So, I’m basing this on information available from the CDC, medical literature, and a health professional who helped develop guidance for mask usage during the coronavirus pandemic.
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And I’m telling you that sometimes not everything you read is correct. Please read my piece and then go look at the direct evidence yourself. The message you’re amplifying is not based on evidence but the shortage. Also look at practices in every country that this under control.
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When and if we get through this mask shortage, we will almost certainly have to get used to universal mask usage as we relaxed the lockdown. In this current unfortunate messaging will hurt us very much in the long run because it is not correct.
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If/when universal mask-wearing is recommended, it will be because the environment/characteristics of the outbreak have changed in a way that makes wearing masks more advantageous than not wearing them. But that’s not where we are at the moment.
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That’s the nature of risk — it’s a matter of cost/benefit and it is measured on a continuum, not a dichotomous scale. What works to reduce risk in one place may not work in another, and what works at the beginning of an outbreak may not be recommended as a long-term solution.
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But the claims in your thread aren’t going to hold up. Look I agree the shortage a major crisis and we should go donate. But we should be truthful about what masks do and don’t. That’s pretty clear.
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I’m not sure it’s that clear, though. The “optimal use” vs “actual use” scenario is something that we don’t really know how will play out in the US, since most people in the US have never even worn one for a short amount of time. The potential for accidental exposure is real.
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I'm just going to be honest. The claims in your thread aren't correct or backed by science, and this whole thing has been a messaging disaster. People can learn to wear masks better very easily and even imperfect masks are better than no masks. The only crisis is the shortage.
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We need to be messaging "wear bandanas / homemade masks when you go for those 100% necessary errands." We all should be wearing them and given shortage all the N95 should be in hands of healthcare workers.
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The best suggestion I have heard is swapping surgical masks for N95 masks—to convince people who may be holding on to N95 masks which clearly the health care workers need so much more at this point.
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