Chitchat Fact: Masks significantly reduce Covid-19 infection risk, more effective than social distancing

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Masks significantly reduce Covid-19 infection risk, more effective than social distancing: Study

Precautions such as social distancing help minimise virus transmission by direct contact only, while face covering helps prevent airborne transmission.PHOTO: REUTERS
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NEW YORK (REUTERS) - Requiring the wearing of masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in areas at the epicentre of the global pandemic may have prevented tens of thousands of infections, a new study suggests.

Mask wearing is even more important for preventing the virus' spread and the sometimes deadly Covid-19 illness it causes than social distancing and stay-at-home orders, researchers said, in the study published in PNAS, or The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA.
Infection trends shifted dramatically when mask wearing rules were implemented on April 6 in northern Italy and April 17 in New York City - at the time among the hardest-hit areas of the world by the health crisis - the study found.

"This protective measure alone significantly reduced the number of infections, that is, by over 78,000 in Italy from April 6 to May 9 and over 66,000 in New York City from April 17 to May 9," researchers calculated.

When mask wearing went into effect in New York, the daily new infection rate fell by about 3 per cent per day, researchers said.
In the rest of the country, daily new infections continued to increase.

Direct contact precautions - social distancing, quarantine and isolation, and hand sanitising - were all in place before mask wearing rules went into effect in Italy and New York City.

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But they help minimise virus transmission by direct contact only, while face covering helps prevent airborne transmission, the researchers say.
"The unique function of face covering to block atomisation and inhalation of virus-bearing aerosols accounts for the significantly reduced infections," they said.

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That would indicate "that airborne transmission of Covid-19 represents the dominant route for infection".
The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday (June 12) urged organisers of large gatherings that involve "shouting, chanting or singing to strongly encourage the use of cloth face coverings to lower the risk of spreading the coronavirus".

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Now let's see if Sam retracts his misleading statement that masks are useless

 

[laksaboy]

I think only medical grade masks are useful against protecting against airborne infections... any kind of infections.

For the other generic surgical or arty-farty masks for hipsters and faggots, it's a hit-and-miss.

In Sinkieland, wearing any mask guarantees protection against getting fined.

 

[nirvarq]

But if you lockdown the entire country and make face mask mandatory the consequences of livelihood, economy, health & mental damage is even worst it's actually better to be not sick don't wear mask.

You've seen our own datas i'm sure you don't need me repeating the stats is it even lethal or is there a cause for panic ?

From the average middle age and below like our FW in the Dorms it's a fact that it was stated most shows only mild symptoms and majority except those 3 out of 40k are in critical the rest are considered clinically fit. How many are actually sick ?!


Only the very unhealthy old or those with existing chronic ailments are affected. Our teens and below are free from it meaning natural health or immunity is the utmost important which has been always the case is it not ?

In my opinion better to just follow Sweden. I have friends call me say they left with $50 some just couple of hundreds dollars.... they're worried sick. Many got family. My son said taxi unker told him 'Heng Ah almost 2 hours you're my first customer, can hardly survive.'

 

[eatshitndie]

just like panties, even a skinny pair can prevent cb stains on outerwear 69% of the time.

 

[LordElrond]

Mask protects both yourself and others. Sinkie official stand is mask protects others from yourself... that’s the most stupid thing I’ve ever heard. Any idiot who use face shield instead of mask is in for trouble. Don’t understand how people can be so dumb.

 

[laksaboy]

Mask protects both yourself and others. Sinkie official stand is mask protects others from yourself... that’s the most stupid thing I’ve ever heard. Any idiot who use face shield instead of mask is in for trouble. Don’t understand how people can be so dumb.

'Official stand' only from around April onwards.

 

[LordElrond]

'Official stand' only from around April onwards.

Back then they should just state “Don’t hoard masks everything is in the safe hands of PAP” rather than creating falsehoods about masks.

 

[Leongsam]

Masks are not necessary. NZ eliminated the virus with less than 0.00001% of the population using masks. (mainly the stupid chinese pricks).

Masks definitely are counter productive causing far more infections than they prevent.

 

[laksaboy]

Back then they should just state “Don’t hoard masks everything is in the safe hands of PAP” rather than creating falsehoods about masks.

There was nothing much to hoard anyway, there was a severe mask shortage around the world. All the Tiongs have bought up all the available masks beforehand and shipped them back to their motherland.

 

[LordElrond]

Masks are not necessary. NZ eliminated the virus with less than 0.00001% of the population using masks. (mainly the stupid chinese pricks).

Masks definitely are counter productive causing far more infections than the prevent.

*Dubious wisdom” this is a good example

 

[Leongsam]

*Dubious wisdom” this is a good example

The dubious wisdom is thinking that mankind can beat a virus by wearing a face nappy.

Covid-19 is going to kill all those who are vulnerable no matter what we do. While it is possible that wearing masks will slow down infection rates in particular environments the net result on a global scale will be negligible in the grand scheme of things.

Just take a look at the scenes from 1918? The virus couldn't give a shit about masks it just went about doing what viruses do.

Masks to protect against Covid-19 are like seatbelts in a plane. When a plane smashes into a mountain or plunges into the sea tell me how many lives seat belts save? They help when there's a bit of turbulence but ironically most people aren't wearing them when that occurs.

What has mankind come to? How have we ended up with the idea that we can mitigate every danger on earth? The world has been gripped with lunacy which to me is far more scary than any virus.

 

[batman1]

In initial stage ,the 4G leaders gave wrong instructions to sinkees : U don't need to wear a mask if u are not sick.
Come on ,u don't need to have a MBBS to know that wearing a mask can prevent covid-19 risk.