It's pretty easy to find studies that conclude that masks work, too.

I'm not going to get political either, because I really don't understand how this has become a political issue. I figure a proper mask - worn properly! - helps. Even if it turns out to just be 2% better, I'll take it.

And social distancing helps, too. Is it 6 feet? That, I don't know. But common sense tells me that a mile might work, and is better than 6 feet. I use the same line of thought with the masks. Wearing a good mask is better than none at all.

In response to this post by HokiesBill48

Posted: 07/24/2021 at 1:48PM

Covid note…… -- CrystalCoveHokie 07/24/2021 10:16AM

Everyone on earth (unless they are hermit) will get Covid. The variants -- UTPr0sim 07/24/2021 3:13PM

Its becoming common across many countries. In Israel Vax is lo -- ColoVT82 07/24/2021 12:11PM

Hence boosters. Trudeau has purchased >30m shots annually through 2024. -- VTDante 07/24/2021 1:16PM

I have the Pfizer vax. -- GreenvilleVT 07/24/2021 10:26AM

Yes i read somewhere Phizer is 64 percent effective against Delta -- capitals1 07/24/2021 11:54AM

I was hoping to be done with the masks. -- GreenvilleVT 07/24/2021 12:33PM

Will be entirely dependent on where you live ... -- vt90 07/24/2021 1:18PM

Probably true. SC not likely to go back to masks. ** -- GreenvilleVT 07/24/2021 1:21PM

Generally, I believe we are but ..... -- hokietony 07/24/2021 12:35PM

88 percent .... -- hokietony 07/24/2021 11:58AM

This Israeli study says 39 percent -- capitals1 07/24/2021 2:00PM

Yep, and so far ** -- ColoVT82 07/24/2021 2:04PM

And this is why I still wear a N95 mask indoors. I don't want it. -- Coach McGuirk 07/24/2021 10:47AM

Yet study after study shows masks essentially ineffective ** -- 133743Hokie 07/24/2021 12:54PM

Please post a link to any study from any US Hospital system or university -- McLovin 07/24/2021 2:41PM

Here is one I posted the other day from the CDC ... -- vt90 07/24/2021 4:34PM

Fwiw, that's not exactly data about the efficacy of masks -- Pylons 07/24/2021 6:21PM

Possibly. But the big Dutch study released last fall also concluded that -- vt90 07/25/2021 09:43AM

The other thing to consider is that one shouldn't necessarily expect -- Pylons 07/25/2021 10:37AM

The CDC and NIH had that on their website for over a decade until about... -- EDGEMAN 07/24/2021 3:11PM

Just asking the question in general....then why do we wear them? -- HokiesBill48 07/24/2021 1:24PM

It's pretty easy to find studies that conclude that masks work, too. -- Coach McGuirk 07/24/2021 1:48PM

Yes, this is the correct way to view all interventions -- Gobbler-100 07/24/2021 4:29PM

Not my call. I wore one as required and stopped when no longer -- 133743Hokie 07/24/2021 1:34PM

I understand and it wasn't directed at you, sorry. And maybe that is the -- HokiesBill48 07/24/2021 1:44PM

Unfortunately politics became the driving force during the pandemic -- EDGEMAN 07/24/2021 3:15PM

As much politics between scientists with competing ideas as govt politics ** -- DonHo-kieHi 07/24/2021 5:17PM

Yup, and thus the reason why so many don't trust anything spewed -- HokiesBill48 07/24/2021 3:34PM

If you say so. And you will note I wrote N95 mask, not just plain mask. -- Coach McGuirk 07/24/2021 1:03PM

Not to mention the vast majority of masks you see do nothing to protect... -- EDGEMAN 07/24/2021 10:56AM

Data -- ColoVT82 07/24/2021 11:59AM

It's pretty easy to find studies that conclude that masks work, too.

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