"Our review of the literature offers evidence in favor of widespread mask use as source control to reduce community transmission: Nonmedical masks use materials that obstruct particles of the necessary size; people are most infectious in the initial period postinfection, where it is common to have few or no symptoms (45, 46, 141); nonmedical masks have been effective in reducing transmission of respiratory viruses; and places and time periods where mask usage is required or widespread have shown substantially lower community transmission." https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014564118#sec-11
Nothing but unsupported personal opinions folks.
Don't get your medical advice from anonymous people on social media.
Folks, this is your ‘medical advice ‘ expert, hard at work promoting fear,uncertainty and doubt. As usual.
Folks Tuchodi here.
I am using my fake account to pretend I am two people
JUST TO INFORM EVERYONE,
I AM A FAT OLD DISGUSTING GENOCIDAL BOOMER
As an old fat disgusting boomer,
I want all healthy kids double masked forever and all injected with myocarditis
He said, as he promoted fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
Masks reduce the spread of the infection.
"During a COVID-19 outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, persons who wore masks experienced a 70% lower risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection." https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2776536
"This work shows that both theoretical and empirical evidence is consistent with masks protecting against respiratory infections" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8499874/
"Our review of the literature offers evidence in favor of widespread mask use as source control to reduce community transmission: Nonmedical masks use materials that obstruct particles of the necessary size; people are most infectious in the initial period postinfection, where it is common to have few or no symptoms (45, 46, 141); nonmedical masks have been effective in reducing transmission of respiratory viruses; and places and time periods where mask usage is required or widespread have shown substantially lower community transmission." https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014564118#sec-11
"Experimental and epidemiologic data support community masking to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2" https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/masking-science-sars-cov2.html#anchor_1619457332454
"The study results shed light on the importance of using masks by individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 and show that different types of masks can help block viral transmission." https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0264389#sec011
"The Evidence Shows Masks Work" https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-medical-critical-thinking/evidence-shows-masks-work
"Mask wearing in community settings reduces SARS-CoV-2 transmission" https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2119266119
Also...
Folks,
The sniffles KILL old, fat, and disgusting slobs. That’s me folks.
99.99% survival rate means CERTAIN DEATH FOR ME.
Closing in on seven million dead folks.
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093256/novel-coronavirus-2019ncov-deaths-worldwide-by-country/
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=2020-03-01..latest&facet=none&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetric=location&Metric=Confirmed+deaths&Interval=Cumulative&Relative+to+Population=false&Color+by+test+positivity=false&country=~OWID_WRL