I posted a thing via a microbiology masters student who is in the ?tighten up my thesis formatting? stage of that degree, who was sent the content of the post by a PhD in virology. The basic consensus was masks might work. Maybe. But they don?t know.

Masks are a barrier to something which is wayyy tinier than their pores 9.9/10 times. They no more stop Covid than a pair of underwear and yoga pants stop a fart. Yeah, someone?s shart might not hit me, but their flatulence-19? Totally up the nose. Why? Because people aren?t wearing the sort of mask that actually stops something that small.

Today I saw a guy at work wearing gloves and mask while moving three floors and 2 labs away, constantly touching everything including his personal effects which he will, undoubtedly, touch with bare hands.

We are in the realm of superstition at this point. Not science.