'Gold Standard' Scientific Trial Deals Massive Blow to N95 and Surgical Masks as Way to 'Stop Covid'
A Randomized Control Trial (RCT), the gold standard for scientific evidence in the medical community, was released on Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The results from the RCT study deal a major blow to advocates of N95 and surgical masks as eff...
I taught patient care, including the proper use of a medical mask.
I don’t give a flippity fuck about how effective a mask is at stopping COVID.
The fundamental fucking problem is that citizens DO NOT USE MASKS PROPERLY; thereby defeating the whole purpose of masks in the first place.
You cannot re-use a mask. Period. No mask KILLS COVID. Once donned, you can no longer touch the face of the mask; even when removing it.
The continued and re-use of masks impairs respiration and provides a breeding ground for all sorts of pathogens. The re-used masks can only make you sick/sicker.
...wonderful addendum....
Part of me is excited there's a new study, then I get sad when no one I know who is a democrat reads new studies.
...serenity prayer time...
Wow. So many anti-nose-gear memes today. For those of us still learning the ropes, is this the root comm?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/intense-video-emerges-of-today-s-f-35b-crash-at-fort-worth/ar-AA15khsV
There's really only one thing the masks are great for -- a control tool.
A mask is a team jersey.
...that and covering up a lot of ugly mugs, which I think is a good thing...