re: Do masks really work?

How can you say this...

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facemasks are virtue signaling at best

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When the research you quoted states this...

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Based on the RCTs, modestly protective against household infections when both infected and uninfected members wear facemasks. We expect RCTs to under-estimate the protective effect.

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Or, that info could have been fabricated and/or embellished by companies like 3M.

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I’m not actually sure I’ve heard it argued in relation to masks as it has been presented more generally in regards to anything that increases/decreases exposure.

However, this is not something new though. Apparently during the Spanish Flu, those who contracted outside the home and brought it into the home, had far fewer fatalities than those who contacted inside the home as the viral exposure is naturally much greater within families and within the home.

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He's simply a contrarians. He's not here to give opinions, he's just her t shite on the opinion of others.

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I know this. LUNCHBOX is the same way. They get off on picking side battles with others. Whatever, right?

You remember that they did that already back in March right?

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It's like people are wanting to set the level of safety up a few notches higher right now, when we're on the tail end of this thing. It's a big time lag in response

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We're adding preventative measures to prepare for ending shutdowns and re-opening

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If you discount every study that has yet to be peer reviewed, you would still think covid has a 4% mortality rate. Is that the hill you want to die on?

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I'm not the one using it to make a definitive claim, am I?

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Yes, anyone that dared to not share your opinion is obviously just a contrarian.

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No it's not that. It's the same fricking thing in every thread dude. You're a broken record. You like picking fights with people. Plain and simple. Don't get all hurt feelings now. You're a contrarian. Be proud of it and wear the crown.

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The CDC should have required that no one wear a mask.

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LINK

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They barely stop dust and pollen, not sure why people believe they'd stop a virus

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It won't totally stop the virus, but the virus is primarily spread through large droplets from sneezing, coughing, and talking. It will block those at least to a large degree.

You can argue that you won't cough, sneeze, or talk to people and that's fine, but on a population level people are nasty and will be sneezing, coughing, and talking. Yes the potential for spread is everywhere, which is where frequent hand washing and hand sanitizing becomes even more important.

The masks aren't an end-all be-all solution. They are part of a larger suite of preventative measures, each one kind of being like layers of Swiss cheese where fewest holes possible are lined up so spread is slowed. People are hung up on them and act like they're supposed to stop the virus all on their own, but that's never the design.