a good mask would be over a period of hours. Anecdotely a family friend who is a teacher did wear a mask diligently over the past year and avoided getting sick. In June she ditched the mask because of the heat at school and a low transmission rate. She got COVID and ended up in the hospital two days after school ended. She is ok now, just a little weak still. Can’t say if the mask would have fully protected her or not.
Most everyone, except for brain dead liberals and several mask fanatics who posted here, knew this a long time ago.
"“Our findings contribute to a growing body of literature which suggests school-based mask mandates have limited to no impact on the case rates of COVID-19 [??? emphasis added] among K-12 students,”"
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
Emphasizing that I'm not medically trained, please consider the following.
Reporting masks strictly for CV19 blocking effectiveness is not real world contamination testing imo.
More specifically, we saw a thread from middle of 2021 that reported that Florida parents had their kid's masks smartly lab tested to see what "bugs" might be found and got a list of troubling pathogens hiding in fabric, including pneumonia, tuberculosis and meningitis.
A Group Of Parents Sent Their Kids' Face Masks to A Lab for Analysis. Here's What They Found (6.15.21)
One kid's t-shirt, and unused masks, were use as controls, no pathogens found.
Also consider this thread.
Bacterial and fungal isolation from face masks under the COVID-19 pandemic (6.22.18)
Corrections, insights welcome.
Also, patriots are once again reminded that they must vote twice this election year. Your first vote is to primary career RINO incumbents. Your second vote is to replace outgoing Democrats and RINOs with Trump-endorsed patriot candidates.
Again, insights welcome.
In Los Angeles they are set to mandate masks again. San Diego has already forced summer school kids to wear them.