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Re: Masks
« Reply #280 on: August 01, 2020, 09:50:20 PM »

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Re: Masks
« Reply #281 on: August 03, 2020, 09:21:19 PM »
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Re: Masks
« Reply #283 on: August 12, 2020, 09:17:51 AM »
https://twitter.com/quicktake/status/1293457232844201985

Someone is trying to outdo the Indian gold mask.
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Re: Masks
« Reply #285 on: August 26, 2020, 01:54:45 PM »
Nothing groundbreaking here:

https://www.foxnews.com/health/half-masking-coronavirus-risk-study

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“It’s like wearing your pants with only one leg in," Dr. Frederick Davis, associate chair of emergency medicine at Northwell Health/Long Island Jewish Hospital in New York, told Fox News. “A mask, or other face covering, should cover both your mouth and nose."
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Re: Masks
« Reply #286 on: August 26, 2020, 01:56:00 PM »
Nothing groundbreaking here:

https://www.foxnews.com/health/half-masking-coronavirus-risk-study

Except the headline which says it "may increase risk" which would imply that it's worse than not wearing a mask at all. But then the article doesn't say anything to that effect
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Re: Masks
« Reply #287 on: August 26, 2020, 01:58:14 PM »
Except the headline which says it "may increase risk" which would imply that it's worse than not wearing a mask at all. But then the article doesn't say anything to that effect

Oh, you mean Fox employed fake news as clickbait?

Nothing groundbreaking here
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Re: Masks
« Reply #288 on: August 26, 2020, 03:34:37 PM »
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Re: Masks
« Reply #289 on: August 26, 2020, 03:38:22 PM »
Except the headline which says it "may increase risk" which would imply that it's worse than not wearing a mask at all. But then the article doesn't say anything to that effect
If it makes you breathe through your nose more then it adds risk.
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Re: Masks
« Reply #290 on: August 26, 2020, 03:46:37 PM »
If it makes you breathe through your nose more then it adds risk.
FWIU the nose works like a filter, so breathing thru the nose should slow the spread.
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Re: Masks
« Reply #291 on: August 26, 2020, 03:48:03 PM »
FWIU the nose works like a filter, so breathing thru the nose should slow the spread.
Doesn't seem like you read the article.
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Re: Masks
« Reply #292 on: August 26, 2020, 05:15:23 PM »
Doesn't seem like you read the article.
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Re: Masks
« Reply #293 on: August 27, 2020, 01:48:54 PM »
Where can one obtain a few n95 masks?
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Re: Masks
« Reply #294 on: August 27, 2020, 03:19:43 PM »
Where can one obtain a few n95 masks?
There have been a few ads for some on DDMS

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Re: Masks
« Reply #295 on: August 27, 2020, 04:40:34 PM »
I've been waiting over 5 years with bated breath for someone to say that!
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Re: Masks
« Reply #296 on: August 27, 2020, 04:44:54 PM »
https://twitter.com/mattw6767/status/1299001520139251712
Is there a link to the entire article or is this just the first sentences while the remainder discusses
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Re: Masks
« Reply #297 on: August 27, 2020, 05:19:27 PM »
Is there a link to the entire article or is this just the first sentences while the remainder discusses

I posted without any comment, so I didn't really read much more or research it.

GIYF and comes up with https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2006372

But TBH what really made me post this was the phrase "a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic". I think this is very profound and might be indicative of many if not most or all government reactions to any hint of crisis, be it health, law and order, finance, etc. etc.

I need to think this through, but my initial thoughts are that policy moves are one of two kinds - either a power grab or a reflextive reaction to anxiety over a crisis (or hint thereof).
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Re: Masks
« Reply #298 on: August 27, 2020, 06:33:20 PM »
https://twitter.com/mattw6767/status/1299001520139251712

June 3 follow-up from the authors of that letter: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2020836

TO THE EDITOR:
We understand that some people are citing our Perspective article (published on April 1 at NEJM.org)1 as support for discrediting widespread masking. In truth, the intent of our article was to push for more masking, not less. It is apparent that many people with SARS-CoV-2 infection are asymptomatic or presymptomatic yet highly contagious and that these people account for a substantial fraction of all transmissions.2,3 Universal masking helps to prevent such people from spreading virus-laden secretions, whether they recognize that they are infected or not.4

We did state in the article that “wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection,” but as the rest of the paragraph makes clear, we intended this statement to apply to passing encounters in public spaces, not sustained interactions within closed environments. A growing body of research shows that the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission is strongly correlated with the duration and intensity of contact: the risk of transmission among household members can be as high as 40%, whereas the risk of transmission from less intense and less sustained encounters is below 5%.5-7 This finding is also borne out by recent research associating mask wearing with less transmission of SARS-CoV-2, particularly in closed settings.8 We therefore strongly support the calls of public health agencies for all people to wear masks when circumstances compel them to be within 6 ft of others for sustained periods.

Michael Klompas, M.D., M.P.H.
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Charles A. Morris, M.D., M.P.H.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Erica S. Shenoy, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

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Re: Masks
« Reply #299 on: August 27, 2020, 07:27:24 PM »
There have been a few ads for some on DDMS
Ordered thanks. Still selling for $10 a piece with shipping.
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