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The Conversation U.S.Decades of research show that respiratory illnesses – and not just #Covid19 – are dramatically reduced when people wear face masks 😷
Steven Savage@TheConversationUS during the last 3 years I got sick twice and that was in the last six months. Masking clearly makes a difference and I plan to at large events period, even if COVID vanishes.
Toxteth O'Grady@TheConversationUS Because that's how just about all of them propagate - through aerosols and water droplets in breath...
JustKathy@TheConversationUS But who would want to wear a mask when he could "own the libs" instead? And better yet, even refuse to be vaccinated? That'll show those libruls. #Covid #CovidIsNotOver #NothingFunnyAboutCovid
Filthius@TheConversationUS it also keeps magats away, which is a nice plus.
Hammancheez@TheConversationUS absolutely fucking bananas that the flu deaths went to basically zero in 2020 and then we just chose oh OK I guess 12,000 deaths a year is fine fuck you masks
TopKnotStop spreading good science fact ... It hurts the fe-fes of our old, gray conservative population who are dying faster because they believe the conservative's fake narrative.
Maksi Sanctum, CNA, BSPH/c@TheConversationUS Not sure I can boost this enough...
Dhavide Aruliah@TheConversationUS
Thanks, this will be useful to share. I hope more articles like this can inform enough people to make masking in risky scenarios socially popular (rather than uncommon).
I'm on a bus in the UK right now & I do wish more passengers were masking.
Forget about COVID; a sensible lesson to draw from the last 3 years is that masking in enclosed, poorly ventilated settings—like mass transit—is a sensible way to limit spread of many infections.
Threadbane@TheConversationUS
Being an asthmatic, I had constantly been on some antibiotic or another to treat the standard "chronic bronchitis" that comes with using inhalers, for the past 30 years. It always returned shortly after I finished the course, so I'd suffer with bronchitis for months until I got tired of it and got another prescription.
I have not had bronchitis since Mar 2020, when I started wearing a KN95 mask, the type I continue to wear to this day. I do not think this is a coincidence.
Being an asthmatic, I had constantly been on some antibiotic or another to treat the standard "chronic bronchitis" that comes with using inhalers, for the past 30 years. It always returned shortly after I finished the course, so I'd suffer with bronchitis for months until I got tired of it and got another prescription.
I have not had bronchitis since Mar 2020, when I started wearing a KN95 mask, the type I continue to wear to this day. I do not think this is a coincidence.
Grannygreenteeth
magsSince the start of the pandemic I‘ve not had a cold, hay fever or any other of my usual respiratory ailments. This, I‘m convinced is due to wearing a mask (as necessary).
Chelle (she/her) 🐸☕@TheConversationUS Pikachu surprise face
Farida Hanna CampbellThe research shows that your statement is only 50 % true. The maximum ever reached was 55% and only in ideal settings . Check the Univ of Edinburgh and verified studies on the database .
AlicePaulAccountless while scrolling the bird app the other day I came away shocked at the proliferation of false COVID info. It’s an orgy of wrong, deadly lies that will not end well. So keep up the masking. They’re not done killing themselves.