THREAD: If the concern is that asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic younger Americans (millennials) are continuing to spread #Coronavirus because they don't heed warnings, you could require anyone between certain ages to wear a procedure mask when they go out. 1/n
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If we're at the point of locking down entire cities, we must consider other ways to break off transmission that don't take away peoples' liberty. CDC's current position is that people should only wear a mask when you're sick. But we know this is spread by Asymptomatic people 2/n
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Any ordinance would have to specify procedure masks and not N95 masks which are in short supply and needed by healthcare workers. There does not appear to be any shortage of procedure masks, and these masks are still very helpful in preventing spread through droplets. 3/n
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People should still be required to stay home if sick, but that's hard to enforce. Requiring a procedure mask for those who go out in areas of sustained spread (like some big cities) would be a second layer of protection when people are asymptomatic or defiant 4/n
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Thoughtful op ed
@nytimes on masks and whether messaging was wrong. We must distinguish between N95 masks that healthcare providers need because of added protection, and procedure masks which could still help prevent transmission and protect consumers 5/nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/opinion/coronavirus-face-masks.html …26 replies 448 retweets 1,252 likesShow this thread -
People who stockpiled N95 mass should donate them to their local hospital. When they do, they can be given a replacement stock of procedure masks. 6/n
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As someone in a high-mask-use country right now, thank you so much for calling this out! Among the other benefits you mention, mask wearing is also one of the few publicly visible social signals people can send to strangers that they're taking measures against the epidemic.
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Replying to @Pinboard @ScottGottliebMD
One of many ways in which Americans could stand to learn from cybergoth culture
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