Well two things.
1) Fauci admitted to lying about the entire mask thing, so now people distrust him and their government.
2) WHO just now said that asymptotic spread is incredibly rare. I believe those were their exact words.
And the masks- unless they are a specific type called N95- which most people don’t have this type of mask- don’t stop the virus particles from entering, they stop the wearer from letting any virus particles he or she may have from getting out.
So if it can’t be spread by those who are asymptomatic, and if the vast majority of masks that people have don’t filter out the virus particles- it almost seems like a moot point to me.
Wear a mask if you’re out and about and you’re showing symptoms. Really you should be away isolated and alone in quarantine if you have symptoms, but if you have to be out wear a mask.
Unless you’re symptomatic or you are around people that are symptomatic and unless you have an N95 mask- makes no sense at all too wear a mask.
Japan is a country where mask wearing has been common, and is regarded as a courtesy. As of June 20, 2020, COVID-19 deaths in Japan were 952, compared to June 20, 2020 deaths in the United States of 121,441.
Your surgeon, your surgeon's nurses, and your dentist have worn masks for your protection for years. I ridiculed the statement about masks when first made because it made no sense whatsoever. Why have surgical staff and dentists been wasting money on masks if they were not to prevent spread of disease to those they were hovering over? Masks were then in short supply is why the statement was made. I was planning to fly and bought some immediately despite Fauci's dumb statement because it obviously was made to forestall a run on masks.
WHO almost immediately took back its statement on asymptomatic spread and there is much evidence that one is most contagious in the 18-hours or so before one becomes symptomatic.
4 in 5 people in a study in China were likely infected by someone who didn't know they had it.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/asymptomatic-and-pre-symptomatic-coronavirus-spread-whats-the-difference-and-why-does-it-matter/ar-BB15g1TVIf 80% of people would wear masks several researchers say the spread would plummet, and we would no longer have a pandemic. Here is an article about one study that draws this conclusion, but it is not the only study that makes this conclusion.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/masks-covid-19-infections-would-plummet-new-study-says To end the pandemic, the masks do not have to be N95 that protects the wearer, and those around him. Surgical and homemade masks if worn by 80% will end the pandemic. By all means if you want to protect yourself, and others, get the N95 which are in the shortest supply but more are becoming available.
The surgical masks provide some limited protection to the wearer, but are better at protecting those around the wearer.
