"Conclusions. Societal norms and government policies supporting the wearing of masks by the public, as well as international travel controls, are independently associated with lower per-capita mortality from COVID-19."
> Maybe the n95 mask can reduce spread but the clothes mask that most people use doesn't do much.
Numbers vary across studies and materials, but a mask of a single layer of moderate thread count cotton is 80-100% effective at filtration depending on particle size.
> I know it spread and it spread easily but fortunately for vast majority of case they will be asymptomatic or only have symptoms.
30% asymptomatic does not a "vast majority" make. More than 1 in 50 infected dying (or 1 in 12 in the cases of countries with significant infections) may not matter to you, but that's something to be avoided for most people. On-going research is continually revealing new long-term impacts of those that recover from the disease.
If you're genuinely asking, there's some reading material. You can find literally dozens of sources refuting each of your claims. If you're not, I'm not really interested in a debate.
>"Conclusions. Societal norms and government policies supporting the wearing of masks by the public, as well as international travel controls, are independently associated with lower per-capita mortality from COVID-19."
Fine, still correlation doesn't mean causation
>Numbers vary across studies and materials, but a mask of a single layer of moderate thread count cotton is 80-100% effective at filtration depending on particle size.
The issue is the virus is smaller than the mask pores.
>30% asymptomatic does not a "vast majority"
what i mean is both asymptomatic case + mild symptom combined
> 1 in 50 infected dying
Thats probably for the age 80 or above.
For most people remain, its nothing to be afraid of.
