Coronavirus: COVID-19

**Exo** · 05-05-2020, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by WWWP

It's still possible for a virus to spread from an infected mask wearer to a non-infected mask wearer, but it lowers the risk significantly enough to be worth it.

@OH the Bentley Institute of Health Sciences

This why I wear dat mask.

OccultHawk · 05-05-2020, 10:43 AM

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/...-face-masks#s2

This is in contrast to the more valuable N-95

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Surgical masks are made in different thicknesses and with different ability to protect you from contact with liquids. These properties may also affect how easily you can breathe through the face mask and how well the surgical mask protects you.

If worn properly, a surgical mask is meant to help block large-particle droplets, splashes, sprays, or splatter that may contain germs (viruses and bacteria), keeping it from reaching your mouth and nose. Surgical masks may also help reduce exposure of your saliva and respiratory secretions to others.

While a surgical mask may be effective in blocking splashes and large-particle droplets, a face mask, by design, does not filter or block very small particles in the air that may be transmitted by coughs, sneezes, or certain medical procedures. Surgical masks also do not provide complete protection from germs and other contaminants because of the loose fit between the surface of the face mask and your face.

That’s not great but it’s not nothing either.

Anteater · 05-05-2020, 11:00 AM

Best mask is still the Fierce Deity Mask. GOAT

OccultHawk · 05-05-2020, 11:49 AM

Goddamn

I’m reading source after source. There’s no consensus.

Staying Home > Out with good mask > Out with crap mask > Out with no mask

That’s what I think

And don’t touch your ****ing face.

The Batlord · 05-05-2020, 12:55 PM

Some enterprising cosplayer is gonna make bank selling fully functional Darth Vader helmets.

WWWP · 05-05-2020, 12:56 PM

As if Disney would let them

Plankton · 05-05-2020, 01:09 PM

Surgical masks were originally created to prevent the surgeon from passing germs/virus's to patients during surgery. The cloth masks and anything not containing the type of materials and protective design incorporated into N95 types and better are basically to prevent people, like me who have already contracted the virus, from spreading it to others. People wearing a cloth mask are still at risk, but the percentages go down a bit. It's science.

Was this already pointed out?

Meh.

The fatigue after-effects related to contracting this is no joke, which is really starting to piss me off, but I'm making progress.

Anteater · 05-05-2020, 06:03 PM

A lot to unpack here, but interesting.

OccultHawk · 05-06-2020, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

A lot to unpack here, but interesting.

lol

Youtube is taking this down because it’s radical extreme dangerous misinformation

****ing flat earth bull****

Anteater · 05-06-2020, 08:54 AM

^ Yeah that's gotta be it.

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Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	Surgical masks were originally created to prevent the surgeon from passing germs/virus's to patients during surgery. The cloth masks and anything not containing the type of materials and protective design incorporated into N95 types and better are basically to prevent people, like me who have already contracted the virus, from spreading it to others. People wearing a cloth mask are still at risk, but the percentages go down a bit. It's science. Was this already pointed out? Meh. The fatigue after-effects related to contracting this is no joke, which is really starting to piss me off, but I'm making progress. __________________ See location...