However, the use of masks in the public is not necessarily to protect yourself. It's to keep you from spreading germs in a wide range if you cough. It's the same concept as herd immunity with vaccinations. We all help protect each other.

So with that in mind: wear a washable cloth mask.

[+] Chipthemonk@lemm.ee -14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That’s not what the science says. It seems logical, but the mask is supposed to protect the wearer from external shit. It seems logical that it would slow down the spread if an infected individual wears a mask, but the science is far from clear on this after a multi year long pandemic. If a mask makes you feel better, then wear it, but it’s not evident that it plays a big role when it comes to respiratory viruses.

https://www.cochrane.org/CD006207/ARI_do-physical-measures-such-hand-washing-or-wearing-masks-stop-or-slow-down-spread-respiratory-viruses

There is uncertainty about the effects of face masks. The low to moderate certainty of evidence means our confidence in the effect estimate is limited, and that the true effect may be different from the observed estimate of the effect. The pooled results of RCTs did not show a clear reduction in respiratory viral infection with the use of medical/surgical masks. There were no clear differences between the use of medical/surgical masks compared with N95/P2 respirators in healthcare workers when used in routine care to reduce respiratory viral infection. Hand hygiene is likely to modestly reduce the burden of respiratory illness, and although this effect was also present when ILI and laboratory-confirmed influenza were analysed separately, it was not found to be a significant difference for the latter two outcomes. Harms associated with physical interventions were under-investigated.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That is about you catching a disease while wearing masks.

While masks are to prevent OTHERS from catching your diseases.

I swear, anti-vaxxers really don't understand how to READ.

[–] Chipthemonk@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Clearly you haven’t read the review I linked. I guess people struggle with reading the literature so they spew shit that, while logical, is simply false.

[–] Efwis@lemmy.zip -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i'm not an anti-vaxxer, ut I do refuse to have my DNA modified by a vaccine. Not only that the risks associated with the vaccines for covid are too high for my health. I've already had 2 heart attacks, I don't need a vaccine to increase the risk of another one.

during the pandemic, before the lockdowns were completely lifted, I wore my mask for the sake of others. Not all anti-vaxxers can be lumped into your last comment. Oh and btw, I've had covid twice, once before it was even listed as a pandemic, and it did not put me in the hospital, but it did make me feel worse than if I had the flu.

also, on another note, I thought the vaccine was supposed to HELP defeat Covid? Obviously that was a lie. Everytime a new variant comes around, all of a sudden you need another booster shot which has not been "programmed" to help with the new variant. At this point the covid vaccine is nothing more than a cash grab for big pharma.

[–] foo@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Lol

[–] rab@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 years ago

Enjoy polluting the planet with plastic for no reason I guess

[–] Piers@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Yes. They are saying that the studies are rubbish and therefore they can't be used to prove anything.