sundin13 said:
Lol, buzz off. You stated earlier that the CDC admitted that non N95 masks were useless, now you are saying it's just your opinion. Do you admit that you were wrong and the CDC did not state these masks are useless? |
This is the article I was referring to, but I cam't see all of it, because it's behind a paywall.
But, here's another source:
Cloth Masks Are Useless Against COVID-19 (Redux): Omicron Version
When Lisa Brosseau, ScD, a nationally recognized expert on infectious diseases, spoke to Infection Control Today® (ICT®) back in April 2020, the resulting Q&A seems to have resonated with the public and health care professionals alike. Titled “Cloth Masks Are Useless Against COVID-19,” the article is the second most read story on the ICT® website, with nearly 350,000 pageviews since its publication. (The most viewed article on the ICT® website reported on the Lambda variant. Remember that scare?)
Brosseau seemed perplexed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that the public use cloth masks. (There was a shortage of N95 masks at the time, and the CDC wanted to preserve them for use by health care workers on the frontlines.)
“I don’t understand the CDC’s recommendations for this,” Brosseau said. “My guess is that there’s a lot of political pressure. And no government agency is entirely immune from political pressure.”
Kevin Kavanagh, MD, a member of ICT®’s Editorial Advisory Board, said at the time that while cloth masks might not keep someone from catching COVID-19, they may help prevent them from spreading it.
In an article in May 2020 in ICT®, Kavanagh wrote that “when one exhales, coughs or sneezes, the particles are fairly directional and directed into the mask. One study estimated that cloth masks can stop up to 90% of droplets…. And over 100 countries now recommend the wearing of cloth masks by the public.”
But what a difference a new COVID-19 variant can make. Kavanagh’s advice in 2020 had been tailored to the original variants of COVID-19, Alpha and Beta. When Delta appeared, Kavanagh altered his advice to fit the new reality. In a Q&A with ICT® in July 2021, Kavanagh said that “we need to be wearing respirators or N95s. Cloth masks, surgical masks with holes on the sides—those will not work.”
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