Gah! Another anti-mask pseudo-scientific argument

[Warpy]

30. Good grief, that's a new one on me

The only ways you'll acquire any immunity to this thing is either going through the disease, which is a bad one even with a mild case, or managing to avoid it until a vaccine comes out, is tested, and is distributed in such a way that non billionaires can get it.

The only way to buy time enough to see the latter is meticulous hygiene and wearing an N-95 mask. Cloth and paper masks will stop large droplets that can contain millions of viruses, slowing down the rate of infection even though they admit viruses fairly freely. Paper and cloth offer incomplete protection, but they do stop large droplets and keep your fingers off your face, another method of transmission.

So tell your conservative family member someone has fed him a whole boatload of hooey, that if he wants to live through this thing and protect the people around him to quit bitching and put on a damn mask.

Let him know if he finds the mask uncomfortable, he's really going to hate that endotracheal tube and ventilator.