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antivax · 2 months

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Shocking: Texan anti-masker becomes trans after catching coronavirus from anti-mask friends.

#covid-19 #antimask #anti-masking #anti-vax #antivax #nomask #no mask #muzzle #big pharma

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i-amusemyself · 2 years

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Masterpost on Mask Efficacy Reseach in Covid-19

Sick of hearing that masks don’t work? Me too :)))) here’s some research studies showing that they do for next time Karen starts Karening.

(Correct as of August 2022)

A general respiratory viruses review (there are many more but that’s a post for another day):

A review of studies showing mask wearing prevents respiratory virus transmission including SARS, influenza, bird flu and Covid-19.

Wang et al., 2021 doi: 10.1002/mds3.10163

Animal models and masks with Covid-19

This study placed hamsters in separate cages and measured transmission of Covid-19 from an infected hamster to a healthy one. Surgical masks were shown to decrease infection rates.

Chan et al., 2020 doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa644

Mathematical models/simulations and masks with Covid-19

Mathematical modeling demonstrates mask ability to reduce transmission and mortality. It shows even masks of low efficacy can do this transmission rate is low or decreasing.

Eikenberry et al., 2020 doi: 10.1016/j.idm.2020.04.001

Mathematical modelling shows that higher quality face masks can protect the wearer from Covid-19, but two-way masking is better than one-way masking.

Bagheri et al., 2021 doi: 10.1073/pnas.2110117118

Researchers made a cough aerosol simulator to test how well different masks blocked the aerosol. N95 masks blocked 99%, surgical masks blocked 59%, cloth masks blocked 51% and face shields blocked only 2%.

Lindsly et al., 2021 doi: 10.1080/02786826.2020.1862409

Medical grade respirator masks are able to filter particles the size of Covid-19, while poorer quality masks are still able to filter larger aerosol particles which likely contain the virus.

Robinson et al., 2022 doi: 10.1080/02786826.2022.2042467

A model based on close-contact behaviour on the Subway showed that virus exposure could be reduced by 82% if all passengers wore surgical masks.

Liu et al, 2022 doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129233

Community settings and masks with Covid-19

A study looking back at 124 households in Beijing found that when one family member had Covid-19, risk of secondary infections within the household decreased by 79% if the infected member started masking before symptoms.

Wang et al., 2020 doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-00279

In Hong Kong, in the period studied, masking compliance was 96.6% and Covid-19 incidence was significantly lower per million people than in countries with less mask compliance.

Cheng et al., 2020 doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.04.024

A study of 211 Covid-19 cases and 839 controls in Thailand showed that consistent mask wearing was independently associated with reduced risk of Covid-19 infection.

Doung-ngern et al., 2020 doi: 10.3201/eid2611.203003

Introduction of mask mandates in states across the US was associated with a decline in Covid-19 infection growth rates.

Lyu and Wehby doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00818

A randomised trial in nearly 350,000 people in Bangladesh found that mask wearing significantly reduced symptomatic Covid-19 infections.

Abaluck et al., 2021

In US counties with masking mandates, daily case incidence declined by 35% in 6 weeks compared to matched counties without masking mandates.

Huang et al., 2022 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01072

An outbreak of Covid-19 on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which carried 382 men, showed that those that wore face coverings were 70% less likely to become infected.

Payne et al., 2020 doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6923e4

A study of mask wearing in 20 million people, alongside Covid-19 infection data from 92 regions showed that mask wearing corresponds to a 19% reduction in Covid-19 reproductive number, R.

Leech et al., 2022 doi: 10.1073/pnas.2119266119

Young children wearing masks was associated with a 13% reduction in risk of childcare program closure due to Covid-19, meaning more in-person education.

Murray et al., 2022 doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.41227

Healthcare settings and masks with Covid-19

A hospital in Massachusetts managed to decrease rates of Covid-19 infection amongst 10,000 staff with universal masking, despite increasing rates of infection in the community.

Wang et al., 2020 doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.12897

A North Carolina health provider showed that epidemiological curve of healthcare-aquired Covid-19 infections was flattened in healthcare workers following a universal masking policy. This was despite increasing community incidence.

Seidelman et al., 2020 doi: 0.1017/ice.2020.313

A study of 29 general hospitals in Israel found that hospital-acquired Covid-19 infections among healthcare workers only started to decline following a universal masking mandate for all staff, patients and visitors.

Temkin et al., 2021 doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.207.Epub

A systematic review of 13 studies in healthcare and the community found that probability of Covid-19 infection for mask wearers was 7%, compared with 52% for non-mask wearers.

Alihsan et al., 2022 doi: 10.1101/2022.07.28.22278153

Properly fitted N95 masks alongside high quality air filtration can protect from Covid-19 infection for long periods, even with high viral loads at close range.

Landry et al., 2022 doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac195

This study shows masks were able to block the exhalation of virus particles by individuals infected by Covid-19 in Brazil.

