• isthereany@discuss.online
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    10 months ago

    The good news is that studies have shown masks aren’t all that effective so no one needs to worry about this anymore. If you want to wear a mask, ok, if you don’t want to wear a mask, ok. Also, COVID mortality is way down. Any concerns about masks or COVID can be relegated to statistical insignificance when it comes to trying to control other people’s behavior.

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      10 months ago

      Effective at what though? I thought the main point of wearing a mask was that you were less likely to spread your sickness to others, especially if you weren’t symptomatic yet.

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        10 months ago

        Is it so effective that you need to be concerned if other people are wearing a mask? Also, that would be quite a different concern than this submission is hinting at.

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      10 months ago

      The main point to wearing a mask is so you don’t cough and spit over everything and everyone. They are meant to mitigate the spread of the virus. It was never going to stop it.

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        10 months ago

        Please. Stop trying to take away my God-given right to sneeze, cough, and spit all over everyone. And don’t get me started on those glass “sneeze guards” at the buffet!

    • fosho@lemmy.ca
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      10 months ago

      great! I guess surgeons and doctors can stop wearing them all together now thank fucking goodness for these studies please share them.