Watch out! Covidiot with no mask bites!

[no_faith]

2 hours? Need so long ah?

 

[Leongsam]

Argentina has mandated facemasks since Apr 14th 2020

 

[Leongsam]

Venezuela mandated face masks way back in March 2020.

 

[Leongsam]

Sweden NO MASKS required.

 

[Leongsam]

New Zealand NO MASKS

 

[Nice-Gook]

STOP IT !!! It's not necessary ! I've got human rights ! HAHAhahaha say she who behaves like a wild beast.

In the first place this is SG is public place the mata did not manhandle you or shout at you.

If you tolerate this sort of arbitrary arrest than it may be you next , but who than will voice for you ?

she may shout and wail but there is no criminality involved , it’s natural human reaction when confronted by so many men in uniform

firstly , how does law works ? There is a clear differentiation between bailable and non bailable offence that warrants an arrest , she not wearing a mask is clearly a bailable and even compoundable offence ,just like you being issued a parking ticket , unless you advocate being arrested by handcuffed for each and every parking mistake you make

what should the police do ? Just one could approach her and warn her and issue a mask to be worn there itself , if she refuse than issue her a summon and if she abuses or turn violent than an arrest is warranted

know your rights and law , you may never know when it will help you

 

[syed putra]

If you tolerate this sort of arbitrary arrest than it may be you next , but who than will voice for you ?

she may shout and wail but there is no criminality involved , it’s natural human reaction when confronted by so many men in uniform

firstly , how does law works ? There is a clear differentiation between bailable and non bailable offence that warrants an arrest , she not wearing a mask is clearly a bailable and even compoundable office , just like you being issued a parking ticket , unless you advocate being arrested by handcuffed for each and every parking mistake you make

what should the police do ? Just one could approach her and warn her and issue a mask to be worn there itself , if she refuse than issue her a summon and if she abuses or turn violent than an arrest is warranted

know your rights and law , you may never know when it will help you

The cops giving free away masks to those not wearing will reduce work load.

 

[syed putra]

This is my attire during covid. Middle east stopped MERS due to this face masks. Others should follow suit.

 

[Leongsam]

If beating Covid-19 was as simple as putting a mask on the virus would have gone away by now in all the countries that mandated their use.

The problem is that there is absolutely no evidence that it works.

The theory sounds great ie masks, even a cloth mask, will stop my spit from hitting someone next to me. However the fact that countries that have mandated masks have still shown drastic rises in infection numbers has to point to the conclusion that transmission occurs via various other means.

 

[Nice-Gook]

The cops giving free away masks to those not wearing will reduce work load.

That’s what they do in civilised countries

 

[Leongsam]

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

That's what the baton should be used for.

 

[bart12]

@Leongsam

 

[Leongsam]

@Leongsam

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Masks don't work so I see no point in wearing them.

 

[Leongsam]

 

[sleaguepunter]

Most read the sph spin and simply assume must be siao local chabor fault. Don't forget foreigners are protected species here. So many people in the mall why only pour on that particular nihonjin head?

 

[bart12]

Health Care Workers In Midwestern Hotspots Say Mask Is ‘Most Important Tool’ Against Covid-19
@Leongsam

Masks don't work so I see no point in wearing them.

 

[Leongsam]

Health Care Workers In Midwestern Hotspots Say Mask Is ‘Most Important Tool’ Against Covid-19
@Leongsam

Are Face Masks Effective? The Evidence.


Updated: October 12, 2020; Published: July 30, 2020
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An overview of the current evidence regarding the effectiveness of face masks.

1. Studies on the effectiveness of face masks

So far, most studies found little to no evidence for the effectiveness of cloth face masks in the general population, neither as personal protective equipment nor as a source control.

1. A May 2020 meta-study on pandemic influenza published by the US CDC found that face masks had no effect, neither as personal protective equipment nor as a source control. (Source)
2. A July 2020 review by the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medince found that there is no evidence for the effectiveness of cloth masks against virus infection or transmission. (Source)
3. A Covid-19 cross-country study by the University of East Anglia found that a mask requirement was of no benefit and could even increase the risk of infection. (Source)
4. An April 2020 review by two US professors in respiratory and infectious disease from the University of Illinois concluded that face masks have no effect in everyday life, neither as self-protection nor to protect third parties (so-called source control). (Source)
5. An article in the New England Journal of Medicine from May 2020 came to the conclusion that cloth face masks offer little to no protection in everyday life. (Source)
6. An April 2020 Cochrane review (preprint) found that face masks didn’t reduce influenza-like illness (ILI) cases, neither in the general population nor in health care workers. (Source)
7. An April 2020 review by the Norwich School of Medicine (preprint) found that “the evidence is not sufficiently strong to support widespread use of facemasks”, but supports the use of masks by “particularly vulnerable individuals when in transient higher risk situations.” (Source)
8. A July 2020 study by Japanese researchers found that cloth masks “offer zero protection against coronavirus” due to their large pore size and generally poor fit. (Source)
9. A 2015 study in the British Medical Journal BMJ Open found that cloth masks were penetrated by 97% of particles and may increase infection risk by retaining moisture or repeated use. (Source)
10. An August 2020 review by a German professor in virology, epidemiology and hygiene found that there is no evidence for the effectiveness of cloth face masks and that the improper daily use of masks by the public may in fact lead to an increase in infections. (Source)

