50-Count 3-Ply Disposable Face Masks Expired

Not sure if you've been following the rationale behind the masks and hand washing, but the rationale is that society generally requires a safety net - namely hospitals, and when they're crippled (as they were, or are, if you're in Texas and CA) with dealing with COVID-19 patients, sick non-Covid patients have to delay care.

You can believe what you wish to believe, but I'm an RRT and I work full time at one facility and per-diem at three others. There were no beds for non Covid patients at one point. Hospitals were chronically understaffed with something north of a 1/3rd of the nurses out sick due to Covid. One co-worker (who interestingly, had none of the criteria , e.g. hypertension, DM-2, etc) was out for 3 weeks and another 2 (one of which was an EMT) died.

Without the safety net, the economy grinds to a halt. You can demand that people be as blaise as you, but they won't be. At least, not enough to sustain the local economies the way they were pre-Covid. There's entire books on the subject.

At any rate, the transmission hovers around 16% in a room with limited air circulation with contact time less than 20 minutes. The issues with these masks are how well they handle humidity for prolonged periods of time, and of course whether they're worn properly. In supermarkets or other big box stores, they're probably fine. I wouldn't gamble if you're planning on wearing them in close quarters or prolonged contact time.

LOL............No.....

It's EBAY dude......

Face mask is like a "physical" vaccine before real vaccine available if at all (to achieve Herd immunity using face mask and some social distancing). This is helping many places like South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan avoid shelter-in-place policy for "everyone" and keep majority of business open while keep the death rate per capita to very low number. And people there now able to have vacation, traveling and socializing in those places because of low to no Covid-19 cases.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/...064495.htm
Taiwan reports zero community transmitted COVID-19 cases for many days in the last couple months.

We have a solution that places like South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan show it works and can get us back to somewhat normal but some people pretty much keep sabotaging our effort and causing the case number and death to go up.

Also....

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-...t-that-way

New Zealand Hits Zero Active Coronavirus Cases. Here Are 5 Measures to Keep It That Way


Establish public use of fabric face masks in specific settings
The evidence base for the effectiveness of even simple fabric face masks is now strong, according to a recent systematic review published in the Lancet.
https://www.thelancet.com/journal...9/fulltext
The World Health Organization has also updated its guidelines to recommend that everyone wear fabric face masks in public areas where there is a risk of transmission. Establishing a culture of using face masks in specific settings in New Zealand will make it easier to expand their use if required in future outbreaks.
Improve contact tracing effectiveness with suitable digital tools
Apply a science-based approach to border management
Establish a dedicated national public health agency
Commit to transformational change to avoid major global threats