“ Several of my [Humon, not me!] family members and friends have/are working at hospitals and they’re all having a good hearty laugh at people who say masks doesn’t [sic she’s a Dane] work.”
Well, they must work in maintenance or as secretaries because masks don’t work like you or they think.
What do you think surgical masks do? What is their function?
I love reading idiotic statements by people that have no clue about the science and function of masks, but make the snarky little comments.
Read this article and the parts about CULTURE CONFIRMED INFLUENZA case prevention.
Here’s a small sample of the conclusions.
“ Although mechanistic studies support the potential effect of hand hygiene or face masks, evidence from 14 randomized controlled trials of these measures did not support a substantial effect on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza. ”
To keep the big chunks of saliva and mucus from the doctor out of open incisions.
It's a percentage game. If you reduce the viral/bacterial/fungal load on a patient by a 1000 times, you reduce the risk of infection proportionally.
As they are worn today, they are more of a talisman than an actual medical device, at best they remind the wearer and those around them to practice a little social distancing, and keep their hands and fingers out of their mouths and noses.
And they do filter out the big chunks, except for the air that goes around the poorly sealed edges!
Truth be told most of the infectious agents aren't traveling nekked, they are in blobs of snot and spit, those can get filtered out. A viral particle by itself? A mask is as effective against them as a chain link fence is against mosquitoes.
Still, once again, it's a percentage game, reduce the viral load, give the body more time to fight a small invasion, reduce the odds of an overwhelming infection.
Compare the results of the Nazis invading the US by submarine drop off with a half dozen saboteurs to D-Day...
That being said, I wear a mask, I'm in my sixties, an obese, diabetic, hypertensive, cancer survivor. I wear a mask not because I think it will guarantee my (and by extension, my elderly mom's) health, but because it's required to go into any business in this benighted state.
I also wear a seatbelt. If I didn't I'd have a pile of click it or ticket citations, as to the seatbelt's lifesaving function, I've only needed it a few times in 50 years of driving...
Is that even vaguely what you thought I think? (just curious, there are no wrong answers to that one.)
Oh, and just because I quoted Human, does not mean I agree with her.
Do you think when Satan quotes the Bible it means he agrees with God?
Have you NEVER quoted Pelosi or Schumer Or Mad Maxine?
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