Follow the SCIENCE Matt.
Masks work!
Out of curiosity, have you read any of these studies, ChOAK?
Typical dumbass post from you - NOT ONE OF THESE STUDIES WAS A DOUBLE BLOND CONTROLLED STUDY ON UNIVERSAL MASKING!
Even the very first study - utter garbage! And this was the best one they had??
Researchers (including a CDC doctor) for a February 2021 article published by the Journal of the American Medical Association reviewed data from 10 previous studies conclude mask wearing substantially reduces spread. They write that wearing a cloth mask can reduce transmission of exhaled droplets from infected wearers into the air by around 50% to 70%. Additionally, masks were shown to help prevent uninfected wearers from inhaling large respiratory droplets. Overall, the authors found mask wearing’s main benefit is source control, which protects others by reducing the number of respiratory droplets released, rather than respiratory protection, which protects the wearer. Peer reviewed.
^ THAT'S NOT A STUDY ON *UNIVERSAL MASKING*, dumbass! It's just a study on putting a mask on ONE PERSON.
And the virus is spread by and large by MICROSCOPIC AEROSOLIZED PARTICLES! NOT BY DROPLETS!
Notice the study does NOT SAY that masking reduced cases of Covid. None of them do!
In a universal masking scenario where 1,000 people wear masks and only ONE PERSON has Covid, if only that one infected person wears a mask improperly, the entire benefit of making FALLS APART!
On top of that, you have 999 people who wear masks for NO REASON, or even wear filthy masks covered in bacteria, which causes problems!
That's why UNIVERSAL MASKING doesn't work! Because often, the same dumbasses going out while sick and up using masks improperly! Masks would only PARTIALLY WORK if all people wore them PERFECTLY, and only wore fitted N-95 masks by 3M! Even then, they offer minimal protection, and minimal reduction in spread.
Only if everyone wore the right kind of mask at the right times, and not used/dirty mask, etc, would they be a benefit.
But this tends NOT TO HAPPEN, which is why forcing masks is stupid.
Imagine forcing people to wear condoms, and 90% of people used filthy condoms?
Anyway, I DON'T SEE ONE DOUBLE BLIND STUDY IN THAT WHOLE LIST.
Lol!!
Typical post from ChOAK.
https://www.kxan.com/news/coronavirus/do-face-masks-work-here-are-49-scientific-studies-that-explain-why-they-do/