It seems like the success of any ‘re-opening’ strategy hinges on widespread use, and therefore *availability*, of PPE…especially masks. Do don’t even have enough PPE to safeguard healthcare workers, let alone the general workforce. What’s the plan there?
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Replying to @ALL_CAPS
Yeah went for a walk yesterday near lansdowne and bank st, saw almost no one wearing masks. People mostly keeping their distance. But still, it’s frustrating, because while testing and tracing seems to be the key for control, masks seem to be very helpful.
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@tomaspueyo piece that 60% of people wearing 60% effective masks can reduce the R0 close to 1. Czechia went from zero masks to 100% in 3 days, and their infection curve has fully bent.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @marcel_g @tomaspueyo
Interesting. I’ve been operating under the assumption that masks are way less effective…so that’s positive if validates.
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Masks only work if used correctly. And seriously, everytime someone slides their mask down under their nose or under their chin and breathes on the outside---may as well throw it away. Same if they touch anything and touch their eyes, or slide fingers under the edge of a mask
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You don’t understand what the point of masks is.https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/dont-wear-mask-yourself/610336/ …
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Replying to @zeynep @AureliaCotta and
(Masks for the community aren’t PPE).
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I'm completely aware that community masks aren't PPE and I get the point about them trying to stop the spray from the wearers mouth---the human factor is the problem. The kind of people who voluntarily wear masks now, are already careful and/or trained. That's not most humans
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Replying to @AureliaCotta @zeynep and
And disagreeing with you doesn't mean I don't understand the point---I get it, I just work on the assumption that human beings are far more sloppy and error prone than we believe. Carseats are a perfect example. We know they matter but almost everyone still uses them incorrectly
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You don’t understand safety devices then. Your points about incorrect misuse were without evidence, irrelevant or confuse community masks with PPE. And, of course kids are safer in a world with carseats. And where on earth are you getting “almost everyone uses them incorrectly”??
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Here is just one source, I have plenty more. https://www.safekids.org/post/more-half-car-seats-are-not-installed-correctly …
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Replying to @AureliaCotta @zeynep and
And that is just installation, never mind usage. Based on NHTSA studies, more than 95% of car seats are used exactly as they should behttps://www.parents.com/baby/all-about-babies/alarming-study-only-5-of-parents-use-infant-car-seats-with-no-mistakes/ …
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