2bltap Loc: Move to the Mainland

Ron De Santis is 'destined for the White House':

Seriously, does anyone here on OPP really thinks that cloth material masks really did a damn thing? Again, and seriously, if a person farted in their drawers and you can still smell the aftermath what makes anyone think that a covid molecule would be stopped by a cloth mask. If anyone here on OPP really thinks that a cloth mask made out of basically the same material would stop covid, then you are just plain stupid period!
Mike

https://youtu.be/gaaNw-2H3no

RascalRiley Loc: Somewhere south of Detroit

Yes the molecules can pass through the mask but maybe not as many. Less viral load.

But surgeons and staff do not wear masked to protect themselves. They wear them to protect others.

ACP45 Loc: Rhode Island

Think mosquitoes and chain link fences.

rjoeholl

Or bouncing a BB on a tennis racket.

Smedley_buzkill

No difference.

ACP45 Loc: Rhode Island

Yes, I tried that. It did not work very well.

ACP45 Loc: Rhode Island

Back on point. He would have my vote.

American Vet

And get a brand new one every time - and sometimes even change during the course of a procedure.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Only the right wing ever thinks the masks are to stop the virus itself..

As always the virus needs a ride on the snot and slop your nose and mouth send out..
The masks do a very good job of stopping those.. and that stops the virus riding on the slop..

very simple but effective for generations..

But of course nothing works if people do not use it..

Snoopy

Tap: How about TRIPLE cotton masks?

Snoopy

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

Tell your dentist, nurse and surgeon to stop wearing their useless masks. BTW, airborne viruses travel on - wait for it - droplets of moisture such as those generated by human breath and/or sneezes, which ARE blocked by people wearing ANY kind of mask, provided they do not wear the same damn mask for hours while indoors.

Any 8th grader knows this.

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Cloth may actually be worse. Some droplets are collected on the outside then the mask is touched often throughout the day. Made no sense. The masks worn in surgery rooms are nothing like what we get over the counter, and are worn in a sterile environment. What an idiotic comparison someone made.

ACP45 Loc: Rhode Island

Fortunately, most of us have graduated beyond the 8th grade level, and know how to read and interpret scientific studies.

https://fos-sa.org/2020/11/02/an-evidence-based-scientific-analysis-of-why-masks-are-ineffective-unnecessary-and-harmful/

Key Points
* Decades of the highest-level scientific evidence (meta-analyses of multiple randomized controlled trials) overwhelmingly conclude that medical masks are ineffective at preventing the transmission of respiratory viruses, including SAR-CoV-2.
* Those arguing for masks are relying on low-level evidence (observational retrospective trials and mechanistic theories), none of which are powered to counter the evidence, arguments, and risks of mask mandates.
* The majority of the population is at very low to almost no risk of severe or lethal disease from CoVID-19. Children are at an extraordinarily low risk of dying from CoVID-19. Based on CDC published data, 99.99815% of children that contract CoVID-19 survive.
* Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among children in schools and daycares is very rare.
* Masks worn properly are well documented to cause harm to their wearers. Masks worn improperly, re-used, or contaminated are dangerous.
* Any reasonable risk to benefit analysis of medical masks concludes that the risks overwhelmingly outweigh the benefits.
* Children are at imminent risk of harm from mask mandates. :

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

I have no problem with the idiot lemmings wearing masks. Just don't tell me I have too.

ACP45 Loc: Rhode Island

Agreed, but many are not content with that, they wanted to impose their beliefs on the rest of us.