#Masks

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

Lionel Shriver:“In the absence of any persuasive scientific evidence that they significantly impede transmission of the virus, masks are clearly performing a different function.” “Part of it is tribal, especially

Stuart Lau

stuartlauscmp

It's official. The WHO just revised the advice on wearing masks, and acknowledges that wearing a medical mask is one of the prevention measures that can limit the spread of

Good Morning Britain

GMB

Will face masks be made mandatory? @reallorraine and @drhilaryjones question Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Jenny Harries, on guidance around wearing face masks for the general public. 'I found it

Hotep Albania

HotepAlbania

Orthodox Jewish community in New York hoarded thousands of n95 masks throughout this pandemic. Today, FBI raided them in order to bolster hospitals PPE supply I just want to reiterate

People's Daily, China

PDChina

China has exported medical supplies with the total worth of 10.2 billion yuan since March 1, including testing kits, masks and ventilators, Chinese officials told press on Sun, adding that

Peter Pham

peterpham

1. A good example/read why frontline responders aren't getting PPE. It's a $100B up for grabs this year that appeared 4 weeks ago = scammers preying on desperation. It's worse

Manu Raju

mkraju

“Can you smell through that mask?" Rep. Clay Higgins said. "Then you're not stopping any sort of a virus. It's part of the dehumanization of the children of God.” What

juliver❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🐓

thethoughts312

#Covid19 and wearing masks, a thread: I work at a large public attraction in south. The facility I work for requires staff to wear masks at all times but does

Rajan Venkateswaran (സ്വാമി)

swamy64

There is a wedding in the family in 3-4 months. I have given the following guidelines to be strictly implemented;1. Above 65 and below 12 not allowed2. Masks compulsory3. No

James Surowiecki

JamesSurowiecki

1. The way covid-skeptics will try to spin this story is to say, "If the president can get it, then anyone can. So there's no point to locking down or

Dr Philip Lee

drphiliplee1

Alright, I'm seeing this paper quoted a lot about the harms potentially caused by masks, so here we go, yes wearing a cloth mask as protection when you're working in

C. Dutilh Novaes

cdutilhnovaes

1/ THREAD: a breakdown of the fallacies in the arguments by the Dutch government against wide adoption of face masks in public #COVID19NL 2/ "Face masks are scarce & we

Tom Ross

Tommy_Slick

BREAKING: The Alberta government is increasing access to medical masks, and partnering with A&W, McDonalds and Tim Hortons. You can go to the drive-thrus and obtain four masks per visit.

Scott Schaeffer

The_Dr_S

"Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19"- World Health Organization, April 6, 2020https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331693/WHO-2019-nCov-IPC_Masks-2020.3-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y "There is curren

Chris Vanderveen

chrisvanderveen

THREAD on mask use Yes... I know... But... Let's take a look at Adams County. Remember Adams. It's moving to Safer Level 3 today because of, in part, high incidence

Daniel Zhao

DanielBZhao

Some anecdata on mask usage in my neighborhood in SF:- Mask (inc. any kind of mouth covering) usage has increased from ~20% (Mon) to ~40% (Thu). Nice!- Thu n=~200, I