Re:YouTube removes interview with professor of medicine on C...
by aianus on Thursday May 21, 2020 @03:10PM
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"Putting a mask on an asymptomatic person is not beneficial", followed by a list of dangers posed by masks.
It was a statement that masks are a placebo for the general public and actually require one to take extra precautions so that they don't make things worse.
It couldn't have been more discouraging towards people on the fence about wearing a mask in late March.
Re:YouTube removes interview with professor of medicine on C...
by joshuamorton on Thursday May 21, 2020 @03:56PM
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> Putting a mask on an asymptomatic person is not beneficial
Since then, the understanding about asymptomatic carriers has changed. And in response, the government updated it's suggestion.
Re:YouTube removes interview with professor of medicine on C...
by aianus on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:45PM
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Good for them (not sarcastically). My point is that if the experts were wrong then, itβs certainly possible that some of what they are saying now is wrong too, and it should be acceptable to criticize them on YouTube and explore different possibilities and models.
Re:YouTube removes interview with professor of medicine on C...
by joshuamorton on Thursday May 21, 2020 @09:34PM
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There exist (clearly functional) processes to improve the scientific consensus. The government changed its recommendation. Do you think they were convinced by a YouTube videos or perhaps did some other process cause then to amend their recommendations?
If so, why not steer people toward that process, especially when the harm of wearing a mask is low, while the harm oh reopening the economy due to a lack of understanding the covid dangers is much greater?
- Prioritizing supply to healthcare workers is of the utmost priority
- Current evidence supports wearing a mask if you're sick to prevent spreading droplets, also wearing a mask if you're in close contact with a symptomatic person
- Masks can provide a false sense of security.
Her final statement is "if people try to use these measures, they have to be really, really careful and wash their hands, absolutely. That's the key. So we're also worried about the potential negative impacts."
All of that is sound advice, and it is dangerous to think that a mask will protect you without any other precautions. But it isn't a statement that one should not wear a mask, fullstop. It's a statement that one should still follow other cautions. IOW, a mask isn't a magical solution.