The WHO on masks: "insufficient" to provide protection. And the CDC has degraded under Trump from the once reputable organization it was. Cloth masks but no broad testing, tracing...what a joke.pic.twitter.com/IfqPNGsW1r
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The WHO on masks: "insufficient" to provide protection. And the CDC has degraded under Trump from the once reputable organization it was. Cloth masks but no broad testing, tracing...what a joke.pic.twitter.com/IfqPNGsW1r
(I don't disagree that we should have the other legs, and it's a disgrace that we don't. I don't think that's an argument against source-control measures and yeah should've been ready and had surgical masks at least for population but here we are.)
My elderly parents live in Jersey, my sister works at a hospital in NY. People like you and your dumb mask messaging at a time when everyone should be socially isolating AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE is putting us all at risk.
The time for masks is when we can safely go back to society. That time is not now.
Why wait? Grocery store clerks are out there. Harm reduction now. I wish we did more now. Here we are, and anything that slows this is important. I'm not any less frustrated by lack of progress on all the other fronts.
Oh are we only talking about essential workers? Yes they should wear PPE. But I know we are not when you say "open the parks". Everyone else should not be out in the parks wearing masks. You are completely distracting people from what is important and proven to work.
We cannot keep parks closed for a year. People just crowd into streets. We get worse effects. My article is pretty clear on need to make outdoors compatible with distancing and add to space (golf course, stadiums). I'd agree if this were two weeks. It's not gonna work for a year.
Jeez how about you bring this up in a few weeks when everyone isn't dying at record high rates. This is so ridiculous. Surreal, actually, that this is a conversation. I guess you must not be very close to the death that's happening all around you. My colleagues are dying.
I recall at least one paper noting a higher rate of flu transmission if you were wearing a cloth mask than no mask at all.
You mean this? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/ … It compares to cloth masks (worn for very long periods without changing) with *surgical* masks worn as they should be for healthcare workers. I have not seen a no mask comparison.
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