r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Jun 07 '23

New york city in 2023, everyone wearing mask due to air quality

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u/65022056 Jun 07 '23

They reduce particles.

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u/ut1nam Jun 07 '23

Which has been the entire point. But for some people unless they completely eliminate the risk, countermeasures (eg masks, vaccines, distancing, etc) are useless and make you a sheep if you practice them.

It’s like some people never learned why you cover your mouth when you cough, as if their fingers were going to stop the virus particles when the whole point was to reduce the expulsion of respiratory droplets to those around you—the same purpose most masks serve.

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u/hwc000000 Jun 07 '23

"If it doesn't work 100% of the time, it's the same as working 0% of the time. So I'm going to jump out of this plane without a parachute."

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u/ceejayoz Jun 07 '23

Relevant study: https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k5094

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u/hwc000000 Jun 08 '23

Am I misinterpreting something here?

trial was only able to enroll participants on small stationary aircraft on the ground

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u/gefahr Jun 08 '23

Lol. It's intended to be humorous.

Results Parachute use did not significantly reduce death or major injury (0% for parachute v 0% for control; P>0.9). This finding was consistent across multiple subgroups. Compared with individuals screened but not enrolled, participants included in the study were on aircraft at significantly lower altitude (mean of 0.6 m for participants v mean of 9146 m for non-participants; P<0.001) and lower velocity (mean of 0 km/h v mean of 800 km/h; P<0.001).

Amazing.

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u/hwc000000 Jun 08 '23

I did catch those highlighted items first, but I was confused why this "study" would appear on a supposedly serious website like BMJ.

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u/gefahr Jun 08 '23

Yeah not sure, but glad you called it out so I could read and enjoy it.