More masking - time to fire up the (D) cheat machine

brassplyer

brassplyer

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Gee whaddya know, right on cue as has been predicted - more calls for masking as the next election draws nearer. They don't work but hey - sloppy mail-in balloting practices worked so well last time and Dems have an election to steal so....


nypost.com

NYC DOH urges mask wearing again as COVD-19 cases rise

The city Health Department is once again recommending that New Yorkers wear masks indoors and in large gatherings outside amid rising COVID-19 rates.
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mjbphotos said:
Never have we seen so many falsehoods from one person before.... Oh, wait a minute - his hero, tRump .....
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Are you trying to say masks do work? You know, homemade masks made of t-shirt fabric, or any old fabric just as long as it's seen to cover your face? Cover your face in order to participate in society. It's a legitimate question.

Who's fooling who with falsehoods.
 
PorterhouseMusic said:
Fake news.

www.theguardian.com

Lockdowns and face masks ‘unequivocally’ cut spread of Covid, report finds

Royal Society review looks at non-pharmaceutical interventions when applied in packages of several measures
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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That must explain why when Florida lifted all mandates their numbers remained lower than a lot of states.

Hey here's some interesting studies. For example from the first one:

Conclusions Mask mandates and use are not associated with slower state-level COVID-19 spread during COVID-19 growth surges. Containment requires future research and implementation of existing efficacious strategies.

www.medrxiv.org

Mask mandate and use efficacy in state-level COVID-19 containment

Background Containment of the COVID-19 pandemic requires evidence-based strategies to reduce transmission. Because COVID-19 can spread via respired droplets, many states have mandated mask use in public settings. Randomized control trials have not clearly demonstrated mask efficacy against...
www.medrxiv.org www.medrxiv.org
swprs.org

Are Face Masks Effective? The Evidence.

An overview of the current evidence regarding the effectiveness of face masks.
swprs.org swprs.org
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[Effect of a surgical mask on six minute walking distance] - PubMed

Wearing a surgical mask modifies significantly and clinically dyspnea without influencing walked distance.
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"Exercise with facemask; Are we handling a devil's sword?" - A physiological hypothesis - PubMed

Straying away from a sedentary lifestyle is essential, especially in these troubled times of a global pandemic to reverse the ill effects associated with the health risks as mentioned earlier. In the view of anticipated effects on immune system and prevention against influenza and Covid-19...
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The physiological impact of wearing an N95 mask during hemodialysis as a precaution against SARS in patients with end-stage renal disease - PubMed

Wearing an N95 mask for 4 hours during HD significantly reduced PaO2 and increased respiratory adverse effects in ESRD patients.
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Respiratory consequences of N95-type Mask usage in pregnant healthcare workers-a controlled clinical study - PubMed

The study was registered at clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT00265926.
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Contamination by respiratory viruses on outer surface of medical masks used by hospital healthcare workers - PubMed

Respiratory pathogens on the outer surface of the used medical masks may result in self-contamination. The risk is higher with longer duration of mask use (> 6 h) and with higher rates of clinical contact. Protocols on duration of mask use should specify a maximum time of continuous use, and shou …
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A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers

The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of cloth masks to medical masks in hospital healthcare workers (HCWs). The null hypothesis is that there is no difference between medical masks and cloth masks.14 secondary-level/tertiary-level hospitals ...
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www.medrxiv.org

Facemasks and similar barriers to prevent respiratory illness such as COVID-19: A rapid systematic review

The current pandemic of COVID-19 has lead to conflicting opinions on whether wearing facemasks outside of health care facilities protects against the infection. To better understand the value of wearing facemasks we undertook a rapid systematic review of existing scientific evidence about...
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Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses. Part 1 - Face masks, eye protection and person distancing: systematic review and meta-analysis

OBJECTIVE To examine the effectiveness of eye protection, face masks, or person distancing on interrupting or reducing the spread of respiratory viruses. DESIGN Update of a Cochrane review that included a meta-analysis of observational studies during the SARS outbreak of 2003. DATA SOURCES...
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jamanetwork.com

N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza in Health Care Personnel

This cluster randomized clinical trial compares the effect of N95 respirators vs medical masks worn by health care personnel for prevention of workplace-acquired influenza and other viral respiratory infections in geographically diverse, high-exposure outpatient settings.
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www.cmaj.ca

Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks in protecting health care workers from acute respiratory infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background: Conflicting recommendations exist related to which facial protection should be used by health care workers to prevent transmission of acute respiratory infections, including pandemic influenza. We performed a systematic review of both clinical and surrogate exposure data comparing...
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Great article:

www.scientificamerican.com

Masks Work. Distorting Science to Dispute the Evidence Doesn't

New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work
www.scientificamerican.com www.scientificamerican.com

Personally, I’m happy to wear one knowing they are effective. Even if I doubted their effectiveness, I’d wear one just in case it was effective. My panties don’t get wadded up at the idea of making an effort for my fellow human beings. If I patronize a business and they ask me to wear a mask, I’m happy to. If someone doesn’t want to patronize my business because I asked them to wear a mask, then that’s ok too.

Should government mandate them? Probably not, but they could issue a strong recommendation to use them.
 
leddy said:
Great article:

www.scientificamerican.com

Masks Work. Distorting Science to Dispute the Evidence Doesn't

New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work
www.scientificamerican.com www.scientificamerican.com

Personally, I’m happy to wear one knowing they are effective. Even if I doubted their effectiveness, I’d wear one just in case it was effective. My panties don’t get wadded up at the idea of making an effort for my fellow human beings. If I patronize a business and they ask me to wear a mask, I’m happy to. If someone doesn’t want to patronize my business because I asked them to wear a mask, then that’s ok too.

Should government mandate them? Probably not, but they could issue a strong recommendation to use them.
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Anthony Fauci thinks you're silly for wearing it.

 
leddy said:
Personally, I’m happy to wear one knowing they are effective. Even if I doubted their effectiveness, I’d wear one just in case it was effective. My panties don’t get wadded up at the idea of making an effort for my fellow human beings. If I patronize a business and they ask me to wear a mask, I’m happy to. If someone doesn’t want to patronize my business because I asked them to wear a mask, then that’s ok too.

Should government mandate them? Probably not, but they could issue a strong recommendation to use them.
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This! ^^^^^^👏👏👏
 
leddy said:
Or at the start when he admitted he downplayed masks to avoid having them get hoarded and having hospitals run out of them?
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On top of that, there are those that... ahem... do not understand how science works.

As a collective we learned that this "NEW" and never seen before plague attaches itself to droplets in you.
If you are infected, and if you sneeze or cough you are expelling a massive amount of these virus infected droplets into your surrounding atmosphere.
Those around you cannot help but breath it in... DUH!
If you are wearing a mask, you can reduce the amount of droplets expelled.
If you are NOT infected a mask can reduce the number/amount of droplets received.

Obviously, this is not directed at @leddy
 
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