Is this more fake news from CNN?

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  1. modernpaladin

    modernpaladin Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Or is this one of the 'medical professionals' whose instruction we should be following?

    “If there are lots of people packed around you, [wear] a three-ply surgical mask – don’t wear a cloth mask. Cloth masks are little more than facial decorations. There’s no place for them in light of omicron. And so wear a high-quality mask, at least a three-ply surgical mask…”

    If she's right, we should treat people wearing mere 'face decorations' the same as those wearing no mask at all, right? Or is CNN once again full of it?

    https://www.infowars.com/posts/cnn-...th-masks-little-more-than-facial-decorations/
     
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    The key phrase is "packed around you".
     
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    Isn't that guy in jail who used to run it?
     
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    You mean Alex Jones? He lost two or three defamation lawsuits recently, so he might wish he had jail time instead, but he's free with a future that looks like it's going to be a lot poorer.
     
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    It's one person's opinion, and maybe exagerration, but I see where she is coming from. Omicron is even more contagious, and we all know surgical masks are better than cloth. Surgical masks are easily available and better so yeah, wear those. As the contagiousness increases, the use of greater protection is more important.
     
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    Oh, maybe I thought he retired since he kept losing lawsuits.
     
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    Slime never sleeps or hybernates.
     
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    "Slime never sleeps." Good one!
     
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    General rule of thumb for masks .. is that if you don't sound like Darth Vader .. it ain't doing much. - and almost no one is wearing such masks.

    With Omicron this is even more true .. as it is posited to be more airborn .. if you got air moving out the back of the mask .. and one coughs or sneezes while in the grocery line .. guess who gets it .. big blasto mundo.
     
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    Do you need proof the quote from the CNN analyst is accurate?
     
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    So "cloth masks are little more than facial decorations" only when theres a lot of people... so, standing in line at checkout at the grocery store: cloth mask OK?
     
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    I've been saying that since the start of the pandemic. The cloth masks (that most people wear) are useless virtue signalling devices. And yet, the people who wear them are treated differently than the people wearing no mask, even though both groups are realistically spreading the same viral loads.
     
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    To be fair .. it is likely that masks will reduce the rate of transmission .. the question being how much .. context matters .. it is a significant reduction ..

    Now my friend .. we don't have to guess at this answer .. as the world has just conducted a masive mask experiment - one which failed miserably .. every time we tried it..
     
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    I've only been saying this for the last 18 months. A virus is meaured in microns, a unit so small that the head of a pin is like Jupiter. The laws of physics state that an object can fit through an opening large enough to accommodate it. Masking against COVID with anything less than N95 has always been nothing but theater.
     
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    unfortunately alex jones is still at large.
     
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    the mass of mucus and bodily fluid surrounding the virus is larger than a virus, and is stopped by a mask.

    an n95 is best but the surgical masks, worn properly, help. the decorative cloth masks are better than nothing. none of these masks "restrict your breathing " and most humans look better with them on.
     
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    ~ Does that include you ... ? :please:
     
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    Put on a cloth mask and spray water on it
    Take off mask
    Note how wet your face is
    Now spray your face without the mask on
    I bet it’s wetter!
    Don’t tell me masks don’t do anything
    Sure, I only feel about 5% safer while wearing one but it’s better than nothing
     
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    Sure, if you're six feet away! This stuff isn't hard, don't know why you try to make it hard.
     
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    Does CNN publish anything that isn't fake news?
     
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    Compared to N95 masks, cloth masks offer very little protection. Is it better than nothing? Yes. Is it better than stuff designed to keep out tiny particles? No.
     
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    Wait, isn't everyone still social distancing? Is that no longer a given? Surely the CNN analysts who equated cloth masks with face decor wasn't suggesting that we wear a 3-ply surgical mask but stop social distancing...
     
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    :buggered: ~ If he did so how many deaths could be the result ... ? :weed::tombstone: :sniff:

    ~ Not the best analogy. You can do better ... :please:
     
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