parasaurolophus
Footballguy
This is false. It is for BOTH. You can argue the primary benefit is for those around you, but you don't get to write off the rest of the equation because it suits you. Especially when right now only a small fraction of people are wearing masks.
This is more bad information. It is based 100% on assuming that #1 is true, which it isn't, but even if #1 was true, an N95 mask would prevent more droplets from making their way onto a surface or onto a person if the wearer coughed or sneezed. You literally have to deny the science of a mask rating in order to claim that an N95 mask blocks the same number of particles as a bandana covering your mouth upon exit. Why would anybody try to make that claim? It is insane.
This is silly logic. This is like arguing that wearing a tshirt is the same as wearing a bulletproof vest with a couple holes in it. It is a terrible argument.
Posting completely false information is the same as lying. Even if you want to argue they aren't false, you admit you are still learning, yet are making definitive claims? That's not right.
I also don't see how you can reconcile mentioning "circulated air" on an airplane as a reason to avoid planes right now even though it is filtered to a rating beyond an N95 mask.
Of course not. But that isn't what is happening here. This isn't just an issue of wanting to give them equipment. This is an issue of trying to keep other people from having equipment and telling lies to achieve that goal based on the belief that it is ok to do so because of need.
I could respect a doctor that said "Hey if anybody can spare any PPE they can get their hands on we would appreciate it. We are exposed a greater rate and are higher risk of getting the virus and we would really like to have first dibs at all of it" That would be honesty. It wouldn't tell people they dont need it or that it is useless. There is still a utility calculation to be made on what number should be donated vs kept, but at least it is an honest discussion.
This is again faulty logic. You don't know exactly how it is spread. If you did, you could explain exactly how 104 out of 175 employees at the biogen conference got it. And why Biogen is examining the ventilation system at the long wharf hotel. You could also then explain exactly how 45 out of 60 singers got it at choir practice.
It also assumes that all people would always receive the same viral load and would get sick at the same rate. How can any medical professional ever make such a claim? Its absurd.
Look we get it. You want the good masks. I would too in your position. Just say that.
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