Re: TNET: Clemson University extends mask mandate requirement

You do realize that many of the studies within the actual article as well as the studies reference in the article still show that non-sugical, non-N95 masks aka cloth mask are still effective at reducing transmission of RVI.

Here is the excerpt from their literarture survey:

"Recent observational studies and meta-analyses of mask effectiveness have estimated that mask usage reduces the risk of respiratory virus spread by 70% to 80%.22 Efficacy of home-made masks at preventing spread of influenza showed that surgical masks are three times more effective at blocking micro-organism transmission than home-made masks23–25 ...There is, however, evidence that communities in which masks were in widespread use exhibited significantly reduced community spread.24,25"

So if surgical masks are as high as 80% effective, and they are 3X better at blocking than home masks, we can work that out.Curious to tell how long they tracked transmissions and how many infection cycles.

Take 100 people that would be at risk for infection if unprotected. At 80% risk reduction that means 20% are infected vs unprotected. So 100 becomes 20. So what about "cloth" well, instead of 80%, it would be 40% effective. Wait, that is 1/2 of 80% but that would be a 3X less efficacy. Thus rather than infecting 100 people it infect 60 people.

That isn't insignificant.

In three infection cycles if, you could have 100 infecting 100 infecting 100. Or 1,000,000 infections
With even a 40% efficacy, you would only have 216,000 infections. A near 85% drop in cases. Vs a80% efficacy, you have 8,000 cases.

Even if masks dropped infections by only 5%, then you would only have 860,000 infections vs 1 million. it is all about compounding impacts.

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Sep 3, 2021, 3:43 PM

......I am not anti-mask, I'm just anti-force against one's will. I would love to see the "models" Clemson has used bc there are current studies that show schools overseas who are not mandating mask have very little to no difference to schools here in this country that will suspend you, dox you and ruin a students ability to get an education if you don't where a mask. It's hard for me to agree with Clemson that mask are helping because you know, science and all. Usually when trying to hypothesis you have a control whether that control being masked or unmasked you can't come up with a scientific theory based on a one sided experiment. I suppose one reason Clemson believes it is working is because like health professionals a couple months ago stated that we would see a decrease after a month or 2. It's only natural. There are only so many subjects the virus can infect. My theory is there is a decrease bc of the number of people who've already had covid and have natural immunity which in Israel scientist are saying that natural immunity is like 27 times more potent than the vaccine. It's funny because you don't hear the national media talk about Israel bc they were the most vaccinated country in the world and the Delta variant still ran rampant through that country which made scientist think that the vaccine actually made people more susceptible to the Delta variant. Anyways I'm not here to argue about Covid anymore. I am Covid out. I haven't taken one measure to "protect" myself any more than any other year and I especially refuse to wear a mask. If a company or business insist then I take my business elsewhere, it's pretty simple. You know for some reason though people have this strange opinion that I have to take care of their health, well to the contrary I could care less about your health. It's your job to keep you and your family healthy and it's my job to keep mine. I will give just a little though and say if a pro-abortion advocate agrees that having an abortion is murder I''ll get the vaccine. Killing a baby is way more damaging than someone thinking your killing them for not wearing a mask. Just think of the lineage of people that killing that one baby would erase. Think of it this way, who would not be alive if your great great grandmother was aborted. Sorry don't know how I got off on abortion. Anyways Go Tigers!!!!

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TNET: Clemson University extends mask mandate requirement

So you’re saying that your data is superior to Clemson University’s data?***

Do you think Clemson has data