Re:Low-cost measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering e...
by glofish on Sunday August 09, 2020 @01:01PM
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That is exactly right! What the paper says is that masks should be used when necessary and according to the case presented to the medical staff. Not all the time.
When you force people to use the masks all the time you are making the problem worse.
Re:Low-cost measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering e...
by macintux on Sunday August 09, 2020 @02:07PM
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When people are violently objecting to wearing a mask for 10 minutes in the store, I’m less worried about studies focusing on long-term mask usage and more worried about the impact of those spreading doubt.
But also, in both cases based on a quick skim it seems to me like you're misrepresenting the studies. In the first study, the control was "normal practice" which included mask use. In the second study, I see no claims about cardiac damage; I understand it to say that masks make it harder to breathe, which is useful information but not very surprising.