As some of you are already aware, the "surgical mask" with the loops for the knobs on the sides of your head are... (conspiracy, death)
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Your lungs expel not only carbon dioxide and other gases, but are also a part of your immune system. They expel fats, and dead tissue, and other things that they don't want rebreathed back in from mask space.
That's why people are getting staph infections, and gum disease, and impetigo from their masks.
This doesn't end well.
I GUARANTEE you that COVID can end worse than a staph infection.
And if all these scary diseases are rampant, why haven't they shown up for the decades doctors have used masks - including the times they have used masks 24/7 in previous outbreaks of diseases like Ebola and AIDS?
I have lung damage - kind of like what you might expect to have to learn to live with even with a mild case of covid. Lots of things are harder - singing, playing the clarinet, exercise, hiking. But wearing two masks, much less one? Not a big deal. At all.
Don't be a baby and cry when others don't wear a mask around you.
And if all these scary diseases are rampant, why haven't they shown up for the decades doctors have used masks - including the times they have used masks 24/7 in previous outbreaks of diseases like Ebola and AIDS?
No. For most people, a staph infection will be far far far worse than Covid.
There is no real-world data from our country, the rest of latin America, or W. Europe showing mask mandates are reducing the spread of Covid19.
None.
What we have are some experiments done in perfect laboratory environments, suggesting certain masks when worn properly reduce the flow of particles containing droplets in the size of the cov-2 particle.
So while common sense says masks do something, we don't know how much they're doing. And these mask mandates, where people wear reusable masks throughout the day, constantly touching and removing them - is probably making things worse. Masks get dirty. Masks get covered in pathogens. And you put that over your face?
In Taiwan, they started wearing high quality masks in early January. Would you like to google Covid death rate in Taiwan?
In Taiwan, they started wearing high quality masks in early January. Would you like to google Covid death rate in Taiwan?
Do you know the difference between correlation and causation? They did many other things in January too, like contact tracing, and closing their borders.
Do you know the difference between correlation and causation? They did many other things in January too, like contact tracing, and closing their borders.
Exactly. But the only way contact tracing has a chance is if you keep the numbers low. And yes, they had quarantine for all coming back. Notice the difference? 100s of thousands of US citizens and permanent residents came back to US from the hot zones, with no checks whatsoever let alone quarantine, during the travel "ban". Of course, there were no tourists at that time so I'm not sure who the travel "ban" applied to, lol.
Exactly. But the only way contact tracing has a chance is if you keep the numbers low. And yes, they had quarantine for all coming back. Notice the difference? 100s of thousands of US citizens and permanent residents came back to US from the hot zones, with no checks whatsoever let alone quarantine, during the travel "ban". Of course, there were no tourists at that time so I'm not sure who the travel "ban" applied to, lol.
I'm not impressed with Taiwan's numbers, as all of east Asia is low. Laos and Cambodia reported 0 deaths. Vietnam is also very very low. So is Mongolia and China.
The only consistency among them is they all locked down quickly because China is their neighbor. Masks don't seem to be the factor. Europe tried masks, and it didn't work for them. California tried masks, it also didn't work for them.
It seems when the virus reaches a critical point, masks no longer work.
Case in point, Japan. The Japanese were wearing masks higher in numbers than the other asian populations before this pandemic. But their borders were relatively more open, and now even with masks, their cases exploded like 1-2 months ago.
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