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2020-06-01 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

New England Journal of Medicine: ‘We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection.‘

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Posted by Lex 2020-06-01 00:04|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 We also know that Earth is flat and the Sun circles it.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-01 01:08|| 2020-06-01 01:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Did they consult the Japanese?

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-06-01 06:32|| 2020-06-01 06:32|| Front Page Top

#3 This nonsense about the masks is growing tiresome. Circus.

Posted by Clem 2020-06-01 06:43|| 2020-06-01 06:43|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ True.

Posted by Dacama 2020-06-01 07:44|| 2020-06-01 07:44|| Front Page Top

#5 1. CV is NOT aerosol, it needs mucus/water droplets to move thru the air.
2. Droplets are much, much larger than the virus
3. A good (N95) mask will stop up to 75% of droplets

Do the math, play the odds

Posted by Mercutio 2020-06-01 07:51|| 2020-06-01 07:51|| Front Page Top

#6 ^And even a cloth one is better than nothing.
p.s. A week ago overheard a conversation on a bus. An old lady to a young rowdy (3 high-schoolers being a nuisance) "I don't understand why somebody as ugly as you objects to wearing a mask.".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-01 07:57|| 2020-06-01 07:57|| Front Page Top

#7 I wear a mask to fuck with the facial recognition technology.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-06-01 09:14|| 2020-06-01 09:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Once again, Darth cuts thru the BS

Posted by Mercutio 2020-06-01 13:19|| 2020-06-01 13:19|| Front Page Top

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