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AbsolutVT03

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Again I don't know that there's anything definitive on that. I've seen


various studies with various results. But as I said different masks definitely provide more protection than others. That doesn't mean cloth masks are completely useless and there are even different results based on the construction and layering of the cloth masks. They are still most likely better than nothing even if only minimally. Of course early on we tried to get people to wear anything because getting high quality masks wasn't exactly easy (and we wanted to save them for health professionals).

For example there's this:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/896681

"Study finds that interventions on school buses--masking, 2.5' of spacing, frequent testing, and ventilation via spaced window openings--worked: no transmission despite 39 people riding while probably infectious. Windows open regardless of weather! "

I doubt those on the buses were all wearing high quality masks. So was it the masks, the distance, the open windows or all of the above?

And of course the post I replied to made no distinction about the quality of masks. It simply lumped them all together as "worthless".

[Post edited by AbsolutVT03 at 07/27/2021 10:10PM]

(In response to this post by Concord Dan)

Posted: 07/27/2021 at 10:02PM



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