The Effectiveness of Wearing a Mask Against Covid-19

Discussion in 'Politics' started by BeautifulStranger, Jul 13, 2020.

How Effective is Personal Protection Equipment use by the Public in Reducing Covid-19 Transmission.

  1. Completely effective with proper use.

    1 vote(s)
    5.9%
  2. Very effective in spite of the improper use of PPE by some members of the public.

    6 vote(s)
    35.3%
  3. May help in some cases, but overall, wearing PPE will not significantly reduce transmission rate.

    6 vote(s)
    35.3%
  4. Public utilization of PPE will make no difference in the spread of Covid-19.

    1 vote(s)
    5.9%
  5. PPE worn by the public will be counter productive and actually increase the spread of Covid-19.

    3 vote(s)
    17.6%
  1. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    From the CDC in May of this year---
    https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article
    Hand hygiene has been proven to prevent many infectious diseases


    Respiratory etiquette is often listed as a preventive measure for respiratory infections. However, there is a lack of scientific evidence to support this measure. Whether respiratory etiquette is an effective nonpharmaceutical intervention in preventing influenza virus transmission remains questionable, and worthy of further research.

    In this review, we did not find evidence to support a protective effect of personal protective measures or environmental measures in reducing influenza transmission. Although these measures have mechanistic support based on our knowledge of how influenza is transmitted from person to person, randomized trials of hand hygiene and face masks have not demonstrated protection against laboratory-confirmed influenza, with 1 exception (18). We identified only 2 RCTs on environmental cleaning and no RCTs on cough etiquette.

    Hand hygiene is a widely used intervention and has been shown to effectively reduce the transmission of gastrointestinal infections and respiratory infections (26). However, in our systematic review, updating the findings of Wong et al. (8), we did not find evidence of a major effect of hand hygiene on laboratory-confirmed influenza virus transmission (Figure 1). Nevertheless, hand hygiene might be included in influenza pandemic plans as part of general hygiene and infection prevention.

    Our systematic review found no significant effect of face masks on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza.
     
    #141     Jul 21, 2020
  2. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Yeah-------no.
     
    #142     Jul 21, 2020
  3. Nine_Ender

    Nine_Ender

    You are a regular fountain of misinformation and ignorant theories on this site. It's gotten to be comical in nature. I expect you'll really lose it on election night if not earlier if you are successful in your quest to get infected with the virus.
     
    #143     Jul 21, 2020
  4. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Please lay in plenty of alcohol for your abuse in early November.
     
    #144     Jul 21, 2020
  5. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

    We will be sticking with the masks, glasses & hand washing for now thanks.

     
    #145     Jul 21, 2020
  6. easymon1

    easymon1

    covid-19 950.jpg

    that's a pretty bad case, take down a Harley.
     
    #146     Jul 21, 2020
  7. Montana Woman Coughs On Couple Outside Grocery Store During Heated Face Mask Dispute
     
    #147     Jul 21, 2020
  8. Wallet

    Wallet

    Shit like that needs to land a person behind bars for a couple of weeks.

    Same as the dumbass who licked the icecream in the store.
     
    #148     Jul 21, 2020
  9. Ok fuck this company

    New York Ice Cream Store Manager Fired For Refusing To Serve Coughing, Maskless Customer
     
    #149     Jul 21, 2020
  10. Maskless 'Karen' Goes Off On Papa Murphy's Employees For Refusing To Give Her Her Pizza
     
    #150     Jul 21, 2020