Mello et al., 2022 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264389

“But masks can harbour bacteria and fungi and give you pneumonia”

This is most likely referring to the study by Park et al., 2022 doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15409-x

However, if they actually read the paper they would find that:

Most fungi found were on the outside of the mask. Most fungi were opportunistic pathogens (only a danger to immunocompromised), rather than pathogenic.

Most bacteria were non-pathogenic in humans. Of the bacteria that were potentially pathogenic, most were commensal (normally found within the body) or opportunistic (don’t cause harm unless immunocompromised).

The article does not recommend against mask use, only repeated use of the same mask in immunocompromised individuals.

The paper points out that masks reduce transmission of Covid-19.

The paper points out that pathogenic bacteria and fungi are detectable on many materials we use in daily life.

And if you’re really worried about what’s on your mask:

Masks can be sterilized with steam or hot water without compromising their efficacy.

Rahman et al., 2022 doi: 10.3390/polym14071296

“But studies show that masks don’t work”

The most commonly cited evidence of this is a Danish study on the effectiveness of adding a mask mandate.

Bundgaard et al., 2021 doi: 10.7326/M20-6817

This study found that there was no significant difference in infection rates in 4000 Danes, between those recommended masks and those not recommended masks.

However, the study has many limitations which may explain why results differ from the majority of mask studies:

Infection rates reported in the study were not comparable with rates reported in the Danish population at the time.

Fewer people were infected in the masked group, but not to a level of statistical significance. The authors state that results are inconclusive, as opposed to concluding that masks provide no protection.

Only surgical masks were given to participants, which have a limited ability to protect the wearer from airborne viruses vs aerosolised viruses due to their loose fit.

The study only assessed how effectively the masks protected the wearer, not how well it reduced transmission to others.

In the group where masks were recommended, only 46% reported wearing their masks completely as recommended. I.e. more than half of this group did not always wear a mask.

The authors themselves state that the findings should not be used to conclude that mask recommendations in the community would not be effective in controlling Covid-19 spread.

“But masks make it hard to communicate!”

Data is mixed on expression recognition, but some studies show masks have no detrimental effect. Also, context and additional non-verbal cues are often not considered in studies.

A study of children aged 7-13 found that face masks did not impair ability to infer emotions.

Ruba and Pollack, 2020 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243708

Also, clear face masks are available, including clear surgical masks and clear respirators.

“But masks reduce oxygenation”

Wearing a face mask does not cause low O2 nor high CO2 at rest or during activity.

Shein et al., 2021 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247414

Gas exchange is not significantly affected by the use of surgical mask, even in subjects with severe lung impairment.

Samannan et al., 2020 doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202007-812RL

THAT graph that anti-maskers love to show

“Fig. 3. Correlation between Infection Rate and Annual Mask Usage generated from discarded face masks. (USA: United States of America; UK: United Kingdom)”

This graph actually comes from a paper on microplastics from face mask disposal, as opposed to anything epidemiological.

Shukla et al., 2022 doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134805

This graph does not accurately show the Annual Mask Usage (AMU) of each country to an accuracy that could ever be used in a paper with an epidemiological focus.

The authors did not account for variable mask usage in different countries and they use no real world data used on this. Instead, variation in Annual Mask Usage (AMU) is estimated by considering the population of each country in rural vs urban areas, and the presumed acceptance of masks in each area, which is constant for each country (10% in rural areas vs 80% in urban). Basically, this graph shows no accurate data on mask wearing in each country.

The authors also state that there is a correlation between AMU and infection rate. However, the country with the greatest population in the world, China, counters this trend. Equally, the data for India and Brazil, which also have a large proportion of the global population, also contradict this conclusion. This would explain why the authors never attempted to provide statistical tests to prove the correlation that they have supposedly found.

I think that about sums it up, but feel free to add more!

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trikerpoet · 10 months

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Submerged privilege

Ok folks, you will likely think me heartless for writing this post, it seems to be the trend atm, and that’s fine, but it seems that all the news outlets are completely ignoring the fact a former Primate Minister lied not only to his buddies in Parliament but to the nation, on many occasions and deliberately so, that he was PM and leader of the current ruling party, having and attending parties,…

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#antimask #COVID19 pandemic lessons #lockdown #nhs Corruption tories conservatives Boris #PPE masks #spread

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porcupine-girl · 7 months

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Y’know, I’ve never once been harassed for wearing a mask in public. And I don’t live in some liberal utopia where most people are still masking - I live in a purple-leaning-red suburb in a red-leaning state where I’m often the only person wearing a mask in whatever building I’m in. But nobody even looks at me funny. I certainly believe people who have been harassed, but I wonder how widespread it actually is. So here is a poll:

If you want, put your answer and country/state in the tags.

#polls #tumblr polls #covid #masking #anti maskers #antimaskers

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phoenixonwheels · 2 years

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Three guesses how this turns out

Carolyn’s not getting vaccinated.

And she’s not wearing a mask either.

Can a pandemic be real if you’re not being racist? Asking for Carolyn.

Carolyn Cannata: Fucked around. Found out.

