Re: [OT] masks 'n stuff

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Unfortunately, around here, cloth masks are very common (except for healthcare workers).

Cloth masks can harbor viruses for 2 or 3 days, according to most studies, unless washed. I doubt that everyone washes their mask every night. So people are carrying around reservoirs of active virus to add to their exhalations.

Then consider that the masks muffle people's voices, so they have to repeat everything. That roughly doubles the chances for virus emission when conversing.

So, yeah. It's mostly political theater, because politicians will never admit that there is anything they can't control.

That said, I wear real surgical masks when I go out. So do the doctors. You won't find a surgeon wearing a worn-out T-shirt over his head when he slices you open.

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