| Comment | Countries with successful containment & suppression of SARS-nCov2 have tended to employ mass-wearing of masks in public, ideally N95. Meanwhile you have countries like the US and UK which explicitly discount the idea doing appallingly in suppression. The real reason for the advice is quite simple - extremely negligent government preparation means inadequate supply of PPE for key workers, let alone general public. It is simply a fact that any mask, the closer to N95/FP3 standard the better, will filter viral particles and reduce potential aerosol transmission. Which is the entire reason social distancing is advised in the first place. Dishonest advice that contradicted this initially should have been framed in terms of the true reasoning --- don't selfishly use PPE needed more by key workers, because there isn't enough to go around, and there isn't enough to go around because the politicians are incompetent. But you COULD make your own (not that the government respects the general public enough to expect this.). Frankly when we have someone from the NHS appearing wishing to "correct misconceptions" I'm sceptical we're going to get entirely straight forward opinions. |
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