I certainly think some of the"rules" re: mask wearing make very little sense.
I do think the severity of disease seems to be less in general. Nobody who matters has ever professed masks would wipe out the disease. They probably slow the spread (there is evidence in the literature) and they probably lessen the severity of disease by decreasing the inoculum when you're exposed.
Covid positive patient in the ED this weekend: wouldn't keep his mask on and finally tried to hide it from the staff instead of wear it. That kind of idiocy makes me a little salty.
There are plenty of people trying to make a reasonable effort to wear masks, but we all get away from them at times and that's enough for this virus to virus.
I'm sure Alex Berenson would not agree, but I'll once again ask these questions because we're all big boys and obviously smart enough to be pack fans and can use our own common sense:
1: would you rather take a sneeze in the face from someone with covid when you're both masked or unmasked?
2. If you get covid, will you mask around those you love?
3. If you have covid, and sneeze in a mask, is the inside of that mask wet? If so, do those droplets contain covid? If so, is that virus that would have been expelled into the air otherwise? If so, are those around you then exposed to less virus?
4. Does inoculum size matter in virology? If so, and those droplets in your wet mask contain virus that would have otherwise inoculated your buddy with even more viral load, is there a chance he'll get a milder disease or even fend off the disease with his immune system? Not saying he would be completely shielded from disease and may still test positive, but if the inoculum he sucks in has less viral load doesn't it seem to make sense he has a better chance of mild to no disease?
I've read the studies, I've studied virology long ago, I've talked to colleagues, I've searched the available evidence. But none of it matters when it comes right down to it, because i know the answers to these questions and that common sense guides my actions, governor be damned.
If you simply don't believe masks matter, then I'm sure they are looking for volunteers to be in the unmasked arm of the randomized study taking coughs/sneezes in the face from those with verified active covid.
Carry on, fellas.
I do think the severity of disease seems to be less in general. Nobody who matters has ever professed masks would wipe out the disease. They probably slow the spread (there is evidence in the literature) and they probably lessen the severity of disease by decreasing the inoculum when you're exposed.
Covid positive patient in the ED this weekend: wouldn't keep his mask on and finally tried to hide it from the staff instead of wear it. That kind of idiocy makes me a little salty.
There are plenty of people trying to make a reasonable effort to wear masks, but we all get away from them at times and that's enough for this virus to virus.
I'm sure Alex Berenson would not agree, but I'll once again ask these questions because we're all big boys and obviously smart enough to be pack fans and can use our own common sense:
1: would you rather take a sneeze in the face from someone with covid when you're both masked or unmasked?
2. If you get covid, will you mask around those you love?
3. If you have covid, and sneeze in a mask, is the inside of that mask wet? If so, do those droplets contain covid? If so, is that virus that would have been expelled into the air otherwise? If so, are those around you then exposed to less virus?
4. Does inoculum size matter in virology? If so, and those droplets in your wet mask contain virus that would have otherwise inoculated your buddy with even more viral load, is there a chance he'll get a milder disease or even fend off the disease with his immune system? Not saying he would be completely shielded from disease and may still test positive, but if the inoculum he sucks in has less viral load doesn't it seem to make sense he has a better chance of mild to no disease?
I've read the studies, I've studied virology long ago, I've talked to colleagues, I've searched the available evidence. But none of it matters when it comes right down to it, because i know the answers to these questions and that common sense guides my actions, governor be damned.
If you simply don't believe masks matter, then I'm sure they are looking for volunteers to be in the unmasked arm of the randomized study taking coughs/sneezes in the face from those with verified active covid.
Carry on, fellas.