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ccjersey
Posted 4/26/2021 13:31 (#8974129 - in reply to #8973801)
Subject: RE: MIT mask study


Faunsdale, AL
You do realize this whole “study” is a theoretical exercise. They make a lot of assumptions to set up the conditions, make calculations and get a result.
There is no actual real world results as part of this to support their conclusions.

Let’s remember back a year ago when various models were being used to predict the number of cases of COVID-19 in the country and in various states. I believe I remember a healthy dose of skepticism applied to the predictions that resulted from a process similar to this mask study. Surely the people running those models predicting deaths were just fear mongering to control the “sheep”.

Another thing implicit in this one is they are assuming that COVID-19 is very transmissible by aerosols. Maybe it was influenced by hope, but a year ago few were confident in saying aerosol transmission was even possible. So, a lot of cleaning and sanitizing of surfaces was done in the hope that would eliminate a large part of the transmission. Masks and distancing were recommended to cut down on particle-born transmission and everybody just hoped and prayed that aerosol transmission wasn’t a big thing with this one.

As time has gone by, more has been learned and unfortunately we seem to have learned that aerosol transmission is not only possible but is a big part of the day to day spread of COVID-19. This seems to make disinfecting surfaces, washing hands, distancing and wearing particle masks look like they don’t work.

But we seldom know exactly how someone gets the virus, most times it could be through any one or all of contact with virus on surfaces, inhaling larger particles before they settle to the floor or inhaling aerosolized particles that stay airborne in a space for a long time. What if we don’t clean surfaces or wash hands? How much more likely are we to get it? If we don’t wear masks because they don’t work against aerosols, will more people get infected from particles sneezed or coughed onto them or will it make no difference because the aerosol route is a so much greater part of the total transmission of the virus?

Let’s hear from the MIT guys how their study can be used to reduce transmission in the real world.
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