[mikst]

When a sick person exhales into a mask, majority of fluids stop at mask. Why? Because fluid dynamics and inertia.

When a healthy person inhales wearing a mask big part of the air comes from the side, because it's an easier route and because fluid dynamics. Then healthy person touches their eyes with unwashed hands and still gets infected.

Official recommendation for sick people as far as I am aware is to change the mask every couple of hours, because by then enough fluid accumulates on the mask to pose threat.

"it's useless to you" - it's a freaking pandemic - nothing is about you, the fight is to stop exponential growth of the infected.

[Jugurtha]

>"it's useless to you" - it's a freaking pandemic - nothing is about you, the fight is to stop exponential growth of the infected.

Yes, and I'm doing my part by establishing work from home for the company, and staying home for weeks. What I'm asking is that the leading authorities not indulge in fuckery by spreading misleading information on how masks are useless for sane people on one hand, and on the other hand urge people to leave these masks to medical professionals.

I'm doing my part to stop the exponential growth, they need to do theirs. One good start is not to spread lies.

[mikst]

> Yes, and I'm doing my part by establishing work from home for the company

Now that is helpful!

What exactly you see as lies?

[Jugurtha]

>What exactly you see as lies?

The World Health Organization saying that wearing masks does not work, and misguiding people on a planetary scale.

[mikst]

A mask is a limited resource.

A mask is better spent on a sick person.

Therefore a healthy person should concede a mask to a sick.

Or maybe this is gonna be more illustrative: Let's say you are a magicall 100% efficient authority. You have 1000 people on your hands and only 500 masks. What is the course of action that yields least amount of deaths? Yep, you lock away all the masks and give them away to sick people.

It is wartime logic - deaths are inevitable and if you shoot in the head people hoarding masks you will DECREASE total deaths.

[Jugurtha]

A mask is a limited resource.

WHO says masks do not protect people who do not have coronavirus and they shouldn't wear them, only people who have coronavirus should wear them not to infect others.

WHO says shortage in masks is putting healthcare professionals at risk of being infected by coronavirus, so stop buying masks

This is similar to saying that kevlar vests do not protect you so stop buying them, and that you buying them puts soldiers at risk because they need their protection.

Here's a tweet from the U.S. Surgeon General[0]:

Quote:

""" Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS!

They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can't get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk! bit.ly/37Ay6Cm """

[0]: https://twitter.com/Surgeon_General/status/12440202923658158...

[mikst]

The fact that a kevlar vest can stop a bullet does not mean you are protected. In order to be protected in a warzone you need:

1. Intel. Nothing can protect you from an aviabomb except you knew it was coming and hid before bomber arrived.

2. Your squad.

3. Military training.

4. Good supply lines.

5. A TON of other gear.

6. A vest.

Now let's say you bought a vest in the warzone and military didn't have enough because of that and lost and now enemy approaches you. Is a vest going to protect you? No, absolutely not. Not in the slightest. The fact that a kevlar vest can stop a bullet means zilch if battle is lost. The enemy doesn't even need to come to you, now that they control infrastructure you will come to them and do whatever they say because otherwise you'll starve (if economy collapses you have greater chances of dying then from contracting covid-19).

> buying them puts soldiers at risk because they need their protection

Yes, exactly that. So yes, stop buying vests, because military can use them to protect themselves and you and you can't.