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Both have theater aspects and let me propose something: that's good. When you approach airport security (theater) you wonder what their capabilities are _today

Both have theater aspects and let me propose something: that's good. When you approach airport security (theater) you wonder what their capabilities are _today_. Are they sniffing the air at large with their GCMS? Is there going to be a dog today? Its intimidating to think of it as a theoretical attacker because of its large and multifaceted apparatus, which is part of its deterrent power. Masks are somewhat similar, they have a vanishingly small chance of actually intercepting a virus particle/droplet that was going to infect you on a case by case basis BUT they make people approach you differently. They say "stand back".

SergeAx 5y ago
When you approaching airport or train station security theater, you slowing down due to limited throughput. And then bang! - a terrorist blows up in the crowd right in front of security gate. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2013_Volgograd_bombings#Train_station_bombing_on_29_December https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2013_Volgograd_bomb...
mrtksn 5y ago
Actually they did a study on the masks and proved effective. It was done by picking a population of 350K, then separating them to test and control groups, encourage mask for the test group. The results are that at 39% mask use in the test group the covid cases were %12 lower than the control group. There was also a difference between surgical mask(%12) and cloth mask(%9) use. [0] https://twitter.com/Jabaluck/status/1433036933400305673/photo/1 https://twitter.com/Jabaluck/status/1433036933400305673/phot...
- jfrankamp 5y ago
  No actually required :-). I didn't say masks were not effective, I said part of their effectiveness is the making-conscious of transmission vectors. E.g. when you wear a mask and see others do it you are more likely to wash your hands or stand back. When you wear a mask (as I do) in addition to blocking some particles you signal to others "lets play the not kill eachother game by limiting virus vectors!"
  - mrtksn 5y ago
    Fair enough:) They should also made some of the test ground really chill to see if it is the mask or the attitude!

SergeAx 5y ago

When you approaching airport or train station security theater, you slowing down due to limited throughput. And then bang! - a terrorist blows up in the crowd right in front of security gate. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2013_Volgograd_bombings#Train_station_bombing_on_29_December https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2013_Volgograd_bomb...

mrtksn 5y ago

Actually they did a study on the masks and proved effective. It was done by picking a population of 350K, then separating them to test and control groups, encourage mask for the test group. The results are that at 39% mask use in the test group the covid cases were %12 lower than the control group. There was also a difference between surgical mask(%12) and cloth mask(%9) use. [0] https://twitter.com/Jabaluck/status/1433036933400305673/photo/1 https://twitter.com/Jabaluck/status/1433036933400305673/phot...

jfrankamp 5y ago
No actually required :-). I didn't say masks were not effective, I said part of their effectiveness is the making-conscious of transmission vectors. E.g. when you wear a mask and see others do it you are more likely to wash your hands or stand back. When you wear a mask (as I do) in addition to blocking some particles you signal to others "lets play the not kill eachother game by limiting virus vectors!"
- mrtksn 5y ago
  Fair enough:) They should also made some of the test ground really chill to see if it is the mask or the attitude!