Are the magic masks super-spreaders?

Darth Omar said:
I see people touching their masks *all the time*. I do it myself.

Someone touches their mask and then roots through veggies looking for that perfect tomato or whatever. Waitresses do it constantly. Store clerks do it. Anywhere you go in public people are doing it.

There’s some degree of transmission *from* masks because it’s impossible for there not to be.
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Touching your own mask is not an issue with viruses.
 
Salty Alt-left Walty said:
Touching your own mask is not an issue with viruses.
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Who told you that?

It wasn't the savior of the COVID cultists, was it?

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“There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask,” Fauci told 60 Minutes on See-BS. “When you’re in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better and it might even block a droplet, but it’s not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is. And, often, there are unintended consequences—people keep fiddling with the mask and they keep touching their face.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dr-fauci-made-the-coronavirus-pandemic-worse-by-lying-about-masks/ar-BB15zyW3
 
Legion said:
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Scientists have found viruses similar to the strain that causes Covid-19 can survive on commonly-worn fabrics for up to three days. The study by De Montfort University in Leicester tested a model coronavirus on polyester, polycotton and 100% cotton. The results suggested polyester posed the highest risk. Microbiologist Dr Katie Laird, who led the study, said the materials, commonly used in masks, posed a transmission risk.

The material most commonly used to make surgical masks is polypropylene, either 20 or 25 grams per square meter (gsm) in density. Masks can also be made of polystyrene, polycarbonate, polyethylene or polyester.





https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-56171006
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Two words: Wash them
 
The thread is one of the few decent teachable moments from these ill meaning bozos.

Yes, please don't share masks. Yes, please wash and replace them. Yes, please wear those which transmit the least through surface contact.

Thanks for sharing. Superspreaders? No. But best to not misuse anything, whether its a knife a nuclear bomb or a covid mask.
 
Butch Uncle said:
Two words: Wash them
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One word: No.


The study also looked at the most reliable wash method for removing the virus from 100% cotton fabric.

Water was enough to remove the virus in all of the washing machines tested when it was added in droplets but not when scientists soiled the fabric with an artificial saliva containing the virus.

In these cases, only when detergent was used and a temperature of 40°C or above was the virus completely eliminated.

Using temperature alone, 67°C was required to eliminate the virus.


https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-56171006
 
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