“Non-conforming masks are, in that way, worse than no mask: you’re actually collecting the very thing you’re trying to avoid.”
This is one of those ridiculous claims that is only true to those that want it to be true. First, where do you suppose that stuff inside the mask came from? It came out of your face. What ever it is, it’s all yours. Or, if you are in the “masks are ineffective” camp (which is largely composed of the same science- and logic-challenged constituency), it’s doing the opposite of keeping your own germs inside your bubble - it’s not stopping them because the masks don’t work, right? So on the one hand, masks are doing their job - keeping your filth away from others - and on the other, they are not keeping your filth close to you.
Why people think it is logical to risk contracting or spreading a deadly disease out of fear of what ever they might already have they might catch from themselves escapes me. Perhaps you can explain it.
“ So on the one hand, masks are doing their job - keeping your filth away from others - and on the other, they are not keeping your filth close to you.”
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Not what I wrote.
Masks are not doing anything except collecting filth on the outside, and because they have zero efficacy in stopping virus or bacteria, you’re essentially breathing through a Petri dish. Not to mention that they are impeding normal respiration, a significant issue for people concerned ento wear a mask in the first place.
I understand that your PhD in epidemiology from the University of Facebook is impressive over there, but I find your condescension here tiresome and jejune.