Do y’all have any good sources that masks don’t work? Like CDC sources and stuff like that. I already know it’s a bunch of bs and I’ve read about it but I’m fighting with HR where I work and they asked me for sources for my claim
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https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/factsheets/respsars.html
CDC website about SARS. I’m a PhD CIH. For 50 years the ‘science’ has been settled that face masks are inadequate. Your OSHA insoector would laugh as he wrote your citation. However, question everything. If I can publish multiple peer-reviewed papers in the field, ANYONE can.
“Do surgical masks provide protection against SARS?
Surgical masks are not designed for use as particulate respirators and do not provide as much protection as an N-95 respirator. Most surgical masks do not effectively filter small particles from air and do not prevent leakage around the edge of the mask when the user inhales.
If surgical masks do not protect against airborne diseases, why are surgical masks suggested for use against SARS when no N-95 respirators are available?
Surgical masks are recommended only as a last resort for health care and medical transport workers exposed to SARS patients when no NIOSH-approved respirator equivalent to or greater than the N-95 is available. SARS appears to be transmitted mainly through direct contact with infectious materials (including large respiratory particles), and surgical masks will provide barrier protection against droplets that are considered to be the primary route of SARS transmission. However, surgical masks may not adequately protect against aerosol or airborne particles, primarily because they do not effectively filter small particles from the air, they allow leakage around the mask, and they cannot be fit tested. Because scientists cannot currently rule out the spread of SARS through the air, CDC recommends a NIOSH-approved respirator equivalent to or greater than the N-95.
Surgical masks may also be placed on patients with communicable conditions like SARS to contain respiratory droplets and prevent spread of infectious particles.”