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Dang 2 points ago +5 / -3

Yeah but wearing a makeshift mask does nothing to protect from a virus.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article

"We did not find evidence that surgical-type face masks are effective in reducing laboratory-confirmed influenza transmission, either when worn by infected persons (source control) or by persons in the general community to reduce their susceptibility"

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Ask_If_Im_A_Cactus 7 points ago +9 / -2

These are the same people that have lied to you about damn near everything

If the masks and stuff are useless, why do hospitals need them so desperately?

Why did China gobble up the world supply of them?

They wanted it to spread, GEOTUS presumably takes hydroxychloroquine so he doesn’t have to wear a mask

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MedPede 3 points ago +3 / -0

The people that are going to be around POTUS are also screened.

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Dang 0 points ago +3 / -3

Use some logic. In hospitals they were an N95 to protect against viruses. The 95 stands for 95% of particulates.

A surgical mask and especially a makeshift mask is not going to stop any harmful virus particulates from entering or exiting your airway.

Since you dont trust the CDC link here is one from the Center of Infectious Disease Research and Policy:

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data

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Ask_If_Im_A_Cactus 2 points ago +4 / -2

The co-author of that article’s Twitter:

https://mobile.twitter.com/msietsema?lang=en

Some highlights:

  • Elizabeth Warren is “electable”
  • The big problem with COVID-19 is really “pollution” and “segregation”

I’ll see your “logic” and raise you common fucking sense

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Eric-CIA-ramella -3 points ago +2 / -5

Wrong, it does protect from exiting airway.

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defn11 4 points ago +4 / -0

The CDC isn’t trustworthy

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Eric-CIA-ramella -4 points ago +1 / -5

No shit Sherlock, they protect everyone else but the person wearing it, that's the point.

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mintyfresh 4 points ago +4 / -0

...about as well as pants protect others from your farts.

The Smell of Farts

Flatus often stinks! There are several chemicals that contribute to the smell of farts:

- skatole (a by-product of meat digestion)
- indole (a by-product of meat digestion)
- methanethiol (a sulfur compound)
- dimethyl sulfide (a sulfur compound)
- hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg odor, flammable)
- volatile amines
- short-chain fatty acids
- feces (if present in the rectum)
- bacteria

Some of these happen to be bigger than viruses, don't you know.

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aspen 1 point ago +2 / -1

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mintyfresh 1 point ago +1 / -0

Everything works perfectly in theory. In practice, not so much.