[ID: Facebook posts by Carolyn Cannata: 15 May 2021: Two white mice. Speech bubbles read “Did you get the vaccine yet?” “No they’re still testing it on the humans.” 5 Sep 2021: First Assembly of God sign “I want to be like Saul. I want to be on the road to De-Mask-Us.” 11 Sep 2021: “If they were truly worried about new variants the borders would be closed dumbass.” 2 Aug 2022: “This is a friend of Carolyn’s. She has been very sick these past couple of weeks with severe Covid pneumonia. I was with her for many hours today, she asked to have the machines removed, and passed away this evening.”]

#dying to own the libs #fucked around and found out #fafo #karma is a bitch #covid 19 #coronavirus #antivaxxer #antimasker #Covid denier

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oldfangirl81 · 6 months

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Happy Ace Week!

I am somewhere under the ace umbrella. I remember being so scared when I started to figure it out because I felt broken. I was on Tumblr lot in '11-12. I remember seeing a post that the phrase "I want to climb him like a tree" wasn't just a figure of speech to many people. I thought it sounded fake but began to wonder. Like I had long joked about hiring a sex worker before I turned 40 just so I wasn't a silly movie title but not because I actually wanted sex. So when a friend I knew enjoyed sex and I went to the movies I asked if they actually wanted to fuck the person they said that about. She said yes and I started to explain I thought asexual might fit me better than bisexual but it was stressing me out. She was great about it. I remember trying not to cry while waiting for Fright Night to start.

I still go back and forth on specifics so most days I just say queer or bisexual. I tend to also use bisexual if I'm just not in the mood to explain because at this point more people I run across know that one. If we get closer I might go into detail that I am like biromantic/demisexual/asexual.

I turn 42 in December but labels still fail me at times. So let me be a hypocrite and say to not let the labels box you in. That it may change or become more nuanced as you get older.

#ace week #asexual #deep thoughts while drinking tea #and that friend was great in a couple of important moments but so toxic in other ways #we stopped being friends years ago now but the real breaking point was them being antimask antivax

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feralthembo · 2 months

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i cant fucking hear right out of the ear on the side i slept on, my throat is swollen, and the same side nostril is totally closed. this? is why even without covid masks need to be a thing. i could have been spared this if roomie didnt refuse to mask

#It Speaks #also fun fact! my dr yesterday was like 'i bet u struggle to breathe in that thing'#so the antimask brainrot has hit my free clinic

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marinerainbow · 1 year

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I have a question concerning your last OC post if you want it!! ^^ How do you think Poppy would deal if the whole Toon Patrol got sick? XD

Lemme tell you, she is stocking up on ALL the masks, soup, and medicine for these guys XD

Since it's five people and not one person, it'd probably be pretty difficult to keep them all in check. Especially since Psycho cannot be contained, Smartass is stubborn as a mule, and Wheezy is STILL trying to smoke. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

But hey, if she hangs out with the weasels, I imagine she'd be able to learn how to be firm. So it doesn't matter if Smartass doesn't like it, Poppy is making sure they ALL take a sick leave for their sakes. He can pull the 'I'm the boss' card all he wants, nothing will move her on this. She'll talk to Doom about it if she has to- even though she'd rather not have to interact with the creepy judge.

Oh dear God. Poppy would feel SO bad that she can't be with them and take care of them 24/7. For starters, she doesn't live with them. And secondly, her job probably wouldn't let her take time off just to take care of her friends who caught the cold. But she'd definitely try to be with them as much as she could.

And yes, the second one of them feels better, she is forcing them to put on a mask or isolate themself so they don't get sick again. The weasels that get better can even hang out in her apartment while the others stay in the germ-ridden house if they want.

All in all, it'd be pretty hectic, but Poppy wouldn't give up and take care of them all as best as she could, despite their protests and testing her patience XD

(Though, may I raise you: the longer she stays with them, the more likely she gets sick herself despite her precautions. She'd need somebody to take care of her, if you know what I'm saying. Your thoughts?)

Thank you so much for this ask!!! I loved it, it was cute and fun to answer! ^^

#poppy is the OG pro masker #if she saw all the antimask posts she would have a stroke #my own OC's #my own characters #Poppy #Toon Patrol #WFRR #Who Framed Roger Rabbit #Disney #Disney Villains

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sndwave · 5 months

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fun fact, the winter a year before covid first hit (so 2018-19) my local doctors and urgent care put in place a policy of "if you think you have the cold or flu, please wear a mask" and a supply at the door next to the sign. people more or less respected that, and the few jerks that didnt were considered outliers and assholes for it

they tried that last winter and had to take the signs down after a week after people physically threatened the front desk people multiple times a day

#and yes the sign now also listed covid but it said covid flu or cold.#covid antimasking just ruined everything huh #it was also a PLEASE not a YOU MUST. it was optional!!! and people still threatened over it!!!

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ikishima · 5 months

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i do not like the onion... they put out good headlines sometimes that go around but if you actually visit the site on a regular basis you will see other ones that are ummm less left wing

#the one that pushed me to post this is their antimask story that ends with the person wearing a mask being tortured #the onion #story... article headline whatever #x #reductress is usually a lot better (not perfect but whatever)

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