>Go and look it up. Funnily enough no one has actually bothered to really study the effects of masks.
Yeah, except everyone.
Guess where the contradiction is in this one:
> “Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS!” tweeted Dr. Jerome Adams, the U.S. Surgeon General, on Feb. 29. “They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk!”
I’ll explain it to you with logic:
A. Stop buying X.
B. X does not prevent you to end up with state Y
C. Z (subset of X) urgently need X
D. Z need X to effectively prevent them to end up with state Y
You see the problem?
And here is some info from Asia:
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Picking the right type of mask may be key, said one researcher.
"Several studies, including research from my group, show that if worn properly, masks can protect people in the community from respiratory illness, especially [those] in close contact with sick people," said Dr. Raina MacIntyre. She's head of biosecurity research at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
MacIntyre's group did a study where parents of a sick child wore a mask at home. Those who wore the mask at all times were protected, she said.
"When infection is widespread, it may be useful," she noted.