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[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Can someone simply answer me this: why is a mask useless for preventing water droplets from your mouth spreading to other surfaces?

The mechanism of transmission is not currently understood.

Numerous studies have been conducted about the use of protective gear among healthcare workers, and sanitising procedures.

Most studies are looking for statistically significant reductions in confirmed cases of influenza among healthcare workers based on the use of protective equipment.

The summary of the studies that I've read.

There's no statistical significance in most studies between N95 masks, and the common disposable medical masks.

Other studies have looked for a reduction in confirmed cases of influenza between wearing a mask vs no masks.
Again, no statistically significant difference.

It's gets more interesting, because some of these studies also include additional hand washing in their studies, vs. no additional hand washing procedures.
Again, no statistically significant differences.

In these studies the researchers state generally in their conclusions that everyone already knows that hand washing reduces influenza transmissions, etc.
They aren't willing to rock the boat.

So, they continue to recommend the hand washing procedures among health care workers for influenza and viruses.

It's probably worth mentioning that these hands washing procedures are generally ignored. If they were followed, then every healthcare worker would have chronically dry skin, etc, which is why hospital borne infection would be the #2 cause if death if hospitals reported honestly, but that's another subject.

Please do not misinterpret what I'm suggesting...
The hand washing procedures are beneficial for reducing the spread of bacterial infections. Hand washing is important.

However, hand washing doesn't appear to have a statistically significant impact on reducing confirmed cases of influenza among health care workers.

We're told that viruses can float through the air, and survive on surfaces, and in droplets.

I can't find any actual evidence to support this. Which sounds crazy.

Here's another crazy fact. The German court handled a case involving the measles and a lack of evidence for the measles virus.
Apparently the measles virus had never been isolated.

If there are any studies that indicates that the influenza virus has been isolated, then I'd like to see them.
If it hasn't been isolated it, then what do they have imagine the flu vaccines? IDK.

So what are we really looking at?
What is really going on???

Nobody knows for certain (at least publicly).

Competing theories exist to the viral/bacterial infection theories.

Terrain theory worth looking into it you're not already familiar with it.