Weâre talking about masks and their effectiveness. Their effect cant be seen on that chart or any other chart. Youâve hopped about to particular locations, times, settings and types of masks. If they were effective there would have changed the trajectory of infection or deaths.
Should I even bother mentioning the conflicting positions of lads like fauci or oâneillâŚtheyâre not needed, theyâre actually dangerous, theyâre essentialâŚwear two of them on camera but none off camera.
Itâs fairly obvious that in the early days of the pandemic the effect of masks was played down by academics so that the limited supply at that point would go to people that needed it, such as healthcare staff rather than the average Joe
The CDC and others were wrong early in the pandemic, as they believed the prevalence of the disease was low. After it was found to be airborne (small droplets and aerosols) masks were recommended. They also wanted to save the limited supply of masks for health care workers early on as @the_man_himself said, that was reasonable as they were the most in need.
Most of the arguments against masks are moronic, lads with videos of smoke and fart gases. Anyone with even a slight knowledge of physics would see this.
Ah right. So it went away in the summer when there were no masks and came back when there were masks. And theyâre so effective their presence cant be measured by any metric.
And sure the experts were all only joking when they said donât wear something that could save your lifeâŚnot only that but theyâve even started wearing two masks just to show what a big laugh it wasâŚexcept when off camera of course.
I must say, warning people about the actual dangers of wearing masks was an absolute masterstrokeâŚthey had us there.
Rascals
Someone who is highly infectious and coughing, sneezing, sputtering, or even talking is going to emit clouds of aerosol vapor, these range from 1 to 100 micron. The smaller particles can stay airborne for hours. A surgical mask will block all the larger particles and about 90% of the smallest particles. A cloth mask might save you from the larger particles but not the smallest particles.
But it doesnât stop smoke or a fart says the âscience expertâ. A smoke particle is about 10nm so 1,000 times smaller than the average respiratory particles we are talking about, and a molecule of H2S gas is half a nm. Apples and oranges.
A canardâŚbut about five times bigger than a coronavirus particle. And when youâre talking about aerosol vapour thereâs just an equally valid argument that masks can nebulise vapour making it travel further and stay airborne longer.
But sure the best thing to do is forget theory and point to where their presence or absence has made a difference. Have at it
It is well established that the virus is spread via respiratory droplets. If it were truly airborne (as opposed to sort of airborne) like measles for example everyone would have had it long ago.
We werenât arguing over texas, whether or not it was airborne, where is or isnât high risk, the merits of one mask versus the other, Fauciâs tacticsâŚor any other of your silly diversionary nonsense.
If thereâs evidence that theyâve had an impact throw up a graph that shows where they were introduced or discarded
I know I shouldnât watch it, but I had the news on at 9pm and George Lee is still preaching like a zealot with that irritating, urgent tone of his. Eileen Dunne asks an opening question and he talks uninterrupted for minutes so that itâs the only question. George wasnât happy tonight with the case numbers and the fact that 10% of people have visited another household recently, according to NPHET surveys. He says peopleâs behaviour is putting everyone else at risk because this is a very transmissible disease and NPHET are wondering what to do next.