Rand Paul shares study that shows Masks don't work

Twitter ^ | Oct 20 | Sen. Rand Paul

[RandFan]

@RandPaul

To the scolds blaming ⁦@realDonaldTrump infection on not wearing mask: the only published randomized clinical study of cloth masks shows 97% penetration of particles & higher infection rate than control. But never mind, it’s all about submission...

Study:

[fishtank]

Highways are kilometers,

Human heights are meters,

Firearm gauges are millimeters,

Droplets and airborne particles are micrometers, and

Vapor molecules are nanometers.

[Mom MD]

It’s magic fabric! it only lets the virus pass in one direction....

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Yes, partial size. The virus is 1/4 the size of a smoke particle. If you can smell smoke through the mask, then is is not capable of blocking a virus. What is so frightening about this, the sizes are FACTS (look them up), smelling smoke through a mask can be done easily, you can prove that yourself. But facts don’t count when it comes to politics. We live and die in a sea of opinion.

[glennaro]

Medical masks do work per the study

But, as you allude to, only if the "medical mask" (or any mask for that matter) is:

-- Step 1- Properly Selected
The mask must be constructed of the specified material for something as infinitessimally small as is a virus, and it must be specifically designed for the wearer (e.g., adult; child, etc.)

-- Step 2- Property Fit Tested and Applied
The mask must be applied to the face such that it is sealed -- sealed -- around its entire perimeter in contact with the skin (i.e., there can be no facial hair or even stubble otherwise an effective and totally necessary seal cannot be achieved)

-- Step 3- Properly Worn
To maintain an intact seal completely around the perimeter any time the mask is moved or even touched (e.g., when it is lifted away from the face to scratch your nose or, as I have seen on several occasions, when it is lifted away from the face to avoid coughing or sneezing into it then reattaching it with the goop collected in it) Step 2 must be repeated in its entirety to re-establish the seal

-- Step 4- Properly Maintained
After each wearing or immediately after the mask is sneezed or coughed into it must be removed and, if designed as such, cleaned thoroughly with an antiseptic solution before it may be worn again. If this is not or cannot be done, the mask must be replaced.

So, while it's true that cloth masks are no more effective against virus transmission (to or from the wearer) than is a handkerchief, the wearing of other types of masks including "medical masks" must follow the foregoing PPE protocol lest their effectiveness be compromised or, as in the case of attempting to control a virus, rendered completely ineffective; that is, no more effective against transmission of a virus (to or from the wearer as, when those "droplets" everyone likes to reference to support their position of ubiquitous muzzle-wearing), than not wearing a mask at all.

[USNA74]

Completely agree - you’ve hit the nail on the head, this study doesn’t address the efficacy of mask vs no mask. It only tested medical grade mask vs cloth mask.

Regardless of where you stand on the “no mask” issue, this study doesn’t support any position on mask vs “no mask”.

[Georgia Girl 2]

The virus will not spread in a bar but will spread in church.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Not many of us actually read the link source, but then... Not many ever do. They just read the title and post.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Granted, but not my point. My only point was that the title was false and misleading.

I hate masks and laugh at people wearing them alone in their car, alone jogging a mile from the nearest persons, couples who sleep together wearing them when walking alone. A lot of stupidity out there. But the study’s fact was that medical masks can work and cloth masks can’t work.

The title misleads to the concusion that NO masks can work. And that is a lie. N95 masks still work the best when used correctly.

[glennaro]

mine was not a criticism of your accurate description of the article title; rather, just an opportunity to put forth (again!) that the way nearly everyone selects, fit tests/applies, wears and maintains their mask renders them ineffective against the virus. But masks do serve a social purpose: by giving still-scared-out-of their-minds-Americans the courage to leave their house and mix with other human beings, masks wearers participate in spreading the virus, thus shortening the x-axis of the infection curve (time). Cheers!

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Thats what I thought. I never thought you were arguing with me. Thanks.