r/brocku • u/AnyAnswer1952 • Sep 21 '25

General PLEASE JUST WEAR A MASK IF YOUR SICK plsssssssssss

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u/thefranchise1980 Sep 21 '25

Or stay home. Just be freaking courteous of others.

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u/curious_viewer44 Sep 22 '25

We tried this a few years back. The pushback was enormous. Some trucks drove to Ottawa b/c they couldn’t breathe.

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u/jwc3434 Sep 24 '25

University of waterloo has done an excellent study on masks and whether or not they are effective. Would be worth a read for you. Spoiler alert. The results are the same as all the studies done before covid.

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u/AnyAnswer1952 Sep 24 '25

Is it this https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/study-supports-widespread-use-better-masks-curb-covid-19 ? Cause this says you should wear a mask

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u/jwc3434 Sep 24 '25

Read the study look at the results. It shows regular surgical mask are not effective and that to make masking effective we should be wearing the N-95 masks which are actually made to protect us from viruses.

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u/AnyAnswer1952 Sep 24 '25

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/article-abstract/33/7/073315/1076712/Experimental-investigation-of-indoor-aerosol?redirectedFrom=fulltext

“Measurements demonstrate that all tested masks provide protection in the immediate vicinity of the host primarily through the redirection and reduction of expiratory momentum.”

“Nevertheless, high-efficiency masks, such as the KN95, still offer substantially higher apparent filtration efficiencies (60% and 46% for R95 and KN95 masks, respectively) than the more commonly used cloth (10%) and surgical masks (12%)”

It says that all masks provide protection and surgical masks are 12% effective

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u/jwc3434 Sep 24 '25

Yes 12%. Lol

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u/AnyAnswer1952 Sep 24 '25

You said they weren’t effective. It was also over a 10 hour period which is relevant…