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Originally Posted by SorenR
If you want personal protection from a mask you should use the N95.
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Yes, and these types are not mandated nor in common use by the general public, and I personally do not want such protection anyway. I would regard it as entirely disproportionate response to the actual risk I face. I do not see fear as a virtue.
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Originally Posted by SorenR
The standard masks are for protecting 3'rd party from YOU spreading virus. Which is why it is important WE ALL use them!
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I don't agree that it is clinically important that WE ALL use them. As I say, I have yet to see a random controlled study showing they are effective in reducing either spread or acquisition of virus in the ordinary locations where their use is mandated by the general public.
If you know of such a study, I would be happy to review it. If it shows a greater than moderate significant effect size given the criteria above (i.e., a valid test of masks as they are used in ordinary practice), then I would happily concede that they are effective.
Mind you, I have indicated I believe responses to Covid should be proportionate to the risk of mortality, if that risk is low (which I believe it is), then mask wearing becomes little more than symbolic compliance whether or not they are effective. Which is actually quite unhealthy in a free society.