Posted on 04/08/2020 2:57:53 AM PDT by Helicondelta
The use of face masks on healthy people during the coronavirus pandemic has been a major point of contention and confusion among scientists and the public.
On Friday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that all Americans wear face masks when they are in public.
But new guidance from the World Health Organization released on Monday says healthy people don't need to wear face masks and that doing so won't provide added protection from the coronavirus.
WHO also said community masking could lead to a "false sense of security" and cause people to ignore other evidence-based measures like handwashing and self-isolation.
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I had an emergency appointment at the endodontist yesterday. I had my temp taken before I was let in the door (96.7) and was asked if I had traveled since March 1 (eh?), if I was sick, and if I had been around anyone who was sick. I was the only patient there as they were allowing only one patient at a time. I had to sign a statement that I had answered truthfully. While the dentist worked on the tooth, the rest of my mouth was covered with a little rubber sheet. I paid with apple pay so didn’t touch anything paying.
After this is over WHO will not exist... This is a foolish recommendation and if everybody were instructed to cover their face from the start, the amount of deaths would like be reduced by very large numbers.
The mask doesn’t protect you... It protects other people from you if you happen to be a silent spreader. Japan is the best example... Still only 93 deaths since the start of this nonsense. Their cultural bow greeting and their propensity to wear mask while traveling on trains and in public places has reduced their death total.
The World Health Organization has FAILED miserably and their inaction has caused thousands of deaths.
They are out up in Lebanon and Mason now.
Mostly older folks but some younger.
Wow, thanks for the report! Sounds like it went well. That has been one of my main concerns as I, too, often have the need come up to go to a dentist.
Good to see they’re taking it seriously!
I was thinking about S. Korea and Japan, while they live in very dense places, all ride public transport where you’re tightly packed in, they don’t seem to be having the same problems as elsewhere.
They also wear masks as a normal everyday practice and have done for a long time.
I’m not going to wear one either.
Thats awesome! I love it!
“WHO also said community masking could lead to a “false sense of security...”
Just like carrying a gun gives you a false sense of security...geniuses. So medical personnel are just laboring under a false sense of security?
Both sets of recommendations lack CONTEXT.
When might a mask be MOST helpful as a safety measure against catching the virus, when out in the public? When in groups who are unavoidably in close contact (less than six feet), or when there is the possibility of that.
When are masks seriously not needed, in public. You are alone, not walking, standing or collecting in close contact groups, and there is little likelihood of that.
Yesterday I witnessed the kind of herd mentality that has overtaken many people about wearing masks.
I saw lone individuals walking down sidewalks in a residential neighborhood, with no one approaching, following or near them, but they were fully masked. Herd mentality.
I sat in a park, alone on a park bench, where other individuals sat alone on other park benches, each bench more than six feet away from each other, and among them sat two individuals talking across the distance between them, fully masked. Herd mentality.
Should you wear a mask? Context, context, context is everything. Don’t genuflect to a herd mentality. THINK.
“When was day 0 on that graph; it starts when there were 100 cases.”
The date is different for each country. Day zero is the date that each contry confirmed its 100th case.
For an up to date graph you can check here:
https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest
“I’ve always hated wearing masks. I refuse to wear one. I have the right to take my chances. Screw the authorities.”
That’s an appealing argument. It’s similar to someone who wants the right to ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet. For a motorcyclist all that is needed is some sort of guarantee that they cyclist will not request nor use public health assistance.
The situation is an epidemic is a little more demanding. First, the idea behind wearing a surgical mask is not to protect the wearer but to protect others from asymptomatic people close to the wearer. So it’s not you who is placing yourself at risk but you who are placing others at risk. Secondly, if you avoid wearing an N95 type mask and do get sick and pay your own medical bills, you are still placing the doctors, nurses, and other innocent others at risk.
“I’ve always hated wearing masks. I refuse to wear one. I have the right to take my chances. Screw the authorities.”
That’s an appealing argument. It’s similar to someone who wants the right to ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet. For a motorcyclist all that is needed is some sort of guarantee that they cyclist will not request nor use public health assistance.
The situation is an epidemic is a little more demanding. First, the idea behind wearing a surgical mask is not to protect the wearer but to protect others from asymptomatic people close to the wearer. So it’s not you who is placing yourself at risk but you who are placing others at risk. Secondly, if you avoid wearing an N95 type mask and do get sick and pay your own medical bills, you are still placing the doctors, nurses, and other innocent others at risk.
One of the few things that I think really is a good idea is wearing masks out to the grocery.
Anyone who works in the semiconductor industry has to watch the “spit” video. It shows that during normal conversation, millions of tiny water droplets are expelled from your mouth. That is why we have to wear face masks in the fab.
I know, I need a Claritin script and Flonase.
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