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Originally Posted by Leadbone1
Can’t believe we’re still talking about this. Wearing a mask cannot be mandated. It is not a law. A world renowned epidemiologist indicated that because of the size of the virus it can go right through any mask. Even an N 95 mask. It’s a microbe! The only value of a mask is psychological. You don’t wear a mask during flu season do you? Since we now know this virus has virtually the same mortality rate as the flu why are we still talking about this? I cannot believe the paranoia about this virus has lasted this long. The media obviously did a great job of scaring people to death to the point where they can’t even think for themselves anymore.
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I can't believe we're still arguing this either. No mask can
eliminate the possibility of spread of this, or any other, virus. A good mask (surgical or N95) can
reduce the amount of expelled respiratory droplets which can carry the virus, if properly worn. It's also been said that the virus doesn't magically travel through the air on it's own; the most common method of airborne transmission is thought to be via these respiratory droplets. More than a merely psychological value, IMO. Unfortunately, homemade masks aren't likely to stop much at all except for the largest droplets, but may still reduce the velocity of expelled droplets, depending on the way they were made and worn. In either case, the wearer of the mask is potentially protecting others rather than ensuring their own safety. Since there is no question that asymptomatic carriers can spread the virus, in effect, wearing a mask in public unselfishly says 'I will try to protect others'. Refusing to wear one tends to imply the opposite.
Just for the record, COVID-19 is NOT the flu, no matter how many times it is used as a comparison...
Given that no 2 sources seem to agree on the COVID-19 mortality rates, it is very nearly impossible to say that it is "virtually the same" as the flu.