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    1. Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D‏ @RVAwonk 21 Mar 2020

      I honestly think we need a nationwide public education campaign to help people understand why they should stop buying masks to wear to run errands. You’re not helping anyone, including yourself, by doing that, & you’re contributing to a critical shortage among healthcare workers.

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    3. Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D‏ @RVAwonk 21 Mar 2020
      Replying to @dankrutka @sivavaid @zeynep

      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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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Mar 2020
      Replying to @RVAwonk @dankrutka @sivavaid

      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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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Mar 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @RVAwonk and

      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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    6. Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D‏ @RVAwonk 21 Mar 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @dankrutka @sivavaid

      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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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Mar 2020
      Replying to @RVAwonk @dankrutka @sivavaid

      This is not correct, Caroline. The only argument against mask wearing is the shortage. The outbreak is what it is.

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        1. John Robinson‏ @gnosis 21 Mar 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @RVAwonk and

          ☝️☝️☝️ The conflation of the shortage with a discussion of health benefits is fallacious.

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        2. Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D‏ @RVAwonk 21 Mar 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @dankrutka @sivavaid

          The question isn't "are masks harmful?", but rather, "under the current conditions, does population-wide mask-wearing confer more benefit than risk?" The answer to that question, at least right now, is yes. Nothing is completely harmless; that's why we assess harm vs. benefits.

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        3. Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D‏ @RVAwonk 21 Mar 2020
          Replying to @RVAwonk @zeynep and

          There's always some incident of someone choking on a mask or having a fatal allergic reaction. That's harm. But does it outweigh the benefits? Probably not. What about if a small % of mask-wearing ppl accidentally increase their risk by improper use? Does that outweigh benefits?

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        2. TinyFrighteningWoman‏ @Baba_Lilith 21 Mar 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @RVAwonk and

          We need to teach people how to use them properly. Also gloves. Once I saw a blood draw technician drop a bunch of gloves on the floor and pick them up and stuff them back into the box.

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        3. There's no Heaven for Right Wingers‏ @robert_p8 21 Mar 2020
          Replying to @Baba_Lilith @zeynep and

          We should teach people how to make cotton masks and/or make and sell them. And keep N95 masks for physicians and fine bearers of N95 masks outside of hospitals and doctors as long as they are in shortage.

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        1. There's no Heaven for Right Wingers‏ @robert_p8 21 Mar 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @RVAwonk and

          Then f*cking make and sell reusable cotton masks for the general public and make the FFP2/N95 only for the physicians and medics. Eveyone caught with a FFP2/N95 mask should be fined with a harsh fine.

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        2. Analogbear™‏ @Analogbear 21 Mar 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @RVAwonk and

          It’s not airborne. Masks offer most folks in public VERY LIMITED PROTECTION at best, from random spittle/sputum launched directly in the face, while leaving their eyes, necks, hands, hair, etc. accessible to the virus. Med pros use face shields and gowns to cover other areas.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Mar 2020
          Replying to @Analogbear @RVAwonk and

          My dude, masks protect others from you. This epidemic has a significant asymptomatic component. Universal mask societies are the only ones to manage any control over this.

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        1. lnOrOut‏ @Undetermined_US 21 Mar 2020
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          https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/who-considers-airborne-precautions-for-medical-staff-after-study-shows-coronavirus-can-survive-in-air.html …

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        1. lnOrOut‏ @Undetermined_US 21 Mar 2020
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          https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-lives-for-hours-in-air-particles-and-days-on-surfaces-new-us-study-shows.html …

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