Author: SecondTry
Date: 2021-08-31 21:52
TomS wrote:
> The cloth masking was mostly for panic control in the beginning
> before "the shots" and now, just a sign of obedience, IMHO.
Cloth masks have been shown to reduce infection in both directions. Sure, they're not as good as (properly worn) K95s, which aren't as good as N95s, but better than nothing and worth their wear when covering the nose and mouth.
The danger of offering an opinion that conflicts with science, without offering your own test data, is that people, yourself included, can adopt these practices and makes matters worse.
This is not to be conflated with inability to offer opinion. For example, do you like the Vandoren Optimum ligature best? If so that's fine with me. It's an opinion that isn't conflicted by testing or whose adoption may pose risk to you or others.
> If they had turbo-charged N95 production and professionally fit
> them to all individuals (clean shaven) and educate on disposal
> of said masks, proper hand washing and other safety procedures,
> we'd made much more progress.
Here again, this sadly isn't demonstrated in society. People know that they shouldn't drop their mask below their nose. They do it anyway, and in so doing render even the most effective mask at suboptimal performance for them and others. Maybe some of this is education but I've seen people drop masks seconds after those that remind them to pull it up leave the scene.
I don't know why all the time
> spent on TV talking about how many are sick and how many are
> dying wasn't spent showing some detailed powerpoint
> presentations or cartoons about the evolving personal
> protective science and what each person could do. Geezzz.
Because bad news sells, and because maybe, just maybe, when people see how sick they can become they will be incentivized to get the shot and practice good hygiene.
> But, I'm gonna enjoy music, no matter what! Heck, I just
> bought a new clarinet in the midst of the crisis! The extra
> Covid practice time has made a big dent in my problems!
>
Me too, but if the problem approaches critical mass again, I'll do so in non-direct social situations.
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