Posted on 07/18/2020 1:53:14 PM PDT by karpov
Face masks are emerging as one of the most powerful weapons to fight the novel coronavirus, with growing evidence that facial coverings help prevent transmission—even if an infected wearer is in close contact with others.
Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said he believes the pandemic could be brought under control over the next four to eight weeks if “we could get everybody to wear a mask right now.” His comments, made Tuesday with the Journal of the American Medical Association, followed an editorial he and others wrote there emphasizing “ample evidence” of asymptomatic spread and highlighting new studies showing how masks help reduce transmission.
The research Dr. Redfield cited included a newly published study suggesting that universal use of surgical masks helped reduce rates of confirmed Covid-19 infections among health-care workers at the Mass General Brigham health-care system in Massachusetts.
His comments are the clearest message yet from the CDC, amid fierce debate over facial coverings, fueled initially by shifting messages from federal and global officials about their necessity and then by those espousing individual liberties.
Researchers from around the world have found wearing even a basic cloth face covering is more effective in reducing the spread of Covid-19 than wearing nothing at all. And many are now examining the possibility that masks might offer some personal protection from the virus, despite initial thinking that they mostly protect others.
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Sorry, the study is at https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768533 .
That’s funny cause back in March they said that masks are useless and dont work
Why are cases surging after mask mandates?? The BLM protest leader at Trump’s Tulsa rally got covid, and he was wearing a mask!! Obviously people wearing masks are getting covid anyway. Probably though hands and eyes.
Rip mine off as my foot touches the sidewalk when leaving a business. Probably worse for growing bacteria in those cursed things in the summer heat.
So you post crap from the WSJ endorsed by the con man Redfield. Imcan find you 20 studies that say masks are useless.
Getting the epidemic under control in 4-8 weeks? They’re slackers. We could end this epidemic in 4-8 MINUTES by having everyone tie a plastic bag around their head.
Where are the links verifying the statements?
Un, howz about this one, written by a PhD Physicist (don’t get fooled, physics is where one really learns how to discern data from noise?
I’ll take the physicist for $500.
OK, WSJ, you’ve been raised. What’s your next bet, mere journalists?
An alternate viewpoint from a board certified primary care physician. He talks about the so-called “Spike” in cases, masks, and treatment methods.
Oops, question mark not intended. But, I’m just so pissed at “science” conducted by folks who should know better and then pushed by journalists who never will.
Watch how many people are wearing masks with exhale valves. I just saw another one on twitter five minutes ago, attacking others for not wearing a mask! Masks with exhale valves do nothing to protect others. I see it all the time, I understand because I’ve worn fit tested masks as PPE. I’ve seen reporters wearing masks with exhale valves in the WH press briefing room nearly every time.
People wear masks with exhale valves, they wear them under their nose, their glasses fog up - meaning the mask is leaking when they exhale, they touch the masks, take them off to talk, eat, and attack people not wearing masks. There are videos all over twitter showing it. And I’ve never seen a video where someone not wearing a mask is attacking a mask wearer. It’s always been the mask wearer attacking others.
It’s almost like the mask mandate is a test to see how easily we will obey without thinking. And it makes us fight each other. The whole covid thing has that feel to me.
How many know pneumonia deaths have consistently been higher than covid since Feb 1? That information is on the CDC Provisional Death Count web page.
When asked about why Fauci claimed masks were useless in March, the answer was, “He’s lying to conserve the supply of masks for the important people.”
How do we know he’s not lying now?
Which NOW that I said that. Maybe this is why the lamebrained governors mandated the masks
..they WANT us to get ill so they can say COVID.
Baloney! If someone wants to wear a mask, fine, but no mandates!
bmk
This is just another in your face example of how much the WSJ has become a pitchman for the swamp.
None of this is for the benefit or safety of you and me.
It is only about GET TRUMP...GET TRUMP....
East. sleep, dream about and wake up in the morning ....GET TRUMP.
Disgusting.
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