Hate to be a downer but I live in Japan, we've had almost universal masks since March, but infect rate is climbing upward. Yesterday hit all time high in daily infections. This is due to easing of lockdown to save capitalism. So masks alone won't save us, we have to organize unionize strike and stay home.
There was a Danish study published recently that brings into question the efficacy of masks. It wasn't a perfect study, but this article explains its shortfall. https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/vinay-prasad/89778 i think you are right and that people need to start thinking past masks as a cure-all though.
So, I read the study and I don't think you can make any conclusions based on those results. Most people get infected at home, so if only few people were masks, a handful of participants wearing masks outside does not help limiting infections at all.
During the study period (3 April to 2 June 2020), Danish authorities did not recommend use of masks in the community and mask use was uncommon (<5%) outside hospitals (22).
Eligible persons were community-dwelling adults aged 18 years or older without current or prior symptoms or diagnosis of COVID-19 who reported being outside the home among others for at least 3 hours per day and who did not wear masks during their daily work.
So they are at work, were no one wears masks, are apparently socially active and surround themselves with people who don't wear masks, and they are at home with people who also don't wear masks. Really, what is the point of this study?
Not to be a christmanite doomer but 1. that isn't gonna happen in the span of less than a month partially because 2. the only people who know we should do that are internet weirdos
Like it would be nice but it's as meaningful as saying "what we need is for the people's revolutionary guard to seize the apparatus of state and institute a china-style lockdown". You're not wrong but it aint happening
Hate to be a downer but I live in Japan, we've had almost universal masks since March, but infect rate is climbing upward. Yesterday hit all time high in daily infections. This is due to easing of lockdown to save capitalism. So masks alone won't save us, we have to organize unionize strike and stay home.
There was a Danish study published recently that brings into question the efficacy of masks. It wasn't a perfect study, but this article explains its shortfall. https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/vinay-prasad/89778 i think you are right and that people need to start thinking past masks as a cure-all though.
So, I read the study and I don't think you can make any conclusions based on those results. Most people get infected at home, so if only few people were masks, a handful of participants wearing masks outside does not help limiting infections at all.
So they are at work, were no one wears masks, are apparently socially active and surround themselves with people who don't wear masks, and they are at home with people who also don't wear masks. Really, what is the point of this study?
Not to be a christmanite doomer but 1. that isn't gonna happen in the span of less than a month partially because 2. the only people who know we should do that are internet weirdos
Like it would be nice but it's as meaningful as saying "what we need is for the people's revolutionary guard to seize the apparatus of state and institute a china-style lockdown". You're not wrong but it aint happening