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Yeah and especially sucks when you die from it. Still better than wearing a mask eh?
The mask prevents the spread of covid because you might be asymptomatic. It's not about you it's about other people.
The mask doesn't prevent the spread, it just slows it. Look at the data from the various states about the effectiveness of lockdowns and mask mandates, they had a number of total cases per capita, they just had a flatter curve.
Pushing for masks made a ton of sense in the first couple years of the pandemic when hospitals were getting overrun, but wearing a mask today doesn't really prevent anything. COVID is already endemic, so the best you're going to do is increase the time between infections a bit.
When I got COVID last, I was on vacation and had to get home, so I tested myself as soon as I was able, self-quarantined as best I could, wore an N95 mask when I couldn't, and put off unnecessary trips to the store. Once I had recovered, I went back to not wearing a mask. That's how we should treat it. I do the same for colds, the flu, etc. I'm not wearing a mask unless I'm either sick or likely to be directly in contact with those who are at risk.
what's the mechanism by which masks slow the spread?
Really looking forward to this response if it ever comes.
it's exactly what you hope it is
Haha, thanks for the update.
We'll you see the virus has just struggle through the fibers. It's all very obvious you just have to engage in idiot thought processes.
You know, not to belittle anyone or anything. I would hate the moronic idiots to think I was making fun of them.