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    Prof. Dr. Benhur Lee, MD  🦠 🧬 🔬‏Verified account @VirusWhisperer 29 Mar 2020

    Finally! And I was accused of confusing #PubHealth messaging when I advocated that universal mask wearing WILL reduce #COVID19 spread. Here is a slide, with all documented refs, of how compliance rates of mask wearing affects the prevalence rate of influenza. #MaskDenialism https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1244460977615253504 …pic.twitter.com/4ph2cN6RD3

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      1. Prof. Dr. Benhur Lee, MD  🦠 🧬 🔬‏Verified account @VirusWhisperer 29 Mar 2020

        #COVID19 Truth is the Currency of Trust in Public Health. For those scientists involved in #SciComm who infantalizes the public by towing the establishment line that “masks don’t work”. Just admit that it was a supply issue. Be transparent. Earn the public’s trust back.

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      2. J.‏ @Cornvelious_Dan 29 Mar 2020
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        J. Retweeted Kelley Boston  🤲🏽 🧼 🙌🏽

        This model probably also assuming all or at least most mask wearers are using them correctly, right? Given how many people can't even understand shelter at home directives, this seems like a poor assumption. Incorrect usage can be worse than no use right?https://twitter.com/EpiKelley/status/1244087343792914432?s=19 …

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        Kelley Boston  🤲🏽 🧼 🙌🏽 @EpiKelley
        So a lot of people have asked me about cloth masks. I don’t really have a strong opinion about cloth masks. I DO have some rather strong opinions about HOW to wear masks. (1/n) pic.twitter.com/f9Iffdj1H6
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      3. Prof. Dr. Benhur Lee, MD  🦠 🧬 🔬‏Verified account @VirusWhisperer 29 Mar 2020
        Replying to @Cornvelious_Dan

        Of course, but look at fig. 1b. Even poorly fitted N95 masks are #BetterThanNothing. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Those willing to wear masks are already self selected for those who heed advice. Infantalizing the public is paternalistic & borderline unethical.

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      1. Jesse Patel‏ @patel_jesse 29 Mar 2020
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        I'm a dental hygienist I'm 16 inches away from mouths all day long with aerosols coming from the patient's mouth for 30-45 min per patient. I haven't been sick in many years and most of my coworkers are rarely sick. It's anecdotal but I knew our masks and eye wear had a role

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      2. Kate Hensley‏ @katerh24 29 Mar 2020
        Replying to @VirusWhisperer

        But all masks are out of stock so now what?

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      3. Jan W‏ @janwensv1 30 Mar 2020
        Replying to @katerh24 @VirusWhisperer

        Find a sewing pattern online and make one. Leave the disposable ones for healthcare workers that must change between every patient contact or risk deaths.

        3 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
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      1. J Bro.‏ @Julesitter 29 Mar 2020
        Replying to @VirusWhisperer

        It was wrong of medical professionals to lie about the efficacy of wearing masks. Dr’s & scientists should never lie—it will take a long time to earn people’s trust.

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      2. Loretta Torrago‏ @Loretta_Torrago 29 Mar 2020
        Replying to @VirusWhisperer

        Just wondering if a mask's effectiveness owes anything to the mask making it impossible to touch your mouth or nose.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Lauren B‏ @laurenbrock100 30 Mar 2020
        Replying to @Loretta_Torrago @VirusWhisperer

        You shouldn’t be touching you face anyway. The eyes are the hardest for me.

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      2. Jeffrey Duchin, MD‏ @DocJeffD 29 Mar 2020
        Replying to @VirusWhisperer

        That’s a model, bro. No conclusive evidence possible.

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      3. Prof. Dr. Benhur Lee, MD  🦠 🧬 🔬‏Verified account @VirusWhisperer 29 Mar 2020
        Replying to @DocJeffD

        So were the sophisticated epi “models” projecting the exponential spread and rise in confirmed cases amd deaths. Were these “models” unhelpful? Every parameter that went into the model I showed was based on experimental data. See all the refs I meticulously curated in that fig.

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