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Mr Doof

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I am not sure what study is presently being used by Team X to beat Team S over the head with, but from this this Nature article (link), I followed the trail to this (link), which in turn means you have to click on a download link to see the paper. Looks like it needs peer review, so, am sure there will be discussion about that angle as well.

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By my seat of the pants observations of real life, it seems to me that if masks didn't help reduce transmission of aerosol droplets which may contain germs, they wouldn't be used during any routine surgery. Whether or not this observation applies to viral pandemics, yeah, I don't know 100% if I can say, but for me any increase above 0 % with minimal cost to me sounds worthwhile.

PS

Another Nature article with links to other pro mask studies, just in case the above is not what is being talked about.
 
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Sharkbiscuit

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Mr Doof said:
for me any increase above 0 % with minimal cost to me sounds worthwhile.
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How can you say the cost is minimal, when you're doing something that's not solely for your benefit without the entire rest of the world dropping to their knees, thanking you for your excellence, slobbing your knob, and begging you not to go to Galt's Gulch?

It's all so communist and totalitarian.
 
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Mr Doof

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It is sort of the same reason I try to just shut up about my property taxes going to help pay for public schools when I don't have any kids. For the USA to get ahead, helping kids get some smarts activated (by attending and learning something in school) is a long term investment than might help me out in the long run.

In the short term, it keeps more of them out of the line-up where they can out-compete me with their youthful recovery rates.
 
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Sharkbiscuit

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OBSF is NOT supposed to be have a "line-up" where competing with other people happens.

Your closest interaction is supposed to be wistfully looking at someone in a wave valley a block or three away while a mountain is about to flatten you, or vice versa.
 
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One-Off

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I got my boost yesterday at the local pharmacy. No wait. I felt sick last night as I slept but maybe it was a dream because I woke up fine. Went for a surf this morning. Small longboard waves, sunny, super clear water. Very enjoyable. Life goes on. No big thing...
 
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Mr Doof

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Sharkbiscuit said:
OBSF is NOT supposed to be have a "line-up" where competing with other people happens.

Your closest interaction is supposed to be wistfully looking at someone in a wave valley a block or three away while a mountain is about to flatten you, or vice versa.
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Agree 100% with this idealized version of the world.

However my ability to realize it is going away with each passing year when it is in such an idealized state. Look, only a few out (click to expand):
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Duffy LaCoronilla

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Driftcoast said:
Statement:


Demand:


You're a piece of work, aren't you?
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Here’s two specific to covid but there is decades worth of data about masks and respiratory viruses showing no proof of efficacy (at best).

www.medrxiv.org

Mask mandate and use efficacy in state-level COVID-19 containment

Background Containment of the COVID-19 pandemic requires evidence-based strategies to reduce transmission. Because COVID-19 can spread via respired droplets, many states have mandated mask use in public settings. Randomized control trials have not clearly demonstrated mask efficacy against...
www.medrxiv.org www.medrxiv.org

www.acpjournals.org

Effectiveness of Adding a Mask Recommendation to Other Public Health Measures to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Danish Mask Wearers: A Randomized Controlled Trial: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 174, No 3

Background: Observational evidence suggests that mask wearing mitigates transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is uncertain if this observed association arises through protection of uninfected wearers (protective effect), via reduced transmission from...
www.acpjournals.org
 
Duffy LaCoronilla

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Mr Doof said:
I am not sure what study is presently being used by Team X to beat Team S over the head with, but from this this Nature article (link), I followed the trail to this (link), which in turn means you have to click on a download link to see the paper. Looks like it needs peer review, so, am sure there will be discussion about that angle as well.

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By my seat of the pants observations of real life, it seems to me that if masks didn't help reduce transmission of aerosol droplets which may contain germs, they wouldn't be used during any routine surgery. Whether or not this observation applies to viral pandemics, yeah, I don't know 100% if I can say, but for me any increase above 0 % with minimal cost to me sounds worthwhile.
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They are used during surgery to block bacteria not viruses.

Bacteria particles much much bigger.
 
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Pico

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Scared of a widdle shot. Skaid about a cloth over your face there with the intention to protect you and others, and even if it doesnt its just a piece of paper or cloth. .
 
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Pico

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Ifallalot said:
I have two

Therefore not scared of a virus that doesn’t affect them or us. I’m not elderly, I’m not fat, I don’t have any beetus, etc
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You should know that you will probably share every cold and and fever with them and so yeah, i dont want to share some randoms snively snot nosed beak In my world. So put on your fcuking mask and fcuk off
 
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