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The mask is to protect others, not yourself. To help mitigate the spread from those who already have it and may or may not know it.
This is the saying, but there is no evidence to substantiate it. I mean, there is some 'common sense' behind it, but common sense is often wrong in science.
Just like a child finds comfort from a teddy bear.
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Some of these mask wearers will wear them the rest of their lives, which will probably be shortened as a result.
What will banks do about customers wearing masks once the mandates are gone?
Will ugly people on dating sites wear masks?
So disappointing....because you're both smarter than this. But you're masking your common sense in order to be good, lock-step, partisan team players. Try as you may toward that end, you will have no success trying to re-write the laws of physics.
Masks are a physical barrier that stop some droplets from going beyond it far enough to infect others. There's no escaping that truth. And we've seen the results in far less respiratory illness for the last year.
Playing "devil's advocate" here -- as I am HIGHLY suspicious of this entire pandemic situation -- if masks are ineffective (and social distancing, according to almost everything I have read, is "questionable"), then why was this year's flu season almost non-existent?
From https://www.media.pa.gov/pages/healt...px?newsid=1473 (My bold and italics):
“As we end the flu season this year with fewer than 4,000 cases, I want to emphasize that this is one of the mildest flu seasons on record for Pennsylvania,” Acting Secretary Beam said. “The previous season was higher than usual with more than 130,900 cases of flu. That is a stark difference from where we ended in 2021. The low flu activity, in part, is a testament to effective COVID-19 mitigation efforts that also prevent the flu, since the two infectious diseases spread the same way. In addition, a record number of individuals got their flu vaccine this season.” [end quote]
NYC and rural Kansas both have laws requiring the wearing of seat belts but NYC has a lot more car accident deaths so that means seat belts are of no use.
Is U of Louisville that stupid that they don't get into account the population and density?
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NYC should have more accidents but less fatalities as most if not all would be at lower speeds. Thanks for playing please try again.
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