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Um... I don’t see any references to actual science. The only references are to blog posts; I tried to click on one of those links, and it led to a blog website with information on how they run their site. However, there are no references to the medical literature.
There are plenty of studies at this point that show the effectiveness of masks, both in laboratory settings and in real world use. Yes, the masks do work; if we had not taken to using them, the pandemic would have reached its peak back around June, with around 4 million dead in the US alone to show for it.
The opinion this non-scientist opinion writer expressed that we would have been better off letting the pandemic spread uncontrolled until herd immunity kicks in is just plain wrong. No infectious disease, ever, has disappeared because herd immunity naturally kicks in. That is because there are always people who have never been exposed, who ensure that the disease can keep circulating. Herd immunity does not protect individuals; it is a phenomenon where enough people are immune that an infected person is more likely to encounter immune people than he is to spread the disease to another non-immune person. The only way we have ever reached herd immunity is through the use of vaccines. He even contradicted himself by trying to show with the graphs that masks did nothing, then claiming that we should have sat back and waited for the virus to spread. If the masks really don’t work, then why the suggestion to let the virus spread uncontrollably?
What the graphs show is that when we started widespread mask use and social distancing, the spread of the virus slowed. When the BLM riots started, the spread increased rapidly. During the holidays, when people typically gather to celebrate together, the spread increased, presumably because people feel more comfortable to remove their masks when they are with people they know and trust. Now that the holidays are over, the spread has slowed. I was concerned that lifting the mask mandates would lead to increased cases; however, business in Texas still require masking and social distancing, and the majority of people still wear masks.
The bottom line is that the pandemic virus takes advantage of human behaviors to spread, and we interfere with that spread by altering our behaviors.
Altering behaviors to stop the spread is a noble cause, but did we have to dehumanize everyone in the process?
People without masks are no longer seen as human, but as uncaring disease carriers, to be demonized and accused of all the ills that have come to pass. History has seen this behavior before, and it didn’t end well.
Beware of any argument that begins with, “Um, ...”
“What the graphs show is that when we started widespread mask use and social distancing, the spread of the virus slowed.”
I don’t know what data you are using to draw that conclusion. All the data I have seen shows that the implementation of mask mandates made no difference.
There are plenty of studies at this point that show the effectiveness of masks, both in laboratory settings and in real world use. Yes, the masks do work; if we had not taken to using them, the pandemic would have reached its peak back around June, with around 4 million dead in the US alone to show for it.
—————————————————————prove that would have happened.
You can’t.
Open states and countries prove otherwise
Sweden?
I found the same thing....no real facts. Common sense Freepers, common sense.
“There are plenty of studies at this point that show the effectiveness of masks, both in laboratory settings and in real world use. “
If one is handy an you feel inclined please point me to a study or two that showed masks worked in the real world.
I haven’t seen any I could really trust.
Nor have I seen any proving they don’t work BTW.
Your second paragraph is astonishingly stupid
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