Folks, they’re called Face Diapers for a reason.
And sadly, they’re making a comeback.
Please. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: masks do not stop the spread of respiratory viruses.
We’ve also known that, in addition to being ineffective, they’re absolutely filthy. All the waste you breathe out and the spit flecks from coughing, laughing, and speaking are stuck to the mask. The warmth and humidity of your breath, 20 times per minute, just feeds the bacterial overgrowth.
And now someone has written a paper that both studied the bacterial growth as well as examined the previous literature on this matter
https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202312.1576/v1
Because it’s a “pre-print”, it has not been peer reviewed but the results speak for themselves. It’s 26 pages….if you’re not a science nerd, you can skip the methodology and still get juicy tidbits.
Merry Christmas to all! Remember: Christmas lasts until February 2.