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Originally Posted by Malsua
Because they are not mandating N95 masks.
Stop conflating the two.
Paper and cloth masks are as effective at stopping covid infection as they are at stopping you from smelling flatus ejected by a rotund diner at the Golden Correl.
I would be supportive of masking if they were requiring proper N95 or better respirators, well fitted. They are not, they are requiring a magic talisman that has no effect on the prevention of covid transmission.
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People buy an N95 labeled mask and think they are so much better than cloth masks. Reality is that N95 masks have to be fit-tested to make then much more superior than any other type of masks. That means the mask has to fit you such that very, very small particles cannot leak past the mask. Which means that if you were actually wearing a properly fitted N95 mask, you wouldn’t want to be wearing it for long. A mask is better than no mask.