Face masks made ‘little to no difference’ in preventing spread of COVID, scientific review finds

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  1. Moriah

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    I still wear a mask when I'm in public places. I don't care what other folks do, I like wearing one if I'm around people who may be ill.
     
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    A "mask" like this P100 respirator (note the pink P100 filters) ...

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    ... worn properly, especially with goggles, is extremely effective.
     
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    Thank you for the information. I need to look into this! :icon_picknose:
     
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    Personal choices I will never discriminate against
     
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    ~ Don't forget "social distancing " ... :wink:
     
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    I bet you wore one, and still do. :roflol:
     
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    The masks work only when they're worn outdoors. But the virus has no idea how to get into a house, so you're safe not to wear them indoors. Also, the virus cannot travel more than 5.99 feet from any one person, so always maintain a 6-foot distance from everyone.
     
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    ~▪︎This is exactly what I try to tell people ... "Follow the Fauci science " . eusa_whistle.gif
    animated-smileys-thinking-05.gif ~ If only masks would protect us from mental illness, then we would have a solution !
     
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    Or is that the Science of Fauci? (Or am I just repeating you?)
     
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    ~ I like your statement better. Least we forget about the man who said " I am the science. " :aww:
     
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    I still do when I have to wear a mask--dentist, doctor, hospital, some businesses. Why would you wear a surgical mask that's less comfortable and does nothing to protect you?
     
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    I don't wear one full stop!
     
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    Lucky you that you don't have to visit the dentist, doctor, etc.
     
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    Only those still playing the fear game will enforce it.
     
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    So many people are thinking the same thing...

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    :no: ~ Masks & bandanas demonstrated once and for all there is no relationship between "science " and the Covid-19 fiasco.
    It proved large populations would run around and act like total fools based upon false and baseless nonsense spewed by the various dictatorial forces — who continue to besmirch any person who speaks up with the truth.
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    " Don't forget to vote ! "
     
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    Still, they are enforcing it in some places I need to go.
     
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    If what you say is true, why are these medical staff taking care of covid patients wearing respirators indoors?

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    P100 respirators worn properly provide protection against covid. 100% protection? No.
     
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    I think that it's hypocritical of these places to enforce it when the rest of society has moved on.
     
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    It's only hypocritical if they say one thing then do something else.
     
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    Hypocritical in that they are medical professionals still carrying on with the fiasco, still playing the game when everyone that did play before has stopped.
     
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    I don't think you grasp the meaning of "hypocrisy."
     
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    Do you?

    hy·poc·ri·sy
    (hĭ-pŏk′rĭ-sē)
    n. pl. hy·poc·ri·sies
    1.
    The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.
    2. An act or instance of such falseness.
    Collins English Dictionary

    hypocrisy
    (hɪˈpɒkrəsɪ)
    n, pl -sies
    1.
    the practice of professing standards, beliefs, etc, contrary to one's real character or actual behaviour, esp the pretence of virtue and piety
    2. an act or instance of this
    Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary,

    Both of these interpretations are what I use. The falseness is the medical professional's ability to carry on with something that the majority have moved on from and no longer hold to be valued as a necessity.
     
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    I was making a joke about how ridiculous wearing a mask would be if such a thing as a pathogenic & contagious 'virus' actually existed.

    The virus doesn't exist anyway, so the question of masking or not masking is moot.
     
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    The majority of doctors haven't moved on from covid even if you have.
     

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