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HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAB

This girl literally works in healthcare

They've done case studies on these

Her entire career is healthcare

Yep

Okay droplets can fly if you're screaming at the top of your lungs like SCREAMING and you're facing someone directly 5 feet away and it has to be a HELLA windy day

And even then, the chances of getting covid increase from TIME

So if you're around someone that has covid for 5 mins vs 1 hr

There is a reason they set the distance to 6 feet

If you're passing someone at the grocery store who has covid, masks off, chances of getting it are extremely slim

The masks are to prevent getting covid on the surfaces around you when you distance

Next to nothing if you don't talk to them

Or so I believe

Am I wrong, Mystika?

Covid lasts a good amount of time on many surfaces

Yup that's right. Prevents your spit from getting onto shit, or from someone else's spit going into passages into your body, either through your nose or mouth because that's how viruses spread

There is a reason the CDC initially told people not to wear masks.

They told people not to wear masks because people don't know how to use them

For example people reuse their masks

That's literally begging to get covid

Think about it this way: if you imagine everything your hands touch has covid, then you leave a store, you take off your mask with your hands. Your mask is now infected. You touch your phone, your phone is now infected.

The second you get home, wash your hands and alcohol wipe your phone and you'll be fine

Many people dont use masks properly because they dont care. They wear masks because of mandates.

EXACTLY which is why its almost better not to use them because a mask is actually a source of infection for people that don't know how to use it

A mask is one use. They have cloth masks that people are using for an entire week

That's a breeding ground for bacteria, it makes me cringe lmao

Eh idk about source of infection. But they are not good at protecting others from getting the virus

Literal social distancing is the one thing works well. And nobody is social distancing nor will they ever.

And I believe everyone has a right to not grillos such benign rules like being forced to be 6ft away from your grandma when she wants you by her side.

Masks don’t do much as the virus can ricochet from the front and escape from the opening of the masks surrounding the cheek.

A mask is a source of infection when it's not used properly. For one, masks shouldn't be re used they should be tossed out but people put them in their pockets and touch the outsides and all that.

Viruses are 100x smaller than bacteria. Masks are designed to filter bacteria in larger deposits such as droplets. Thats why theyre used by surgeons. (Haha a surgeon is digging in my shoulder in a week) They aren’t a catch all for them, and there is no evidence they are effective at filtering viruses which are once again 100x smaller. Respirators unlike masks are designed to filter out microbes like viruses, but obviously mandating respirators is impossible due to cost and a lack of mass quantity of them. Mandating masks may help at an initial close encounter with someone but if you are going to be around people for more than just a walk by than there is no evidence a mask will protect you. The best protection is just to distance yourself, which should be your decision and not the government’s esp given the low fatality rate.

Masks work if the virus isn't airborne. If the virus is airborne, you switch from a surgical mask to an n95 mask. Covid isn't airborne

I work in healthcare lol

If you're in close quarters with someone and you're talking to them, masks will help you with not getting the virus. This is why many nurses can deal with covid patients everyday and not get the virus themselves.

With that being said, covid is overplayed. It's more dangerous obvs for those with pre existing conditions or auto immune diseases, but it's not like their chances of death are 100%

With covid, the virus can be transferred through any openings into the body. So eyes, mouth, nose, and genitals. Washing your hands imo does much more than wearing a mask. Assume that everything you touch has the virus, then wash your hands before you eat or as soon as you get home or whatever

N95 is a respirator mask fyi lol, also my mom wore a mask as a nurse and got covid.

Also the CDC says the virus is airborne if you believe them

Js

(My mom was an oncology nurse but unfortunately she didnt have a respirator)