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    • StLangoustine [any]
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      3 years ago

      I'm vaccinated and I wear a mask, but I've read a thread by some epidemiologist that was imploring people to wear a mask that convinced me that's it's mostly bit of theatre at this point, which can also be helpful. Covid is airborne and is mostly spread through the breath of people who are not showing any symptoms (yet), not aerosols. For masks to have serious effect you either have a well fitted N95 (changed after several uses), which medical professionals are trained to do, or some involved combination of two different mask tied some way I wasn't able to figure out.

      • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        it catches your fucking spit so you don't spray it as much at other people lmao. it lowers the amount you spread to other people.

          • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
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            3 years ago

            Id have to assume the people saying it are trolling or something, because we already did this shit last year. it's not a groundbreaking discovery figuring out how masks work lmao

              • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
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                3 years ago

                westerners refusing to believe that they could possibly be a vector of disease is another part probably. it's not fucking surprising considering how long it took us to take up bathing and not throwing our shit in the street, even when given better and easier options.

        • StLangoustine [any]
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          3 years ago

          “the professional who studies epidemics told me to wear a mask, that’s when I knew it was bullshit”

          She ended up talking about importance of "second order effect", which is why I still wear the mask indoors.

          a virion is several orders larger than particles of breathable air, which is why a mask will filter out virus while allowing your breath to pass through.

          How true is it? Either way usual medical mask isn't fitted well enough to stop them from getting in and escaping from the sides. That's why she recommended some complex thing of tying the straps of the medical mask and fitting a cloth one on top.

          then have a well fitted N95 and change it after several uses.

          Hey, I'm not made of money, you know.

          • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
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            3 years ago

            That’s why she recommended some complex thing of tying the straps of the medical mask and fitting a cloth one on top.

            this is not particularly complex lmao

            • StLangoustine [any]
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              3 years ago

              I see people walking around with the mask off their nose all the time. This would be complex for them at least.