Virus/Viron= .1 Micron
Mask filters out up to 20 microns at best
Posted on 07/23/2020 6:57:37 AM PDT by Kaslin
I have, for most of my adult life, been a practicing hypochondriac. So, it will come as no surprise to you to hear that I am a zealous reader of the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA. I find something of interest in practically every issue. Recently, I found myself engrossed in the thoughts of Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who is also, if I am not mistaken, a noted bird watcher. I, of course, know very little about the birds. Yet, thanks to Redfield and the JAMA, I am now very much up to date in my knowledge about the wearing of masks and the controversy surrounding them during this pandemic.
You might recall that, some weeks ago, I wrote in this column about what I saw as a looming conflict between those who advocate wearing masks to protect themselves from the Wuhan virus (also known as the coronavirus) and those carefree Americanos who think that they might take their chances and go about their business maskless. Well, not surprisingly, the conflict has continued to heat up, and now it has led to full-fledged warfare, with each side taking up arms against the other and blood being spilled.
In my column, I vowed to remain "absolutely neutral" in the coming warfare between those who have advocated masks and those who would go maskless. I even offered a little joke hoping to get the contending sides to lighten up a bit. I wrote that, for the sake of public health, both the mask-wearers and the maskless should wash their hands at every opportunity and also wash their feet and blow their noses. I am told that Dr. Anthony Fauci did not think my joke was particularly funny.
I hope that he and the pulchritudinous Dr. Deborah Birx will take note of this column. I have changed my tune. I have been won over by the advocates of masks. It was Redfield and his argument in the JAMA that convinced me. He believes the pandemic can be brought under control in four to eight weeks, if "we could get everybody to wear a mask right now." In a signed editorial, he said there is "ample evidence" that masks assist in reducing transmission of the virus. Think of it! We could limit this horrible plague to a few weeks -- if we all worked together.
As things stand now, Americans are awaiting the arrival of therapeutic drugs or of vaccines, thanks to the ingenuity of our great pharmaceutical companies. I have no doubt the medications will be at hand someday soon. But Redfield says if we all wear masks, we will overcome this plague in a matter of weeks. I say, give masks a chance. (And I do hope the good doctor will not follow the example of the Washington Redskins and change the first syllable of his last name. That would be excessive.)
Even if the American pharmaceutical industry has some medications ready by the fall, it will take months, probably years, to vaccinate everyone. There will be those who refuse to take the medications because of religious scruples. There will be those who refuse them because of constitutional concerns. Probably, there will be some hypochondriacs who will dream up some dread diseases attendant with the medications. Believe me; I know about these types of kooks. And there will be the congenital ornery.
In fact, all of these uncooperative types who I have imagined as opposing future vaccinations have already appeared on the scene. They compose a large number of those who refuse to wear masks today. Actually, I was refusing to wear a mask before I read the cogent thoughts of Redfield.
Which brings me to the nub of the matter. Redfield has convinced me that if I wear a mask, we can beat this plague. Or, rather, if millions of my fellow Americans wear masks and are as reasonable as I am, we can beat this plague. But how many millions of Americans can be relied upon to follow Redfield's prescription? How many Americans are reasonable? Consider the protests in Portland, Oregon. Consider the hotheads in New York City and Washington, D.C. How about the angry young men in Chicago?
After careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that only the giant pharmaceutical corporations will save us. Though for me, I am wearing a mask henceforth.
YES vote on mask.
If we just lock down for two weeks, we can beat this plague...
Posted by Mom MD on another thread.
Everyone should watch this.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=zJ6k1RHE4QA
All good, but best starting at around 1:20
If you are in busy, crowded places and you wear a mask and you fail to frequently wash your hands with warm soapy water then you are wasting your time.
There is also "ample evidence" from past peer reviewed studies that masks do nothing to prevent virus transmission. That past evidence also identifies that masks can cause significant harm to the individual under certain circumstances.
Three months ago the refrain was "two weeks to flatten the curve". Then "thirty days to slow the spread". Now "four to eight weeks to bring the pandemic under control".
At what point does it end?
I'm sure the author is well intentioned, but I cannot find it in myself to trust the "experts" who have been on every imaginable side of every imaginable issue with regard to this weaponized flu. Your mileage may vary.
That’s funny.
If we were masks we will overcome “the plague”. Will we? The virus does not disappear. When the mask come off the spread restarts. Every Corona virus we have ever experienced is still out there. The only way this virus stops is the “old fashioned” way of mass immunity. That only stops the massive spread, the virus still remains and will continue to afflict people every year.
No mask. If you are vulnerable you should isolate yourself until everyone else is exposed. Then you will be safe...mostly.
A vaccine? For many people side effects from a vaccine will be more of a problem than exposure.
No mask
i cannot take credit it was posted by someone else as its own thread this am
The science on this is as clear as mud, the data as uncertain as ever.
“the pulchritudinous Dr. Deborah Birx”
If that word means what I think it means after three years of Latin ... Birx is NOT. Dried up old prune.
But I'm not terrified, and I won't be intimidated into believing that I should be, because I know that it's a bunch of politically motivated BS.
It ends with President Biden. I am a Spectator fan but this article was disappointing.
After 8 weeks off mask the masks come off and the spread restarts In time to be roaring on Election Day
No mask. Let it spread. We have better treatments and plenty of hospital capacity. Time to be done with the virus and Democrats.
What do you do with that contaminated snot rag when you take it off your face?
If COVID is such a serious disease then why are you not using a fresh mask every 20 minute per manufacturers recommendation and using a receptacle to dispose of those contaminated masks?
Every day I wear clothing, shoes, and a hat to protect the outside of my body. When the situation calls for it, I wear a mask to protect the insides. Pretty simple approach to staying healthy and comfortable.
The Training Burka is a diaper on your face, full of pathogens....It needs to be changed often.
It’s also a big waste of masks. Just stay away from each other if you’re skeered.
“If we just lock down for two weeks, we can beat this plague...”
A couple days ago Liz Wheeler on “Tipping Point” showed an article by the CDC that people are more likely to get WuFlu when they’re at home. I found the article the next day via Google; today it’s ... ta da ... GONE!
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