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[–]Sun_bear 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

When you say anti-masker, do you mean people who are skeptical about the efficiency of home-made cloth masks for preventing viruses from spreading? Because there's hardly an overwhelming body of evidence that proves such masks are beneficial and there's plenty of evidence that says the opposite, see here for example:

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577

[–]Bogos[S] 45 insightful - 2 fun45 insightful - 1 fun46 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

There’s plenty of evidence demonstrating masks lessen transmission. Nothing is 100%.

Further the virus is spread through respiratory droplets, common sense will tell you masks lessen the droplets hitting other people. That doesn’t mean you should have a false sense of security, it is one measure but also one very easily implemented .

You link cloth vs medical mask- buy a medical mask they are widely available.

Masks work:

https://www.brighamandwomens.org/about-bwh/newsroom/press-releases-detail?id=3608

[–]catoboros 15 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

There is also evidence that masks reduce inoculum size, that is, droplets that get through are smaller, resulting in less severe disease because the immune system has longer to mount a defence.

[–]OrneryStruggle 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You responded to an actual peer reviewed study with thousands of participants with a press release about a correlation that most likely is NOT causally related, lmao. This in no way proves masks "work" and it certainly doesn't prove that cloth masks work.

Medical N95 masks (the ones that have some plausible/somewhat evidenced efficacy) are impossible or difficult to purchase for most regular people right now, you need to be trained how to wear them and have them fitted, and they reduce blood oxygen levels which can result in things like road accidents when people pass out wearing them.