Additional aspects

1. There is increasing evidence that the SARS-2 coronavirus is transmitted, at least in indoor settings, not only by droplets but also by smaller aerosols. However, due to their large pore size and poor fit, cloth masks cannot filter out aerosols (see video analysis below): over 90% of aerosols penetrate or bypass the mask and fill a medium-sized room within minutes.
2. The WHO admitted to the BBC that its June 2020 mask policy update was due not to new evidence but “political lobbying”: “We had been told by various sources WHO committee reviewing the evidence had not backed masks but they recommended them due to political lobbying. This point was put to WHO who did not deny.” (D. Cohen, BBC Medical Corresponent).
3. An analysis by the US CDC found that 85% of people infected with the new coronavirus reported wearing a mask “always” (70.6%) or “often” (14.4%). Compared to the control group of uninfected people, always wearing a mask did not reduce the risk of infection.
4. Japan, despite its widespread use of face masks, experienced its most recent influenza epidemic with more than 5 million people falling ill just one year ago, in January and February 2019. However, unlike SARS-CoV-2, the influenza virus is easily transmitted by children, too.
5. Many states that introduced mandatory face masks on public transport and in shops in spring, such as Hawaii, California, Argentina, Spain, France, Japan and Israel, saw a strong increase in infections from July onwards, indicating a low effectiveness of mask policies. (More examples)
6. Austrian scientists found that the introduction, retraction and re-introduction of a face mask mandate in Austria had no influence on the coronavirus infection rate.
7. In the US state of Kansas, the 90 counties without mask mandates had lower coronavirus infection rates than the 15 counties with mask mandates. To hide this fact, the Kansas health department tried to manipulate the official statistics and data presentation.
8. Contrary to common belief, studies in hospitals found that the wearing of a medical mask by surgeons during operations didn’t reduce post-operative bacterial wound infections in patients.
9. During the notorious 1918 influenza pandemic, the use of cloth face masks among the general population was widespread and in some places mandatory, but they made no difference.
10. Asian countries with low covid infection and death rates benefited not from face masks but mainly from early border closures. This is confirmed by Scandinavian countries like Norway, Finland and Denmark, which didn’t introduce mask mandates but closed borders early and saw very low covid infection and death rates, too.

Development of cases after mask mandates

In many states, infections began to increase after mask mandates were introduced. The following chart shows the very typical example of France. Other examples include California, Florida, Hawaii, Argentina, Peru, the Philippines, Spain, France, the UK, Israel, Japan, Switzerland and many more.

France: Masks and infections (SPF)

 

[kelvin]

Need three mata to handcuff her?

 

[Leongsam]

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Infectious diseases
Research


A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers



Abstract

Editor's Note



Objective The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of cloth masks to medical masks in hospital healthcare workers (HCWs). The null hypothesis is that there is no difference between medical masks and cloth masks.

Setting 14 secondary-level/tertiary-level hospitals in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Participants 1607 hospital HCWs aged ≥18 years working full-time in selected high-risk wards.

Intervention Hospital wards were randomised to: medical masks, cloth masks or a control group (usual practice, which included mask wearing). Participants used the mask on every shift for 4 consecutive weeks.

Main outcome measure Clinical respiratory illness (CRI), influenza-like illness (ILI) and laboratory-confirmed respiratory virus infection.

Results The rates of all infection outcomes were highest in the cloth mask arm, with the rate of ILI statistically significantly higher in the cloth mask arm (relative risk (RR)=13.00, 95% CI 1.69 to 100.07) compared with the medical mask arm. Cloth masks also had significantly higher rates of ILI compared with the control arm. An analysis by mask use showed ILI (RR=6.64, 95% CI 1.45 to 28.65) and laboratory-confirmed virus (RR=1.72, 95% CI 1.01 to 2.94) were significantly higher in the cloth masks group compared with the medical masks group. Penetration of cloth masks by particles was almost 97% and medical masks 44%.

Conclusions This study is the first RCT of cloth masks, and the results caution against the use of cloth masks. This is an important finding to inform occupational health and safety. Moisture retention, reuse of cloth masks and poor filtration may result in increased risk of infection. Further research is needed to inform the widespread use of cloth masks globally. However, as a precautionary measure, cloth masks should not be recommended for HCWs, particularly in high-risk situations, and guidelines need to be updated.

Trial registration number Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12610000887077.

This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006577