Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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Probably the truth is if EVERYBODY wore one that would truly limit the infection rates.But there seems to not be enough to go around so....
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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The Corona virus is not an airborne virus. Low information people are destroying the country.
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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if I had to estimate, last week only 1% of grocery shoppers wore masks
this week it's up to 10%
90% of people still don't give a fok, and are spreading it around.
Masks are probably the...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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why do people keep saying this?
when you cough or sneeze, the virus is momentarily airborne. Then it lands on surfaces.
Corona doesn't just magically appear on surfaces.
That's the whole...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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no it wouldn't. People in grocery stores are in close enough proximity to each other, and all it takes is for one idiot to cough and not cover his mouth.
I caught coronavirus 3 weeks ago from a...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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Low Information ? Facts?
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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I wondered why the CDC doesn't recommend face masks be used by the general public. So, I did a little research.
This report indicates an efficacy rate of 30% to 50% for N95 face masks in normal...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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A flu particle is 4 microns. If your mask or office filtration system can’t catch something that size they are not effective. I do have a mask that can it was expensive not some cheap N95 mask.
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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Saw my first public mask wearer yesterday at Walmart.
The guy also had a full beard. So yeah I don't think he quite got the memo.
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/it-time-wear-mask-everyone-all-healthcare-settings
Petition for Whitehouse to ask everyone, patients and healthcare employees, to wear a mask all the time...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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Asian countries were better prepared because face mask wearing has always been socially accepted. Whereas in the west it's frowned upon and often leads to ostracizing.
People here just don't...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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Is anyone making their own masks? I found this design interesting, more advanced than the others. If I get sick, I'd rather be wearing something to limit transmission to my family....
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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For your individual protection, I agree.
For protecting everyone else FROM you, read the articles in the OP.
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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Every place is. Why the heck they waited so long is shameful.
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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I think at this point wearing face mask in US is not recommended due to the lack of mask production in USA and not because of the effectiveness of potential reduction of virus transmission in the...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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Trade war.
Where's most of America's medical supplies made? Abroad, and a lot in China.
They can make and ship millions and billions of masks without a problem under Politburo control.
On...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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With medical staff and emergency responders struggling to find facemasks themselves it would be kind of selfish for the general public other than those in a high-risk group to be using them for a...
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It finally sunk in to me that you've hit on a valuable argument in that people like to feel together, unified, in combating an enemy. The face mask may play a social role in demonstrating such a...
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I think the main impetus behind not jumping on the mask bandwagon was that there weren't enough to go around - what sense does it make to have Joe Schmoe go out and buy a bunch of masks because the...
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My local fire departments asking for people to donate any extra masks, gloves, surgical gowns, disinfectant and hand sanitizer.
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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it is a different chain of supply but as our governors are bidding on supply's the feds are out bidding them. trump was rather amused the the federal government had more buying power - so the rich...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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If for no other reason they say if someone has the virus they should wear a mask.
it takes up to 14 days to show signs in the mean time how many people are being infected.
since we can not be...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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I think at this point wearing face mask in US is not recommended due to the lack of mask production in USA and not because of the effectiveness of potential reduction of virus transmission in the...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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I was surprised to learn that face masks didn't limit the spread of the Spanish Flu at all in 1918 per History channel and CDC. Maybe it was the material? Too close fitting? :dontknow:
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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The supply chain for a hospital is different from the supply chain for regular civilian people. I don't see doctor's shopping for PPE at home depot.
The government shouldn't tell people not to...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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there's enough. People can wrap their face in a t-shirt too.
But the main reason people don't want to wear a mask is that they're afraid of looking goofy dumb in public.
a mask isn't a fashion...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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Sexually-transmitted? Foodborne? Pls inform me.
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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you don't have enough force to squeeze a 4 micron flu particle through an n95 mask just by coughing.
Viruses don't magically pass through n95 barriers by themselves. They need vehicles.
This is...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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Agree if we don't have enough face mask for everyone, the best and highest use for the face masks are for the health professionals, front line people that need to interact with other many people in...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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The only reason we are being discouraged is because of lack of supply- can’t say anything else because politics is discouraged in the lounge.
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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the saddest thing is when our governors were bidding on supplies the federal government keeps out bidding them- Feds have a stock pile and could be helping but they are not - then the rest of us are...
Why face masks ARE effective in limiting the spread of viruses.
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I never really understood the concept of having the workers put their mask in a paper bag to reuse again. Now anything that the mask trapped on the outside is now inside the bag with the inside of...
