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    1. Mike Masnick‏ @mmasnick May 2
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      Is there a polite non-obnoxious, non-shaming, (and non-violating social distance rules) to tell people in Costco that their valved N95 masks are not helping at all and they should find other masks?

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    2. Norman Yarvin‏ @NYarvin May 2
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      There's no good way to say something that's wrong. The mask protects them, and if they've been good at protecting themselves they won't infect anyone else either.

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    3. Mike Masnick‏ @mmasnick May 2
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      It's not wrong. It defeats the purpose of the mask in these conditions -- which is to protect people around you.

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    4. Norman Yarvin‏ @NYarvin May 2
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      That's just the official bullshit, brought to you by people who a short time before were saying masks were worthless. Really masks work both ways: they filter incoming air as well as outgoing air.

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    5. Mike Masnick‏ @mmasnick May 2
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      No, it's coming from @zeynep who was also among the most vocal that masks were not worthless.

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    6. Norman Yarvin‏ @NYarvin May 2
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      She's worthy of respect, but I don't think she's ever explicitly said that masks don't filter on the way in, and it's such a silly thing to say that she probably wouldn't ever. Filtering on the way in is still helping with disease transmission.

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    7. John Roddy‏ @riScorpian May 2
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      The entire point is that they need to be filtering *on the way out* as well. That's the key point that makes them useful.

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      Norman Yarvin‏ @NYarvin May 2
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      Replying to @riScorpian @mmasnick @zeynep

      They're more useful if they filter on the way out too, but filtering on the way in isn't "not helping at all", which is the language I objected to.

      11:22 PM - 2 May 2020
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        2. Mike Masnick‏ @mmasnick May 2
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          Not helping at all *for the reason we need people wearing masks now* which is to stop the spread. They are useful if you're dealing with saw dust in your home. So, sure, they're "helpful." But for what people out and about need today, they are not useful.

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        3. Norman Yarvin‏ @NYarvin May 3
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          Stopping the spread to the person wearing them is still stopping the spread. It doesn't protect you from him, so admonish him for selfishness if you wish, but don't pretend his mask isn't helping with the epidemic at all.

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