Also, N94 filters particles to .4 microns... the virus was electron microscoped to be .06 - .14 microns... So they essentially using the logic of putting up a chain link fence to solve their mosquito problem...
Almost a year ago now when this mask shit started I did hours of research and managed to find a study conducted shortly after Obama and Creepy Joes Swine Flu Bungle which documented pretty well the capability of cloth masks to stop droplets and thus inhibit the spread of infections through such a vector. It was pre-china flu and following their fuck up so I feel like it isn't untrustworthy. Since reading the paper my opinion of masks is that while they work I still won't wear the damn things because I don't have to and if you're afraid then stay home. (I do wear the mask at work).
But ya know what's better than a papers or theory? Knowing that in practice the damn things didn't work.
Exactly.
Every mechanistic study shows that masks do indeed substantially reduce the transmission of particles that are much smaller than the pores in the mask (including actual viruses).
The problem is, every single clinical trial shows that masks do exactly diddly squat in terms of actual reduction of viral transmission.
My hypothesis is that because the minimal infection volume is so tiny (1-5 microns), even if a mask is 99% efficient mechanistically (and none of them are), the person is still going to be infected if they are in the proximity.
Also, N94 filters particles to .4 microns... the virus was electron microscoped to be .06 - .14 microns... So they essentially using the logic of putting up a chain link fence to solve their mosquito problem...
No you don't understand it stops droplets!!! Just because vape vapor goes right through it doesn't mean it doesn't stop kungflu!!
Almost a year ago now when this mask shit started I did hours of research and managed to find a study conducted shortly after Obama and Creepy Joes Swine Flu Bungle which documented pretty well the capability of cloth masks to stop droplets and thus inhibit the spread of infections through such a vector. It was pre-china flu and following their fuck up so I feel like it isn't untrustworthy. Since reading the paper my opinion of masks is that while they work I still won't wear the damn things because I don't have to and if you're afraid then stay home. (I do wear the mask at work).
But ya know what's better than a papers or theory? Knowing that in practice the damn things didn't work.
Exactly.
Every mechanistic study shows that masks do indeed substantially reduce the transmission of particles that are much smaller than the pores in the mask (including actual viruses).
The problem is, every single clinical trial shows that masks do exactly diddly squat in terms of actual reduction of viral transmission.
My hypothesis is that because the minimal infection volume is so tiny (1-5 microns), even if a mask is 99% efficient mechanistically (and none of them are), the person is still going to be infected if they are in the proximity.