Cloth masks do protect the wearer

Re:Cloth masks do protect the wearer by Ericson2314 on Monday August 31, 2020 @07:17PM (#24336855)

Both theory and empirical evidence. Mask wearing at least has the former: catching your own aerosols so you don't get other people sick so easily.

The best is remedies that have both. But don't think evidence without good theory is fine. I'm not sure it's even that much better than theory without good evidence.

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Re:Cloth masks do protect the wearer by ketamine__ on Monday August 31, 2020 @07:22PM (#24336896)

That doesn't consider the possibly of a significant portion of the population infecting themselves. Remember, most people do not have the training to make a proper mask and use it correctly.

That's the reason we need randomized trials. How do masks work outside of the lab?

Also, it isn't accepted science that Covid-19 infects through aerosols.

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