Lower to middle class working individual, Right?

 https://www.newsweek.com/do-cloth-masks-work-against-covid-new-cdc-guidelines-2022-n95-1670004

Lower to middle class working individual, Right? Individuals like me who can’t afford to wear a new N95s or disposable masks to work every day. If you were to ask a liberal Linda or Larry they would classify the poor as prominently African Americans, if not entirely every minority in America, who they claim to have a monopoly of compassion for. If lower to middle class individuals can’t afford masks that “offer the highest level of protection” wouldn’t a wealthy individual be able to protect themselves more than a poor individual? Wouldn’t this be considered a segregation of individuals based on wealth? If you’re a liberal who believes the majority of minorities are poor, would this CDC guideline be raciest?

According to this article any mask it better than no mask. Is wearing underwear as a mask better than no mask? Reference to the video posted yesterday.

Haven’t most individuals with common sense and experience in wearing a mask regularly already discovered that cloth masks really don’t do a lot.

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its mask-wearing advice over the weekend to clarify that some masks are more effective at preventing the spread of COVID than others and that people should "wear the most protective mask you can that fits well."

The agency also removed concerns relating to supply shortages of N95 masks—though it continues to advise that N95 masks labelled "surgical" should be reserved for healthcare personnel use.

It also states loosely woven cloth masks provide the lowest level of protection and that respirator masks that are approved by the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) provide the highest level of protection from particles including the virus that causes COVID.

well-fitting disposable surgical masks and KN95s offer even more protection, and well-fitting NIOSH-approved respirators (including N95s) offer the highest level of protection," the CDC states.

It comes after health experts have increasingly called on people to upgrade their face masks in light of the highly infectious Omicron variant. Some have gone so far as to say that cloth masks are not good enough.

Leana Wen, an emergency physician and visiting professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, told CNN that same month: "Cloth masks are little more than facial decorations. There's no place for them in light of Omicron."

One study from February 2021 set out to compare how well cloth face masks blocked aerosol particles from hitting a collection chamber and found that their filtration efficiencies varied massively from as low as 1.4 percent to 98 percent.

Another study from January 2021 recommended the adoption of cloth masks in light of medical mask shortages at that time and noted that they can provide "good fit and filtration for personal protective equipment in some community contexts" but that results would depend on material, design, and how they are used.

In short, it's hard to say definitively how well cloth masks work, but the consensus from multiple experts is that better-quality masks like N95s are the way to go in light of newer highly infectious COVID variants.

In any case, the CDC, despite its updated guidance, stresses that "any mask is better than no mask"

It also states that people can wear two masks—a disposable mask underneath and a cloth mask on top—for added protection.

Masks should not be worn by children under 2 years of age or people who cannot take them off without help, according to KidsHealth.org.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders recently called on the federal government to provide N95 masks to all U.S. citizens.

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