the level of ignorance in leo's post is astonishing.
this claim of "physical barrier" is baseless and anyone can see it.
masks do not work as protection or source control.
they show no societal impact to mitigate spread of respiratory diseases.
this was known and knowable. it's been studied for decades and the evidence is widespread and sound.
it does not work on flu, and flu would be easier to mitigate than covid which more aerosol.
you've made these claims about the kansas study, but they are false. it was a fraudulent study using cherry picked data and timing.
the full timeframe tells a different story.
and masks are well known not to work as source control.
and as emily oster's data showed us clearly, they had no effect in schools.
and no, N95 does not fix this.
they do not outperform other mask types.
the fact is that community masking to stop a respiratory virus is not science.
it's superstition.
there is no compelling data for efficacy and reams showing a lack thereof.
arrogant argument by assertion will not change that.
and making claims like "my contrived lab test shows X" so ignore the actual clinical, trial, and community data of masks in actual use is just a desperate plea to use inferior analysis made out of inability to provide good data.
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