A mask is part of a system for limiting spread. It is not perfect and has limitations but does add extra limitations when used in conjunction with social distancing and group congregating. So, which social distance is better? 2m, 1m ? Limiting contacts outside a bubble. No mask, no distancing, no limiting contacts =risk level 1, a base level with highest risk. Adding each of the 3 factors changes the risk level to a lower one. They are cumulative so all 3 give a lower risk level. Removing any increases the risk level. It all boils down to risk management in the end. We will not get a risk free scenario? In trying to protect a whole population it is wrong to assume total protection is feasible as the requirements for PPE, isolation, ignoring common sense instructions will never be achieved. We can argue about the mask types ad infinitum but in practice it is the readily available ones that will form the risk level factor. We are in for a long haul unfortunately. As for the stats...bloody hell, what a load of poor info. Negligible testing in the early days and Covid being wrongly used as a death cause. Higher testing frequency now so NUMBERS of positives would be higher anyway and wrongly dangerous to compare to earlier results. We are not comparing like with like. Until we gat a stable testing regime then the variations in it compromises comparisons, an apples versus pears comparison.
+1 Good post.
Tim H. 1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE
