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Re:Ready for an N95? Here's how to find a high-quality one t... by glofish on Saturday January 15, 2022 @11:09PM (#29953206)
no worth refuting because you have zero evidence that they work.

All the empirical evidence (like the epidemic curves in countries that do require N95) points that they don't.

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Re:Ready for an N95? Here's how to find a high-quality one t... by TylerE on Saturday January 15, 2022 @11:24PM (#29953302)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/emp2.12582

"The relative risk of 0.17 suggests that wearing an N95 respirator reduces the risk of a SARS-CoV 1 and 2 viral infection to 17% of this population wearing the surgical mask."

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Re:Ready for an N95? Here's how to find a high-quality one t... by soperj on Saturday January 15, 2022 @11:16PM (#29953260)
I'm sure doctors wear them just for show... :/
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Re:Ready for an N95? Here's how to find a high-quality one t... by josephcsible on Saturday January 15, 2022 @11:22PM (#29953296)
There's a difference between "doesn't do anything" and "isn't going to stop you from catching COVID eventually".
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