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Kinell, it's 8 months, the WHO and CDC are sex mad for mask wearing, and 1.6k dickheads liked this stupid tweet. https://twitter.com/PoliticsPleb/status/1318817775343853568
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Virus tests support masks against COVID-19 (September 23rd) https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-virus-masks-covid-.html
"The best performing fabric masks filtered 97% to 99% of the virus numbers—at both VFE measures, with one mask performing at 98.6% (VFE 6.0 μm) and 99.1% (VFE 2.6 μm)"
Virus tests support masks against COVID-19 (September 23rd) https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-virus-masks-covid-.html
"The best performing fabric masks filtered 97% to 99% of the virus numbers—at both VFE measures, with one mask performing at 98.6% (VFE 6.0 μm) and 99.1% (VFE 2.6 μm)"
Masks can block 99.9% of Covid-linked droplets (August)
Wearing a face mask significantly lowers the risk of spreading Covid-19 to others through speaking and coughing, study suggests. https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/news-events/news-and-archive/2020-news/masks-can-block-99-9-of-covid-linked-droplets
Wearing a face mask significantly lowers the risk of spreading Covid-19 to others through speaking and coughing, study suggests. https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/news-events/news-and-archive/2020-news/masks-can-block-99-9-of-covid-linked-droplets
Can face masks reduce COVID severity and improve herd immunity? (September)
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine hypothesises universal mask-wearing can do both. https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/can-face-masks-reduce-covid-severity-and-improve-h
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine hypothesises universal mask-wearing can do both. https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/can-face-masks-reduce-covid-severity-and-improve-h
"..masks may reduce the amount of virus that reaches a person, potentially leading to less severe illness if you do become infected.. may be one reason we have seen so many cases of mild and asymptomatic illness.." (September) https://www.healthline.com/health-news/wearing-a-mask-may-reduce-how-sick-you-get-from-covid-19
"Among 139 clients exposed to two symptomatic hair stylists with confirmed COVID-19 while both the stylists & the clients wore face masks, no symptomatic secondary cases were reported; among 67 clients tested for SARS-CoV-2, all test results were negative" https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6928e2.htm
56 coronavirus cases were linked to a Starbucks in South Korea. But employees who were wearing masks didn't get infected. https://www.businessinsider.com/56-got-coronavirus-south-korea-starbucks-mask-wearers-did-not-2020-8?r=US&IR=T
High speed camera captures how different types of face masks work
"Jena in Germany.. made masks mandatory in the first week of April 2020. In the following weeks the number of new Covid-19 infections fell to almost zero.."
German Study Finds Face Masks Reduce New Covid-19 Infections By 45% https://www.forbes.com/sites/dishashetty/2020/12/06/german-study-finds-face-masks-reduce-new-covid-19-infections-by-45/?sh=2e9e31224bb2
German Study Finds Face Masks Reduce New Covid-19 Infections By 45% https://www.forbes.com/sites/dishashetty/2020/12/06/german-study-finds-face-masks-reduce-new-covid-19-infections-by-45/?sh=2e9e31224bb2
More evidence in this excellent thread by @equibotanica https://twitter.com/equibotanica/status/1343895978684932097?s=20
