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LaneRat

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NEJM


Article dated 5/21/2020. Asymptomatic spread was well known by then.

"We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic."

OTOH is anyone aware of a documented transmission in a visit to a grocery store?

(In response to this post by 48zip)

Link: Universal Masking in Hospitals in the Covid-19 Era


Posted: 08/06/2020 at 4:59PM


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  I like the mask. Strategic periodic coughing keeps the aisles clear too. ** -- MikeVT85 08/06/2020 7:50PM
  I still contend the CDC and WHO created the current... -- MP4VT2004 08/06/2020 3:57PM
  I agree completely! They told us what was convenient to them at the time-> -- HOKIERIT 08/07/2020 8:05PM
  If they had, they would have been going against the science at that point. -- HokieEngineer 08/06/2020 6:47PM
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  Why are masks so common in Asian countries? ** -- vthokieq 08/06/2020 11:02PM
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  😁 ** -- reestuart 08/06/2020 5:50PM
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  So people dont trust them now to wear a mask? -- capitals1 08/06/2020 4:58PM
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  Spot on. And they lie so casually. Give it to us straight. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 08/06/2020 4:29PM
  They did not lie -- bulab 08/06/2020 5:38PM
  Yes -- LonghornHokie 08/06/2020 5:02PM
  Yep..give it to us straight just like the man at the top does -- capitals1 08/06/2020 4:59PM
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  Strategies change with new information. ** -- 48zip 08/06/2020 4:31PM
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  If you'll pardon a repeat from me - -- PhotoHokieNC 08/06/2020 4:59PM
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  Well I do know .. -- Beerman 08/06/2020 5:32PM
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  NEJM -- LaneRat 08/06/2020 4:59PM
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