Posted on 04/21/2020 2:30:28 PM PDT by Whiskered Logic
The WHO says on their site via a document:
"there is currently no evidence that wearing a mask (whether medical or other types) by healthy persons in the wider community setting, including universal community masking, can prevent them from infection with respiratory viruses, including COVID-19."
And that masks may cause:
• self-contamination that can occur by touching and reusing contaminated mask
• depending on type of mask used, potential breathing difficulties
• false sense of security, leading to potentially less adherence to other preventive measures such as physical distancing and hand hygiene
• diversion of mask supplies and consequent shortage of mask for health care workers
• diversion of resources from effective public health measures, such as hand hygiene
They state “in a wider community setting”. Maybe they mean in a cotton field in the panhandle of Texas.
BS the regular flu does the same. You have bought the BS totally.
Yep. That’s why this is just a stupid recommendation right now.
I really hope antibody testing ramps up quickly.
My family thinks they had it in February.
It’s crap like this article that gets us into trouble. Here is the money quote:
“However, the use of a mask alone is insufficient to provide an adequate level of protection, and other measures should also be adopted”
Here is the document. Not where this posting title came from: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331693/WHO-2019-nCov-IPC_Masks-2020.3-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
The WHO conclusion seems reasonable, it does not say don’t wear masks. It says masks alone are not enough, which is true.
WHO said that? Roger Daltry maybe?
Yeah, we can spread it just by breathing. I don’t buy it. Anyway, we practice distancing.
Because I see the bandannas and the makeshift masks.
But you’re not throwing the virus around by just breathing if you safely distance.
So we’ll never see anyone from the world health organization out in the field wearing a mask. Ok
WHO Says No Evidence Masks Worn By Healthy People Saves Lives, In Fact, It Could Cause Infections
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WHO said that?
Ok then. I’d start wearing my mask 24/7. But that is exactly what they want us to do.
That’s pretty clever reverse psychology they used there. They know the public will do the OPPOSITE of what they suggest.
Countries (like the Czech Republic) with 100% mask wearing have very few cases, less deaths and FLAT curves.
Countries that do not have EXPONENTIAL curves, tens if not hundreds of thousands of cases, and thousands of deaths.
So, yeah..wearing a mask WORKS in reducing the spread and getting this thing under control - regardless of the complete BS being spewed by the WHO and others.
It’s completely ridiculous and incredibly misinformed beyond words to say that “wearing a mask is stupid”.
“I guess it is time to start social shaming mask wearers. “
How will you know which ones are infected?
Bad idea. People of all types - whether higher risk or lower risk - spew virus particles simply by breathing and talking.
As a really good video from the Czech Republic points out..”my mask protects you..your mask protects me”.
With a large # of asymptomatic people, the ONLY way to get this thing under control is widespread use of masks.
The only infection that I can see, from wearing a mask, is that the elastic, chafing the top of the ears, could cause a sore, leading to an infection.
“Give me a break!”
I traveled, many times, to the Asian countries of Japan, Hong Kong, Taipei, Bangkok, and Singapore. Many people, but not all, wear masks because the air quality in some cities is poor. (In some cases the car exhausts mixed with the smell of incense and restaurant kitchen fans exhaust is overwhelming. Interesting but overwhelming.) Another sight seen is a person changing the oil of his scooter and, simply dumping the old oil at the curb. Or, a mechanic changing a car’s muffler on the sidewalk. Life as usual in Bangkok.
I might wear a mask too!!
While coughing and sneezing can spread the virus, so does talking and even breathing.
Herein lies the problem. Asymptomatic people don’t even know if/when they are spreading it.
You don’t understand how masks work. If everyone is wearing a mask, you have the protections of both your mask and the other mask. Your mask does effectively prevent you from spreading COVID-19 to others even if it is not a N95 because it prevents the exhalation of saliva, etc., that carries the virus, and the masks of others prevent them from spreading COVID-19 to you. Transmission is reduced something like 93% if everyone is wearing masks, it doesn’t matter whether they are N95 or not. Of course, of everyone is wearing N95 masks or K94 masks that is even better. But if not everyone is wearing masks, those without masks become the primary spreaders of the disease.
So you buy the talking and breathing crap that came from Little Hitler Fauci? It’s all about control.
We as a society very well may have been better off riding this thing out without every single stinking “expert” and politician keeping us under a dome.
Very good masks (close to N95 in effectiveness) can easily be made, and people can easily learn how to use them. It takes all of 5 minutes to learn what to do and not to do - if that.
The data on mask usage and the results (considerably lower # of cases/million and deaths/million) is compelling and absolutely irrefutable. But, if you’d like to post contrary data from credible sources, we’re all ears.
Healthcare workers should be wearing N95 masks, which are generally good for 8 hrs or so and then should be replaced. There aren’t enough of them for everyone to be wearing one.
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