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1. With the BA.2 wave here in MA, it is worth asking what the @CDCgov "community levels" tells us to do, when it will tell us to do something different, and what this means. I'll look at Suffolk County, which includes Boston. 🧵— Jon Levy (@jonlevyBU) April 15, 2022

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Hospitalizations doubled in MA and current CDC risk level is “medium” with proposed measures being talk to your doctor about wearing a mask if you’re immunocompromised

Nobody could have foreseen this

  • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    So, the reason that masks don't really have a negative effect on respiration is because the diffusion is primarily driven by the propensity of gases to mix and fill the container or room they are in, and the existing movement of air in the room you're in. You breathing doesn't really contribute very much to that.

    There is no appreciable difference in CO2 concentration you're breathing with a mask, especially since what masks do is block small particles of water, snot, and spittle from getting blasted at people, rather than blocking the air.