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In reply to the discussion: Gah! Another anti-mask pseudo-scientific argument [View all]unblock
(52,164 posts)27. If anything it's the reverse. Masks aren't perfect protection
masks aren't good at giving 100% protection, especially if the seal isn't perfect.
What they are good at doing, though, is turning a big viral load event, such as a direct sneeze from an contagious person, into a much smaller viral load event, as most of it is contained in the sneezer's mask, or, the sneezee's mask. But the sneezee might nevertheless get exposed to a small amount of virus that finds its way around the gaps.
So if anything, the sneeze allows for small viral load exposures.
The absence of a mask simply exposes you to a massive viral load.
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I would suspect the usual culprits... OANN, Q, Breitbart, Fox News, Infowars, etc.
madinmaryland
May 2020
#10
There could be, the doctors that are in an ER loaded with covid patients get such a large amount
LiberalArkie
May 2020
#9
You can't control how much virus you are going to get by an exposure in a supermarket.
LisaL
May 2020
#13
No one has even proved that immunity from this novel Coronavirus can be achieved.
LiberalArkie
May 2020
#24
There are vaccines that use live viruses, so there is such a thing as safe inoculation
PoindexterOglethorpe
May 2020
#16
Gosh. You sure do have a lot of concerns that require that you repeat right wing
Squinch
May 2020
#2