Sunday, September 26, 2021

What is your mask efficacy? Seriously. There may be a difference enough to prevent "the spread."

Vaccination is the answer. I have heard complaints from people who received the J&J vaccine that they got the virus anyway. The J&J vaccine was never about PREVENTING any illness so much as PREVENTING hospitalization. So when I hear anyone state the vaccines don't work because they got the virus anyway, I ask what vaccine they received and when they state J&J, I simply state what they don't seem to remember. The J&J vaccine prevented hospitalization and not illness. Asked if they were hospitalized, the answer is always No.

There needs to be Mask Awareness for the country so they understand all masks are not alike.

September 21, 2021
By Kim Dacey

Baltimore - Wearing masks has become a part of life (click here) over the last year and a half, but with the more contagious delta variant, how can you be sure your cloth mask is still protecting you?

Many have been wearing some of the same cloth masks for the last year and a half, and while experts say there's no specific timeframe to replace them, it's a good idea to check certain key points to make sure they're still doing their job.

"The cloth mask that I wear is meant to protect you and the cloth mask you wear is meant to protect me," said Dr. Esti Schabelman, chief medical officer of Sinai Hospital.

But now that the delta variant is on the scene, can cloth masks protect you from getting sick? Doctors say it is the most contagious COVID-19 variant yet.

"People who are infected with the delta variant shed a lot more virus than other versions of this virus, so any mask is going to be less protective against, for example, the alpha variant," said Dr. Amesh Adalja of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health....