Masks Work
“Marburg and Industrial Disasters: More Reasons to Stop Mask Bans They protect nobody.”
“I haven’t been sick in 4 years, 1 month, and 21 days. The only difference in my life between now and 2019 is… masking in public.
For the last ~2 years, I’ve felt healthier and more clear-headed than at ANY other point in my entire 31 year life.
Do people ENJOY sickness? WTF?!”
“I see about 150-200 patients a week, many of them with hoarking coughs, right in my face. And I didn't catch a single thing from them. Masks in health care settings is just common sense.”
New study suggests healthcare workers should wear N95 masks when respiratory infections are high.
Wearing an N95 reduced viruses in exhaled breath by 98% vs ~70% for surgical masks.
July 26, 2024
“Make this summer a healthy one for yourself and others. With COVID-19 circulating, please consider wearing a well-fitted mask in crowded indoor spaces.”
Covid: Masks upgrade cuts infection risk, research finds
The study concludes that "cases attributed to ward-based exposure fell significantly, with FFP3 respirators providing 31-100% protection (and most likely 100%) against infection from patients with Covid-19".
A published math simulation showed reduction in SARS-CoV-2 viral load via masks in June 2021. Source: https://nature.com/articles/s41598-021-91338-5
In 2022: “most fabric masks provide some protection for the wearer from aerosols exhaled by others and dried to ambient humidity, reducing inhaled viral load by ∼20% when leaky and by ∼70% if sealed.”
A short 🧵on a recent study by @MaggieLind2 with @MHitchingsEpi
@datcummings Albert Ko et al. Data show that immunity induced by vaccines, prior infection or both (hybrid) protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection when viral exposure is low to moderate (1/)
“Unpacking the multiple layers of wrong assumptions: Layer 1: An implicit misunderstanding of how electret filters work - thinking that they’re like sieves rather than the overlapped sticky spider webs that they are.” a great explainer thread