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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Jun 2020

    Study finds mask mandates were associated with greater declines of COVID-19. I know, wait, that probably correlates with other precautions, right? Why, yes! Remember we were told *for months* that masks would *undermine* other precautions. Nope. Opposite. https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00818 …pic.twitter.com/Ezozl1M1x0

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      1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Jun 2020

        The only reasonable argument against masks—especially after we learned in February/March that transmission could occur without fever/symptoms—was that masks could harm through false sense of security or risk of infection. Both were claimed. Both had no evidence. Both were wrong.

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      1. tá tudo bem, mas tá esquisito‏ @paredepantim 21 Jun 2020
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        It makes me wonder who funds this research. If it were here in Brazil I would say that the government and some businessmen who want life to return to normal.

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      2. Tuhin Kumar‏ @tuhin 21 Jun 2020
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        At a visceral level the sight of a person wearing a mask reminds of you of the very real nature of the threat. Every warmer than normal breath is a reminder of the threat. It takes special imagination to think that will make people less careful.

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      3. Hyokon Zhiang‏ @slowblogger 21 Jun 2020
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        Correct. Mask wearers practice other measures as well. See the survey on the thread.https://twitter.com/slowblogger/status/1256916378486894599?s=20 …

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        Let's first see Korea. It's very clear that people who wear masks wash hands with soap and water more often. pic.twitter.com/txnklwDBka
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      2. Get vaccinated; protect Jorts‏ @damianaswan 21 Jun 2020

        This is (part of) why it was such a huge problem that Trump refused to invoke the Defense Production Act. He could have required US manufacturers to make masks, hand sanitizer, gloves, shields, ventilators, etc. He could have done that in JANUARY, and in April he still hadn't.

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      2. Vordio‏ @Vordio 21 Jun 2020
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        Have you seen this interview with an aerosol researcher? Really informative. Including why some people are superspreaders.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU8Hf_5-oLc …

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      3. Vordio‏ @Vordio 21 Jun 2020
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        Super spreaders are not necessarily unusual in their behaviour. Some people just naturally emit 1000 times more aerosols than most people do when they speak.

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      1. Andrew R.‏ @hburgersar 21 Jun 2020
        Replying to @zeynep @trishgreenhalgh

        So people aren't randomly walking through the grocery store hugging people and putting pepper under their noses to make them sneeze because they just feel so secure in their mask? Are you sure?

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      2. Sybren‏ @Skaapchop 21 Jun 2020
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        To be fair, the rationale behind not wearing masks then was they were deemed ineffective in stopping the wearer from getting infected. This still holds true. What changed (globally) was the realization that they are pretty effective at stopping the wearer from spreading Covid

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      3. Coronavirus update‏ @BitaScicomm 21 Jun 2020
        Replying to @Skaapchop @zeynep

        In many countries people are wearing medical masks, this protected from getting the virus and spreading it to others. Nonetheless, if #Covidiots would have wear a cloth mask, we could all protect each other. Well, they order a tube down to their mouth!

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