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Originally Posted by Swoop
Sorry, simply not true. Look it up.
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Yeah, NY, NJ and CT have had a mask mandate in place since June/July. I also know that my company in NJ and most companies started requiring them in April. You can't go inside anywhere without one. As I said up thread. Masks do not prevent infection for the wearer. The Danish clinical study out yesterday supports this.
Denmark trial measures effectiveness of adding a mask recommendation to other public health measures for preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection
The study was silent on whether it protects others and how masks affect disease severity. We know from animal studies that the initial dose(Inoculum) of a virus does change the LD50(Lethal dose in 50% of exposed). We know that masks do reduce inoculum. It stands to reason that you have a better chance of a better case when you are wearing a mask.
At this point, there have been enough studies done on Vitamin D to show that if you have a healthy serum level of D in your system, your odds improve DRASTICALLY! Your chance of not dying improve 89%!(see link below) I'd rather see a Vitamin D mandate than a mask mandate.
Vitamin D and survival in COVID-19 patients: A quasi-experimental study - ScienceDirect
--->The full-adjusted hazard ratio for mortality according to vitamin D3 supplementation was
HR = 0.11[95 %CI:0.03;0.48], P = 0.003.<---
HR = Hazard Ratio, I.E. an 89% improvement. A 1.0 would mean zero risk reduction.