I’m a virologist. Public should know covid exposure dose matters. We have to conserve masks for healthcare workers, but masks can help anyone, reducing amount of virus released (even by breathing) or taken in. Immune system is more effective if infection starts w/ low dose. (1/3)
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Replying to @Plinz @PeterKolchinsky
Save the masks for health care professionals, for whom such equipment is vital. For all others, social distancing is key. As long as resources are scarce - and they won't always be - it is important to allocate those resources fairly.
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Point is, Joscha, I'm not disputing any of your basic scientific facts. I am however advocating for fairness and empathy. Things that science does not know how to measure, and which we avoid at our own peril.
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Replying to @Grady_Booch @PeterKolchinsky
I have compassion for my elderly neighbors. I have compassion for peoples' parents. I have compassion for thousands of people that will needlessly die, and their loved ones, because people in charge spread misinformation. (And you *did* dispute my basic scientific facts.)
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Replying to @Plinz @PeterKolchinsky
No, I disputed your - still unfounded - assertion that the Surgeon General gave the information they did to avert hoarding.
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Replying to @PeterKolchinsky @Plinz
Don’t take his statement out of context: he clearly said that THEY WERE NOT EFFECTIVE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC not that they were ineffective entirely. There is a difference.
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Replying to @Grady_Booch @PeterKolchinsky
Yes, but according to the studies I know, it's false. Masks are effective in reducing infections by respiratory viruses when used by the general public by 60%-80%. Both surgical and N95. I think the SG either does not know the studies, or he wants to prevent hoarding.
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Both reasons are not nefarious, but I would be more concerned if the SG is incompetent.
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