The "proof" - bacterial transmission with and without masking (Twitter)

[forgotmylogin]

Last edited Mon Jun 29, 2020, 10:41 PM - Edit history (2)

Link to tweet

Edited to include the typical response: "But viruses are smaller than bacteria and can move through the mask!"

Yes, viruses are smaller than bacteria but in most cases both of them are transmitted via aerosolized droplets exhaled, coughed or sneezed which are caught in the mask.

Even condoms are only 98% effective, but do you want to take your chances?

In short, why would you not want to do everything to tip the odds in your favor as much as possible?

Avoid unnecessary crowds. Find a stylish mask and be a superhero. Wash your hands a lot.

[mucifer]

1. That's bacteria. Covid is a virus. Just don't want anyone confused

[Tumbulu]

3. It is a way to visualize microbes in droplets

That are expelled in various circumstances.

[Newest Reality]

2. Good example.

Masks are vital.

However, there is one flaw in that test as far as viral infections goe. Bacteria are about 1000nm in size while viruses are 20-400nm. So, the kind of material used in the test might matter since there can be some leakage.

COVID-19 is about 120nm, ( between .05 and 0.2 microns).

This comment only applies to the test itself. More caution has to be taken in this respect. Even though droplets tend carry the virus, it is possible for the virus to permeate certain mask materials to some degree.

[forgotmylogin]

4. He goes into this down the twitter thread...

Yes, viruses are smaller than bacteria but in most cases both of them are transmitted via aerosolized droplets exhaled, coughed or sneezed which are caught in the mask.

Even condoms are only 98% effective, but do you want to take your chances? The argument that masks don't block everything is similar to those people who argue that seatbelts don't work because "you might be trapped in the car". My answer to that is "If you're in an accident severe enough where a seat belt traps you in a car, you probably 100% would have died without the seatbelt anyway." Again. May the odds be in your favor!