Myth: Masks will save you from disease You would be forgiven for thinking toilet paper was a magic force field against viruses, considering how crazy people went over it during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. But there was mass panic-buying and hoarding of other things too, especially items that actually seemed to have health-related uses. Hand sanitizer and soap, both genuinely helpful, flew off the shelves. So did facemasks. Pictures emerged everywhere of regular people and even celebrities walking around with their faces covered. Some people even tried to improvise, blocking their mouths and noses with everything from plastic boxes to sanitary pads. You might think a facemask (a real one, not one MacGyvered out of toilet paper) would help protect you from COVID-19. After all, healthcare professionals wear masks in hospitals. Even plague doctors wore them, and they didn't even wash their hands! But according to a medical journal (via the New York Times), "there is no evidence that face masks are effective in preventing healthy people from becoming ill." For one, most masks (like the ones above) are not capable of stopping viruses, and most people wear them wrong, leaving gaps. Wearing one makes you more likely to touch your face, which spreads the disease. The masks are also only meant to be worn for a few hours at a time, but most regular people won't change them that often. And the masks U.S. healthcare workers wear, which are much more advanced than regular surgical masks, need to be specially fitted once a year to be effective.
True. For the most part masks are just a feel good approach that doesn't really accomplish the intended outcome. Same with wearing gloves. Most people have no idea as to how they should be worn or disposed of. Unless you're in some medical field, scientific research or working with or around hazardous substances and materials it's unlikely you have the knowledge required to wear PPE effectively. Having had extensive training in PPE due to working in Nuke Plants, Oil, Chemical, Water Treatment Plants, and clean rooms, I just have to laugh when I see these knuckleheads putting on and taking off the masks and gloves.
If getting it is inevitable and we need to speed up the process, how about Trump lead by example and expose his old, fat, high risk ass to it.
False. Masks ( don't have to be PPE ) help reduce infections in many situations. Accepted medical consensus now. Quit posting this shit it's criminally negligent in nature. If you insist on posting shit on here, explain to me why the infection rates in Canada are dwarfed by current US numbers. What makes us so special that we don't get huge US style spikes as we open up our economy ? If you can't answer that question, just shut the fuck up.
Your misinformation campaign is criminally negligent in nature. Hurry up and catch the virus you incredibly stupid dumb ass. May it be a long, painful road back in complete isolation.
Criminally negligent, bwaaaaahahaha. You fucking retard. CDC and every "expert" has been all over the map on whether or not wearing a mask is helpful at all, and every single one of them say that most of the face covering beening worn are essentially useless. If you don't have the N95 and don't know how to use it, you're spinning your wheels. That covers about 99% of of the dopes wearing the, it makes me feel safe face covering. You've inhaled too much freon over the years. There are leftists, there are radical leftists, and then there are just useful idiot retards like yourself.
I'd bet every asset I have that if we were tested my intelligence is at least 30 points higher then yours and probably 50-80 points. Seriously dude, you don't know your limitations. This is the problem with social media these days it's full of dumb asses like you expressing their poorly researched and thought out positions; in the US, it's overly influencing parts of the public and your politicians to the point you are the Covid infection capital of the world now.