Comment on Lockdowns and face masks ‘unequivocally’ cut spread of Covid, report finds

theletterd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• demlet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You mean my cloth mask and beard might not have been so effective?

  (I like to think at least I was protecting other people a little…)

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  • Powerpoint@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s better than nothing as long as you were wearing it correctly and kept time exposure as low as possible. N95 would’ve been best of course

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  • GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Masks were mostly effective at stopping someone infecting others.
    Only properly sealed N95+ masks would really be effective on the receiving end.

    And sadly, that meant that the (non-exempt) selfish bastards who refused to wear them still spread it around.

    So you were definitely protecting other people, and did a great job :)

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    • chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My company’s owner (were an MSP, maybe 30-40 employees back then) somehow got a backdoor deal on some N95 masks for us at the company, and we had a lot of work from home too. I’m not sure they were quite as good as official ones, but they were still pretty good until more masks became available.

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      • Hyperi0n@lemmy.film ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You have to get Fit Tested to find the right N95 respirators. You likely had KN95S respirators.

        They work just as good.

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  • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Cloth masks still work to slow down particles coming out of you so they don’t spread as far, so it’s still helpful to prevent spread. It just doesn’t filter things that well, so anything you’re breathing in is still just as likely to infect you. It’s a good safety measure, particularly if everyone is wearing one. It doesn’t work if everyone except the infected person is.

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• samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  you mean wearing it under your nose and pulling on when talking makes it less effective?

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• midgephoto@photog.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  @theletterd @merridew
  There's cutting, and there's deflecting.
  A demographic shift is observed in the USA, related to political stupidity and preference on mask wearing.

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