[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by GoodLife

Everyone should read this paper by two Doctors who are respiratory protection specialists. They looked at all the scientific papers on various types of facemasks and have some solid conclusions. They don't look at youtube videos of someone sneezing thru a tee shirt into a petri dish.

COMMENTARY: Masks-for-all for COVID-19 not based on sound data | CIDRAP

Per the link, two of the main reasons they are against masks are:

- Their use may result in those wearing the masks to relax other distancing efforts because they have a sense of protection.

- We need to preserve the supply of surgical masks for at-risk healthcare workers.

...telling the public to wear cloth or surgical masks could be interpreted by some to mean that people are safe to stop isolating at home.

It's too late now for anything but stopping as much person-to-person interaction as possible.

In other words, their recommendation is to continue social-distancing...and to stay at home.



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