That’s a flatly illogical position to hold. At worst, are we talking 1% of the population being infected now? The vast majority are still uninfected and without antibodies. There’s no way that masks could now be useless where once they were. There is no magic line for “too late”
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Replying to @enscand @RealDemVoter1 and
I'm going to take a little more than one tweet here to explain the logic. First of all, we don't know how many people are infected in the U.S. Testing is still spotty. Secondly, I never said it was "useless"; I said it's not particularly useful. There's a difference. 1/
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Replying to @AdnanRafiqKhan @enscand and
Most importantly, there is a shortage of masks. I've spoken to dozens of health care workers. They are worried. New masks are being produced but until there is a massive supply, we need to secure what we have for people who need it, including people who have to still work. 2/
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Replying to @AdnanRafiqKhan @enscand and
We've seen how people panic. Toilet paper, right? Now if we start sending the message that masks are significantly protective, which they're not, what do you think will happen? At this stage of the pandemic, when the infection rate is still accelerating, we need to be smart. 3/
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Replying to @AdnanRafiqKhan @RealDemVoter1 and
They are significantly protective. You're simply wrong. I'm fine with the government or manufacturers directing output mostly at healthcare organizations. Leaving *no* supply for citizens, even of lower grade surgical masks, is not acceptable.
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Replying to @enscand @RealDemVoter1 and
Please show me the data that says masks are significantly protective.
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Replying to @AdnanRafiqKhan @RealDemVoter1 and
There are many useful studies of mask efficacy. Here's one that Zeynep herself posted weeks ago. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195670113000698 …
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Replying to @enscand @AdnanRafiqKhan and
Here's another one, even evaluating materials that are mask-substitutes (which obviously has no impact on medical mask supply).https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Filtration-Efficiency-and-Pressure-Drop-Across-Materials-Tested-with-Aerosols-of-Bacillus_tbl1_258525804 …
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Replying to @enscand @RealDemVoter1 and
Please read the conclusion of the study.pic.twitter.com/pmR6PahVcj
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