you brought the health thing to the conversation trying to drum up whatever. nobody wants to have the mask conversation here. again. you're either for or against and nothing anyone here says will change your mind. so just don't go there.
> you brought the health thing to the conversation
Dude, re-read the thread:
1. You specifically framed it as during "the beginning of the pandemic."
2. You brought up people wearing masks (implicitly for health concerns.)
3. You said those particular masks were amusingly ineffective (for disguising identity in the bank.)
4. I wryly noted those particular low-quality masks were indeed ineffective in multiple ways. (The health concerns that motivated them in #2.)
I can't make you enjoy my reply, but stop acting like this is some kind of shocking non-sequitur leap into forced realms of conversation. You more than set the stage yourself.
not once did i mention health. i compared them to clark kent and glasses as a disguise. not really sure what you're reading, but you're really wanting to push something that's not there. enjoy
There was another HackerNews story about smelling diseases. I have the rare ability to smell coronavirus, (I've diagnosed probably a dozen people correctly.) That said, if I'm wearing an n95 mask it's harder for me to detect and with n99-n100 masks I don't perceive anything at all.
From that observation I infer masks are effective at eliminating virus transmission, which is quite extraordinary given the virus is so small.
Do you have a sense of whether you can distinguish between the five endemic named coronaviruses?
And whether you can distinguish between those and rhinoviruses / adenoviruses / etc?
There was another poster on that thread who said they were able to smell colds. I wonder if this is just extremely common and / or if we can all be trained to do it like with wine?
> From that observation I infer masks are effective at eliminating virus transmission, which is quite extraordinary given the virus is so small.
This inference doesn't really make sense to me. I bet putting a cigarette in your mouth, or a chopped onion in front of your face, would achieve the same frustration of this ability.
