FlewUnderWires

Sure thing bud. Sad to hear about all those surgeons that die from bacteria on their mask at minute 16 of surgery.

Mesabah

Masks are all they have to cling to. Brazil is struggling because the variants there are a lot more vicious. That's bad luck, from chance mutation, and natural selection.

Firefighterpilo

‘I know that critical thinking is not your forte. But wearing an N95 in a surgical suite in tandem with all other sterile procedures is not even in the same ballpark as wearing a cloth mask around town while you run errands. I know proper mask use and when to wear them. I have to use them at work for patients with real deadly viruses like Ebola, TB, meningitis and the like. I can assure you I have way more training and education about how to wear a mask and protect oneself from disease and have been doing it years before COVID was even uttered. Go ahead though and keep plugging your ears and putting your head in the sand

FlewUnderWires

I’m gonna go ahead and trust the real MDs rather than some grump online.

Gordie H

​​​​​​But you don’t think properly wearing something like KN95 in a crowded indoor place is likely somewhat protective? As a layperson I absolutely don’t know for sure but go with the idea it couldn’t hurt and - most importantly - is recommended by most epidemiologists (that I know of). I agree with you on the outdoors but I don’t have any angst towards others who think differently.

You are an EMT, correct? Whatever your answer know that I have a lot of respect for you guys…

Regularguy

You all do realize what surgeons wear masks for?

Those in the operating room wear mask to prevent their bacteria from falling into open wounds, not for them to catch some evil virus.

There are also studies which show the wearing of masks in surgery actually increased patient infections because the masks rub the skin around the face and cause greater displacement of skin and bacteria to fall off the Doctor. These days they use shields and full covering of hair and clothes to keep their bacteria from transferring to the patient.

Sadly masks are being sold as a protection for the wearer and in reality it’s the reverse. Mask slow and reduce the contact distance of the wearer to those around them.

You should actually feel sorry for the terrified who wear their masks in cars, solo outdoors or anywhere they have zero contact with others. It is all a head game with little if any science behind it. Basically a religion without basis.

skywatch

stupid argument. Surgeons wear a one and done medical mask that is clean. They don’t touch it at all - once they do they throw it away. But you keep cutting up your underwear, touching it, sweating in it, pushing it in your pocket and cling to the idea that somehow, despite all actual evidence to the contrary after a year, that is is a significant mitigating factor.

FlewUnderWires

The surgery thing was a joke to show how silly fireman’s claim was.


Thank you for encouraging mask use and explaining why they help. But I’ve ALWAYS heard it expressed as protecting others by limiting droplet liberalization. But it also provides protection by reducing viral load. The main issue is that doing it to help others isn’t enough to convince most of y’all to wear one.

Mesabah

No, it's not protective, because a situation where you would be at risk for catching Covid, masks would not factor into that equation. It would be the same as wearing a bullet proof vest on an airplane.

If you got Covid in public, it is because the person that gave it to you was an *******.

FlewUnderWires

For those of you that are airline pilots you can do a little experiment at home. Check your union email and compare covid cases between pilots and flight attendants. My airline has 46% more pilots with covid than flight attendants. So you have people with similar jobs and lifestyles and even though FAs are in closer and longer proximity with many more people, they have fewer cases. The main difference? They are always masked back there with passengers that are masked. And most pilots rip theirs off as soon as they sit down in the flight deck. Most of our cases are attributed to pilot to pilot transmission.