I like to remind them of two facts: 1) the virus is 100x smaller than the holes in your mask. A mask to stop covid is like a chain link fence to keep out mosquitoes; and 2) 90% of all hospitalizations and deaths are in people who are vitamin D deficient. About half of the people tell me they do take vitamin D, at which point they can wear the mask if they want.
PBS Documentary on 1918 Flu Pandemic (Spanish Flu)
"All of America, it seemed, put on masks. At last, many thought, they were safe. But masks didn't help. They were thin and porous -- no serious restraint to tiny microbes. It was like trying to keep out dust with chicken wire."
"A resolution shot through Congress, giving the Public Health Service a million dollars to fight the flu. Biochemists around the country worked feverishly to develop a vaccine. [...] But even vaccines didn't help."
I like to remind them of two facts: 1) the virus is 100x smaller than the holes in your mask. A mask to stop covid is like a chain link fence to keep out mosquitoes; and 2) 90% of all hospitalizations and deaths are in people who are vitamin D deficient. About half of the people tell me they do take vitamin D, at which point they can wear the mask if they want.
PBS Documentary on 1918 Flu Pandemic (Spanish Flu)
"All of America, it seemed, put on masks. At last, many thought, they were safe. But masks didn't help. They were thin and porous -- no serious restraint to tiny microbes. It was like trying to keep out dust with chicken wire."
"A resolution shot through Congress, giving the Public Health Service a million dollars to fight the flu. Biochemists around the country worked feverishly to develop a vaccine. [...] But even vaccines didn't help."
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/influenza/#transcript http://archive.today/IYjlo
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