Goal of universal mask wearing is to stop asymptomatic, presymptomatic and mild cases from infecting *others*. It protects you some, too, but not as much as medical masks. Anyway, keep your distance! The goal of masks in medical setting is to protect the *wearer*! Big difference.
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By the way, one key example on importance of masks is Japan. It's not testing, it's not socially-isolating, it's dense with public transportation. But people wear masks. It *will* have an outbreak but with *only* masks slowing things down, they haven't yet become NYC or Lombardy.
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Yes! "We found virus bits in a PCR machine" is not the same as viable virus that can infect you—let alone a high viral load. In general, stainless steel-type high-touch surfaces are most dangerous, porous (cardboard, paper) is least. Wipe, don't panic.https://twitter.com/Charliewking/status/1247180858366349312 …
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Folks, see for correct terminology. Sorry. The meaning of tweets are correct, but apologies for typing too fast. (People with a higher viral load are likely spewing out higher viral doses—so you get the point. But also stage/load/dose stuff isn't linear.)https://twitter.com/ghoshuvo/status/1247207401847238658 …
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Yes, this is *exactly* why many well-meaning medical workers are not good at giving people advice on how to wear your mask or glove as an ordinary person who is not in a lab or a hospital or doing intubations etc. They're trained for something else.https://twitter.com/PersistentSeekr/status/1247245432868057088 …
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And this fear of masks suddenly inducing reckless behavior can be mitigated by a simple public awareness campaign. These things aren’t hard, they just painted themselves into a corner by saying masks aren’t effective when the truth is that we just don’t have enough of them.
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The argument could be turned on its head: the unusual act (for many Americans) of wearing a mask raises consciousness, as a constant reminder to keep
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Also can we get on the constant talk about lifespans on various surfaces not pointing out that these are based on lab trials and not like... your steering wheel, and that there have been very few (I’ve heard none) cases of transmission via surfaces? Bad info causes panic/harm.
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But how can you really determine whether a patient contracted the virus via fomite transmission or otherwise? You can't, without a carefully controlled experiment. Lack of evidence for "x" =/= a case against "x"
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from my experience in Beijing, constantly wearing masks don't induce false confidence, on the contrary it tends to remind everyone that the danger is still present
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