>>12033228 (pb)
At least if they are saying this publicly their is hope of rebutting it. Someone showed me a video of someone testing various masks including N95-type (it wasn't actual N95 but similar) while vaping. Instantly put the lie to stopping aerosols with a mask. As for something like an N95– that one will protect the WEARER but with the vent -all the aerosols go directly OUT. Meaning the mask only has benefits for wearer, if any at all.
I learned from the "anti-vax" movement (medical freedom movement in reality) that one of the biggest canards out there is the "you must protect ME" lie. This can be challenged on so many levels, but basically it boils down to this. I accept or reject the risks and benefits of a medical procedure (including masking outside of surgical/medical situation) based on their risks and benefits for me. It is unknowable if me wearing a mask does ANYTHING for anyone else. However, we can be certain that taking a vaccine or masking for hours in a public setting will have risks for those that choose those options. Where there is risk there must be informed consent and freedom of choice/conscience. Basic Nuremburg code type stuff here.
These lies should be turned around and show to be what they are: lies. Some anti-vaxxers have taken to pointing out the obvious by using a birth control example. Asking someone to take a vaccine to "protect others"( or in this case to mask themselves in public) is like a woman asking her friend to take "the pill" so she has a lower pregnancy risk!