03-05-2020, 05:04 AM
Digging some of the science nuggets out of the reddit thread.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440799/
"Any type of general mask use is likely to decrease viral exposure and infection risk on a population level, in spite of imperfect fit and imperfect adherence, personal respirators providing most protection. Masks worn by patients may not offer as great a degree of protection against aerosol transmission."
Do masks help - of course, that's why healthcare workers use them. Should they be wasted by millions of individuals to provide themselves with a false sense of immunity while trying to maintain their normal routines - of course not. Seems like rational common sense?
Normalcy bias does have consequences. It seems Punatics should have plenty of practice learning how to go with the flow, because the times, they are a changing.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440799/
"Any type of general mask use is likely to decrease viral exposure and infection risk on a population level, in spite of imperfect fit and imperfect adherence, personal respirators providing most protection. Masks worn by patients may not offer as great a degree of protection against aerosol transmission."
Do masks help - of course, that's why healthcare workers use them. Should they be wasted by millions of individuals to provide themselves with a false sense of immunity while trying to maintain their normal routines - of course not. Seems like rational common sense?
Normalcy bias does have consequences. It seems Punatics should have plenty of practice learning how to go with the flow, because the times, they are a changing.