Posted on 08/19/2023 5:28:55 AM PDT by DoodleBob
There is a new COVID-19 variant in our midst, and it seems to be spreading across the globe at a rapid rate. But is it time once again to "mask up?" And did masks actually work the first time round?
The new strain of COVID-19 is called EG.5, or "Eris." The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it a variant of interest, meaning it is being closely monitored. Eris—which is a subvariant of the variant Omicron—is now the most common in the U.S, making up 17 percent of all cases. As of August 8, it has also been detected in more than 50 countries.
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The choice of whether to wear one is now optional, but as Eris continues its rapid spread, scientists are once again noting how effective they are in preventing high infection.
"Yes they do [work]. There are many lines of evidence that show they do, from clinical to population and laboratory studies," epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre, a professor of global biosecurity at the Kirby Institute at University of New South Wales, Australia, told Newsweek.
"But what we refer to as masks can vary from a cloth mask to a surgical mask to an N95 respirator. A cloth mask provides the least protection and an N95 the most. But even a cloth mask is better than nothing against SARS-CoV-2 as shown in a large U.S. study."
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However, some studies had previously been interpreted as casting doubt on the efficacy of masks.
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Trisha Greenhalgh, a professor of primary health care at Oxford University in the U.K., said in a tweet …"My various science WhatsApp groups are buzzing. Genetic lineage clips and diagrams flying back and forth. I understand little of the detail but it looks like it's once again time to MASK UP, "
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Newsweak is such a farce.
Now they’re just being too obvious
“Hail Eris”
- Principia Discordia
Anyone buying into this BS deserves multiple jabs and oxygen depriving useless mask.
I’d recommend fentanyl, I hear it stops covid.
Simple common sense
IF MASKS WORKED THEN WE WOULD NOT BE TALKING ABOUT COVID NOW
Cloth/paper face masks are to viruses like
Chain link fencing is to mosquito swarms.
Just skimmed it but it sounds like a pretty even article.
Arrest me. I’m done with masks.
If masks worked, why do they go through the expense and trouble of using “space suits” in Level 4 labs?
Only retards wear masks.
Masked and vaxed is no way to go through life, son.
Fear porn.
No.
--- "Scientists Want You To Wear Yours Again"
No.
[[There is a new COVID-19 variant in our midst]]
Who cares? Aint afraid of getting the sniffles and upset tummy. I am worried however about the loss of consituational rights and freedoms as liberals smash them to bits!
Did Face Masks Help Fight COVID? Scientists Want You To Wear Yours Again
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Hint...
They aren’t really scientists...
They are whores.
Right, this is "science". Political science.
Bounced2X wrote: “If masks worked, why do they go through the expense and trouble of using “space suits” in Level 4 labs?”
Because masks aren’t 100% effective but ‘space suits’ are.
You’re making the classical anti-vaxxer claim of saying that anything that isn’t 100% effective doesn’t work.
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