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@MrMaxPowers247 of course its to prevent droplets from going into an open wound... which is how airborn viruses and bacteria spread... you really are a bit behind the 8 ball huh? Also its hardly limited to surgeons, nurses and doctors wear them regularly in nonsurgical settings to prevent infection as well.. because as you just pointed out, droplets are how infections spread.
@freemo @MrMaxPowers247 I feel like Dr. Freemo is trying to troll us. Surgical masks are to stop spit droplets from landing in a wound or blood spurting into the surgeon's mouth / nose. They wear N95's in the covid wards, not surgical masks. Because surgical masks don't stop the spread of airborne viruses. They may help a little bit, but it's like you are saying washing one finger after shitting on your hands will stop you from getting food poisoning when you eat.
1) droplets going into an open wound **is** the transmission of an airborne virus.. airborne virus literally describes a virus that transmits through droplets (usually into ones mouth nose or eyes).
2) it is hardly limited to surgeons, nurses and doctors also wear masks when treating infectious patients in other ways.
3) the original analogy was a hazmat suite to a mask claiming that because they arent the same a mask must be useless, which is pathetic logic of course. Surgery proves just that, a doctor isnt wearing a full hazmat suit there either, just a mask, showing that clearly it has effectiveness. and a full hazmat suit is not required either.
@freemo @MrMaxPowers247 If the patient they were operating on was infected with an airborne virus they would be wearing a lot more than a surgical mask, I guarantee you that.
not really. I spoke with my surgeon friend about it, and typically unless the disease is something super super dangerous they will use just a mask with airborne viruses.. Common cold is airborne for example, but because its low risk they will wear a mask. Even when operating on someone with coronavirus it will just be a mask.
Ok, what about it? I said at the beginning of the post I am not pro-mask in terms of wearing it casually in the streets... Masks **are** effective but wearing them all day every day is hypochondria level and is disproportionately unnecessary in my mind. So I do not support the wearing of masks..
but to claim masks don't work at all when used properly is complete nonsense.
@freemo @MrMaxPowers247 So your surgeon friend knows that covid isnt "super dagerous" then?
Correct he does, as do I.. it is dangerous, and serious, but not exceptionally so.. enough to be cautious in certain settings but not enough to wear a mask when you go for a run in the park either...
As I said I am not pro-wear-a-mask-all the time.. but i am going to point out the stupidity of this post all the same.
@freemo @MrMaxPowers247
https://khn.org/news/widely-used-surgical-masks-are-putting-health-care-workers-at-serious-risk/