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Your math was wrong this time. Even if N95 masks are not 100% or 95% effective, still they should reduce the chances of getting infection by 95%. The real problem with most of those masks is that they usually do not fit correctly so the aerosol get inside from sides. The worse are those with ear rubber bands. But those without filter in general are bad, too. I got no COVID with 3M FFP2/3 with filter, maybe I was lucky... but for me they worked

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Nah. There are just too many variables Alberto; you will never really "know" or be able to prove 3M masks "worked."

-- You cannot be sure your environment ever contained even one virion much less millions enough to have a probability of get past the 3M masks "defenses."

-- You have no "control Alberto clone" exposed with NO mask living in the same environment as you for the same period of time exposed to the same stuff.

-- You could have been exposed with or without a mask and never been aware because your immune system had high levels of vit D, C, and A and had no problem fighting it off while presenting zero symptoms alerting you that you got it.

I could go on, but you should get the picture by now!

-- I would hypothesize that if you had been exposed to viral particles your chances of becoming infected would be exponentially higher while wearing a face covering for these reasons: 1) virus particles by 100's or 1000,s enter mask, 2) some are caught in mesh and some pass through, 3) some that pass through continue on into the respiratory system, 4) those that fail and reside on face or between face and covering exposed to a humid-rich breeding ground and multiply, 4) the viral load under the mask increases to a point where the probability of them being drawn into the respiratory system is high, 5) viral load inside body increases and disease process is accelerated.

Masks are useless for reduction of viral particles collecting in your respiratory system.

It is MORE likely masks are negatively efficacious as are the mRNA vaccines!

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Alberto, that is not causative. I never wore a mask, and did not catch C19, so there you go.

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No masks for me either. I would rather catch a cold, which is all Covid is, then to wear a stupid mask that restricts my breathing and makes me look like an imbecile.

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