Re:Low-cost measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering e...
by Kiro on Sunday August 09, 2020 @04:01PM
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Thanks. I didn't know that they've started to backpedal. As for sources I had no idea it was such a controversial topic and something I thought was obvious (again, my point was just that an inefficient mask could be counterproductive) but here's the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control saying the same thing:
> There is a risk that improper removal of the face mask, handling of a contaminated face mask or an increased tendency to touch the face while wearing a face mask by healthy persons might actually increase the risk of transmission.
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/COV...
And to your point on Scandinavian countries, where are you getting that information? Here's Norway mandating that travelers from "red" countries wear a face mask until they get home [1] and planning to backpedal on their lax mask policies [2]. Here's Denmark backpedalling on their original mask policy [3]. Here's Iceland updating their policy because they also realized no face masks is a bad idea [4]. Basically, Scandinavian countries now recognize that their original policies were not that great.
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidnikel/2020/08/07/norway-cl...
[2] https://www.thelocal.no/20200806/norway-expected-to-announce...
[3] https://www.thelocal.dk/20200731/denmark-changes-face-mask-g...
[4] https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2020/07/31/when_to_u...