Who Was That Masked….Person?

If 80% of Americans Wore Masks, COVID-19 Infections Would Plummet, New Study Says.

t sounds too good to be true. But a compelling new study and computer model provide fresh evidence for a simple solution to help us emerge from this nightmarish lockdown. The formula? Always social distance in public and, most importantly, wear a mask.

f you’re wondering whether to wear or not to wear, consider this. The day before yesterday, 21 people died of COVID-19 in Japan. In the United States, 2,129 died. Comparing overall death rates for the two countries offers an even starker point of comparison with total U.S. deaths now at a staggering 76,032 and Japan’s fatalities at 577. Japan’s population is about 38% of the U.S., but even adjusting for population, the Japanese death rate is a mere 2% of America’s.

This comes despite Japan having no lockdown, still-active subways, and many businesses that have remained open—reportedly including karaoke bars, although Japanese citizens and industries are practicing social distancing where they can. Nor have the Japanese broadly embraced contact tracing, a practice by which health authorities identify someone who has been infected and then attempt to identify everyone that person might have interacted with—and potentially infected. So how does Japan do it?

One reason is that nearly everyone there is wearing a mask,” said De Kai, an American computer scientist with joint appointments at UC Berkeley’s International Computer Science Institute and at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is also the chief architect of an in-depth study, set to be released in the coming days, that suggests that every one of us should be wearing a mask—whether surgical or homemade, scarf or bandana—like they do in Japan and other countries, mostly in East Asia. This formula applies to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence (occasional mask refuseniks) as well as every other official who routinely interacts with people in public settings. Among the findings of their research paper, which the team plans to submit to a major journal: If 80% of a closed population were to don a mask, COVID-19 infection rates would statistically drop to approximately one twelfth the number of infections—compared to a live-virus population in which no one wore masks.

Austria Has 90% Drop in Coronavirus Cases After Requiring People to Wear Face Masks.

The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Austria dropped from 90 to 10 cases per one million people, two weeks after the government required everyone to wear a face mask on April 6. 

According to Daily Mail, “Austria seemingly managed to reverse its crisis by making masks compulsory on April 6, following a spike in infections in late March.”

Meanwhile, Asian countries that enforced wearing face masks reported fewer cases. Hong Kong and Singapore has less than 1,000, while Japan has almost 3,000. South Korea has almost 10,000 cases, but the spread nearly plateaued at the 15th day until the 40th.

And don’t be a lone ranger…wear a mask…and wear it properly!

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3 thoughts on “Who Was That Masked….Person?

  1. And the actual science says…Not so much.. Ultimately, the choice is yours. For high risk people, I think that it’s better to self quarantine and live than to die behind the false aegis of a mask.

    1. You really aren’t paying any attention…the mask doesn’t protect the wearer…it protects others from the wearer.

      1. I had to do a little looking, but no. There are no RCT (randomized controlled trial) studies that show masks are effective at all to protect the user or others.

        Who was that masked man? Just another un-scientific, virtue signaling flavor joining a depressingly long queue of anti-vaxer, flat earth, and creationist nuts.

        May the Lord provide to you the Coffee to change the things you can and the Whiskey to accept the things you can’t.

        -Nemo suggests Bushmills 21 Year Old

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