I support masks.
If you can’t eat out while wearing a mask, that’s a pretty small percent of what should reopen vs. mass transit and shops. And maybe indoor dine-in shouldn’t re-open.
The worst-made masks can be made better and better. 40% effectiveness may be unacceptable ppe for a hospital setting, but it could be a game-changer if it moved an Ro from 1.2 to .72
And, people keep bringing up the low quality of masks and people not fitting them properly or touching their faces to adjust them — then let’s learn to make better homemade masks and learn to use them properly. I have seen garment firms claim to design and test very well-made masks that will not reduce the supply of n95 masks one bit that they claim block 80-90%+ of small particles. Why not encourage this trend and keep improving?
I don’t think it’ll mean we can lift the SIP now, but it may help us get to the point where we can. Also, I am not convinced yet that the lowest-quality homemade masks are a net positive, but I believe we can get to the point of making effective masks that are not n95 masks.
(The czech stats outsiderfan referred to)
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If you can’t eat out while wearing a mask, that’s a pretty small percent of what should reopen vs. mass transit and shops. And maybe indoor dine-in shouldn’t re-open.
The worst-made masks can be made better and better. 40% effectiveness may be unacceptable ppe for a hospital setting, but it could be a game-changer if it moved an Ro from 1.2 to .72
And, people keep bringing up the low quality of masks and people not fitting them properly or touching their faces to adjust them — then let’s learn to make better homemade masks and learn to use them properly. I have seen garment firms claim to design and test very well-made masks that will not reduce the supply of n95 masks one bit that they claim block 80-90%+ of small particles. Why not encourage this trend and keep improving?
I don’t think it’ll mean we can lift the SIP now, but it may help us get to the point where we can. Also, I am not convinced yet that the lowest-quality homemade masks are a net positive, but I believe we can get to the point of making effective masks that are not n95 masks.
(The czech stats outsiderfan referred to)