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Yes, a surgical mask offers a level of protection to the wearer. It is imperfect, but far better than nothing.
Also yes, restricting Chinese tourism in the US was never going to prevent a highly contagious pandemic from arriving on our shores.
One has nothing to do with the other. I don't see how you could possibly equate the two.
they have everything to do with each other regarding your all-or-nothing argument. first you ridiculously assume that if you can't keep every single infected person out the country, then keeping most or some of them out is no help at all
then you go on to note (correctly) that having some degree of protection via a mask is better than nothing..
What we need is evidence-based policies, not "common sense". It may make common sense to you, but it's been reported over and over again all the mask does is keep you from spreading your germs. It doesn't protect you. My husband's oncologist said you need to change your mask every 30 minutes for it to be truly effective, as well. Don't know if that's accurate, but they do give people a false sense of security.
Did you not read my previous post? I ALREADY said that studies show that a mask is not very effective in preventing you from getting a virus, but it can be effective in keeping you from spreading an infection to others. Hence, why healthcare workers wear masks.
Americans simply hear the first part ("the mask won't protect me") and completely ignore the second part ("the mask can help me protect others"). But this type of attitude is to be expected in a country where most people have never been asked to sacrifice anything.
Usually Trump's lying and know-nothingness is of no consequence. This time it is majorly consequential. Instead of dismissing COVID-19 as "the common cold" and saying "it's going to disappear," imagine if he had been pro-active from the very beginning. Maybe we would look a lot more like South Korea.
No we wouldn't. They are a younger country than us, a healthier population than us and when they got told to stay home they did.
His hypothesis is based on China. The lock down was successful in containing the spread, for now.
Had China not taken this action......had the population not been compliant.....
Anyway, I hope he is correct.
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