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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jun-2024 01:17:28 JST Paul Cantrell

   A useful study! Full of the sorts of important details and caveats that get lost on social media:

   - Results only good for 4 specific mask models, •not• all N95, KN95, etc

   - Only studied reducing transmission •from• wearer, not •protecting• wearer

   - Clear finding: •any• mask is much better than no mask; much-maligned cloth mask performed ~as well as KN95

   - Paul reading between the lines a bit: •fit• is everything! Minimizing leakage >>> mask material
   https://mastodon.social/@COVID19_DISEASE/112655220079699265

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jun-2024 02:51:08 JST Paul Cantrell

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     Yes! The mask you wear works better than the mask you don’t wear.
     https://escaperooms.social/@aubilenon/112655690110395762

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jun-2024 03:40:32 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • B Haas

     @belehaa
     Heh, wow.

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     B Haas (belehaa@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jun-2024 03:40:33 JST B Haas

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     @inthehands Months ago, a guy at work mansplained mask fitting to me. I was the only person masked for this conversation 🙄

     The best mask is the one you use!

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     Exandra (alexbbrown@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 28-Jun-2024 01:18:06 JST Exandra

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     @inthehands @COVID19_DISEASE the photo shows a N95 mask with a vent. I believed those were less useful for Covid because they vent infected air unfiltered into passers by?

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 28-Jun-2024 02:35:58 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Exandra
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     @Alexbbrown @COVID19_DISEASE
     Image credit is “Getty Images,” so I’m guessing the photo has zilch to do with actual masks studied.

     …aaand yes, looked up the actual study, and this is the N95 in question: https://acin95.com

     Misleading photo. Total journalistic faceplant.