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SeabassDebeste posted...

i specifically remember that we were told masks could "make it worse by increasing the viral load you're exposed to!" we were specifically discouraged from wearing masks. i remember smugly thinking that people wearing masks were doing the wrong thing and that i, avoiding touching things but sanitizing and washing my hands all the time, was doing the "right" thing.

almost 100% certain it was a deliberate lie to avoid n95 hoarding. we knew the virus spread by droplets. it made no sense that they wouldn't come out of people's breathing. maybe they didn't have great proof that masks stopped it, but they should definitely not have had said masks hurt the wearer.

my recollection is that health officials were concerned that people would be messing with them and touching their faces, back when the concern was that the virus spread easily to/from surfaces. Even now, some of those infectious disease experts admitted to still leaving groceries/mail/packages out for a day before touching them.


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