Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government?

Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by GeekyBear on Thursday September 22, 2022 @05:22PM (#32944797)

Cloth masks are effective against a virus with a droplet based spread, like the flu. When an infected person sneezes or coughs, cloth face masks can contain those droplets as they spray out.

With an airborne virus you have to be able to filter the air people are breathing and a cloth face mask that isn't even fitted tightly to the face just cannot do that. This is why you need an n95 mask or better fitted tightly enough to your face to create an air seal.

For example, the Measles also has an airborne spread and the OSHA requirements for medical professionals mandate gloves, eye and face protection, and respiratory protection.

https://www.osha.gov/measles/control-prevention

Note that Flu levels hit record lows globally while Covid continued to spread like wildfire.

>CDC says seasonal flu cases hit record lows around the world

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-and-flu/cdc-says-seasona...

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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by marvin on Friday September 23, 2022 @05:42AM (#32949773)

But the truly comical part, of course, was that Covid was not acknowledged to be widely airborne until a year and a half later. At the same time that cloth masks were widely dismissed as ineffective.

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