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<blockquote data-quote="pdmjoker" data-source="post: 2285822" data-attributes="member: 468524"><p>The page you cite says:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Specifically, are surgical masks effective in stopping human transmission of coronaviruses? Both experimental and control groups, masked and unmasked respectively, were found to “not shed detectable virus in respiratory droplets or aerosols.” (23)</p><p></p><p>and paper 23 they cite says</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">We identified human coronaviruses, influenza virus and rhinovirus from both respiratory droplets and aerosols. Surgical face masks reduced detection of coronavirus RNA in both respiratory droplets and aerosols, but only respiratory droplets and not aerosols for influenza virus RNA. Our results provide mechanistic evidence that surgical facemasks could prevent transmission of human coronavirus and influenza virus infections if worn by symptomatic individuals.</p><p></p><p>which seems to contradict their summary...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdmjoker, post: 2285822, member: 468524"] The page you cite says: [INDENT]Specifically, are surgical masks effective in stopping human transmission of coronaviruses? Both experimental and control groups, masked and unmasked respectively, were found to “not shed detectable virus in respiratory droplets or aerosols.” (23)[/INDENT] and paper 23 they cite says [INDENT]We identified human coronaviruses, influenza virus and rhinovirus from both respiratory droplets and aerosols. Surgical face masks reduced detection of coronavirus RNA in both respiratory droplets and aerosols, but only respiratory droplets and not aerosols for influenza virus RNA. Our results provide mechanistic evidence that surgical facemasks could prevent transmission of human coronavirus and influenza virus infections if worn by symptomatic individuals.[/INDENT] which seems to contradict their summary... [/QUOTE]
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