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But yesterday Donald Trump wore a mask in public for the first time

People have such short memories despite this obsession with him and the damn mask.

May 21st at the Ford Plant
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1263654664655994881

Damn you're right. Not going to change anything here as this was my messup, but I really did fall into a bit of the media circus that is Trump/ Coronavirus and mask wearing.

Though I think a better headline to use for this would've been something along the lines of 'haven't worn a mask in public for months now' but that doesn't garner as many clicks for news companies.

@squatz1 it’s not your fault as these days Media is all about clickbait titles, as that helps them attract traffic and then they make money by monetising that traffic so don’t be so harsh on yourself.

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Quote from: Astargath on July 13, 2020, 05:45:16 PM

Who cares lol. 'Experts' said numerous times that masks were useless.

masks are about containing not protecting from the virus. they are meant to prevent those that are infected to infect others

Yea but, this is what the WHO said initially in March: ''there is no specific evidence to suggest that the wearing of masks by the mass population has any potential benefit. In fact, there's some evidence to suggest the opposite in the misuse of wearing a mask properly or fitting it properly," Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO

After statements like those, it's hard to really trust anything they say mate.

... Then they walked back the claim when they noticed that it was wrong. It's indicative of being smart in showing that you're able to change your opinion as new evidence pretenses itself. Fauci said the same thing back then, then he altered his opinion when he noticed that he was wrong.

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Quote from: BADecker on July 15, 2020, 10:09:45 PM

Did you ever see or hear of a doctor going into surgery without a mask Doctors and nurses wear masks to keep from infecting weak, sick people with germs that they, the medical people, have, and have already built immune system immunity to.

That's all that Trump was doing. He was visiting some sick and elderly service people. And he was protecting them from diseases he might have, just the way doctors and nurses do in the operating room.

Btw, if you don't trade your mask for a new one every two hours or so, your old mask becomes a haven for all kinds of bacteria and viruses that grow in the mask. Trade it in for a new one, or at least wash it, or you will be infecting a whole lot more people (yourself included) than if you hadn't worn the mask in the first place.

Cool

So this year is the heaven for facemask manufacturers. Cheesy

Honestly wearing mask doesn't gives us complete protection then why everyone suggesting to wear one, it better to impose complete PPE rule so there will be no more spreads. Tongue

Not complete protection, but it does HELP to LIMIT the amount of particles that you're spewing in the air. So that does something in helping the curve come down.

Further cotton masks are definitely ineffective against corona and one should avoid wearing them, and till date many experts have different opinions about face masks, hence it’s best to follow Qatar airplanes lead and use face mask along with face shields.

Sources:

https://www.livescience.com/are-face-masks-effective-reducing-coronavirus-spread.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tamarathiessen/2020/07/14/air-travel-qatar-airways-face-shield-mask/#cc325fb2110e