i spent 1 hr looking around on duckduckgo and found 0 scientific articles on it.
Overall, I’ve found some reasonable evidence that social distancing doesn’t help very much compared to masking.
The CDC has this infographic (https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/UnderstandDifferenceInfographic-508.pdf) comparing surgical masks and N95 masks.
However, since it sounds like you’re looking for a peer-reviewed article, I did some digging and found this review article (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/rmv.2336) from the Reviews in Medical Virology journal. It’s recently published and though I didn’t read the whole article, I’ll include the summary paragraph here.
“Only wearing N95 or equivalent masks (OR, 0.30; 95% CI, 0.20–0.44; GRADE, low) was associated with a decreased risk infection from all coronaviruses (SARS‐CoV, MERS‐CoV and SARS‐CoV‐2). The results were similar for assessment of the comparative effectiveness of masks against SARS and MERS (Figure 5b) and COVID‐19 (Figure 5c).”
Although the authors do clarify, “This study does not claim the ineffectiveness of surgical or medical masks nor does it oppose their use.”
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Fashion having higher microfibers? Can’t be a wool or cotton fashion mask then.
surgical masks don’t filter your breath and therefore useless against airborne diseases like covid. kn95 or ffp2 standard masks filter your breath and are very effective if worn correcly and replaced frequently.
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okay, okay, we get it :)
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I just thought it was a funny way to draw attention to it. (Rather than down-voting them all as someone else had)
surgical masks don’t filter your breath and therefore useless against airborne diseases like covid. kn95 or ffp2 standard masks filter your breath and are very effective if worn correcly and replaced frequently.
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