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[Quote: Originally Posted by I_Need_A_Detox]Here's what DR. Osterholm, not just an epidemiologist but the Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and Biden's own former COVID ad

Watched the video.  Dr. Osterholm is respected in the field, though HUMAN like everyone else.

It is clear from the video he is speaking almost ENTIRELY about the supposed protection that "face-cloth-covering" provides THE WEARER!

But that's not the main reason WHY we wear masks!

Therein lies the confusion for many people including detox......the main use of the mask (a good quality mask, PROPERLY WORN) is reduce outward spread from an infected person --- not specifically to protect the wearer.  WRONG MESSAGE! We wear the mask to PROTECT OTHER PEOPLE FROM US. In that regard, while the typical masks WHEN PROPERLY WORN are not 100% perfect, they DO vastly reduce the distance that outward breathing travels (obviously) -- allowing time for microscopic particles to dissipate in the air in multiple directions and vastly lessens the chances that a person social-distancing 6 feet away could inhale that infected air.

THEY ARE NOT **PERFECT** and nobody ever said they were.....but they do help reduce the viral spread.

He was talking about the person wearing the mask and others around. 

Masks barely help. 

Again, they help the same way a chain link fence would help in containing mosquitos. 

”THEY ACTUALLY ONLY HAVE VERY LIMITED IMPACT IN REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF VIRUS THAT YOU INHALE IN OR EXHALE OUT.” 

— Dr Michael Osterholm is the Director for Infectious Disease, Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota

Osterholm has sought to clarify his views on masks according to Bring me the news. He isn't anti-mask and supports cloth masks wearing by the public.  On occasions, he wear masks in public. He says masks are important in a pandemic.