The Blind Ass said:

He sort of implied it.  In a way - Knowing that special part of his constituency would take it as matter of fact in a wink wink kind of way.
It was a total dick move regardless.    The attention drawn to it wasn’t innocent.  Incendiary political attack.

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Brian Jones said:

mandrin13 said:

koods said:

That is referring to medical grade masks.

Here’s their guidance on non medical masks:

Quote:

The use of masks made of other materials (e.g., cotton fabric), also known as nonmedical masks, in the community setting has not been well evaluated. There is no current evidence to make a recommendation for or against their use.
WHO is collaborating with research and development partners to better understand the effectiveness and efficiency of nonmedical masks. WHO is also strongly encouraging countries that issue recommendations for the use of masks in healthy people in the community to conduct research on this critical topic. WHO will update its guidance when new evidence becomes available.

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I feel like this is a bold faced lie. (not by you Koods).

There are numerous studies from several years ago that show cloth masks are ineffective, and often times wearing a cloth mask resulted with negative effects.  No one is going to convince me that science has advanced so much in the past 5 years that we will suddenly see something different, which is why the mandatory cloth mandates are a joke, the WHO is a joke.

A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers

Simple Respiratory Protection—Evaluation of the Filtration Performance of Cloth Masks and Common Fabric Materials Against 20–1000 nm Size Particles

Cloth masks: Dangerous to your health?

These are just the 1st 3 results, if you set the google dates for up to 2019 to avoid COVID related stories you will get plenty of results.

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I read those links, as best I could. I had two thoughts. First, they're comparing the efficacy of cloth and other masks to ideal medical masks. The latter were in short supply then as now, so that's a bit of a rigged comparison. If we don't have the ideal mask for everyone everyday, what are the alternatives.

Second, to my understanding these studies were looking at masks defending the wearer (I may be wrong). I'm thinking that the current use of masks by the general public is intended as much if not more, to defend others from the wearer of the mask.

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mandrin13 said:

koods said:

They are talking about medical grade masks to prevent the wearer from getting infected

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: When and how to use masks

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koods said:

It does not recommend it one way or another. It says there isn’t enough data. I already quoted that section.

I can’t help you with your poor reading compression. 🤷‍♂️

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koods said:

You sound extremely confused. It’s not that difficult. Cloth masks help prevent a sick person from infecting other people. That’s it. It doesn’t prevent the virus from leaving their faces, but it does keep the virus from being blown into other people’s faces. It’s a wind breaker. Got it?

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koods said:

This is why mask wearing should be mandatory. Some people are just to ignorant to negotiate with.

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koods said:

It’s really stunning how China has taken advantage of Trumps weakness.

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