Baxter Parp

A rehash of old ideas indeed.

I've heard at least one voxpop interviewee from London say "after saving all those lives they deserved a little drink", which is surely worse.

Everything that happens in Scotland is in the context of an unindependent part of the United Kingdom. There are no other valid comparisons.

I'm always willing to enlighten the ignorant.

It is when it completely supports your argument. Not one of you has provided a scrap of evidence to the contrary.

How is "The researchers reported that fabric face masks “blocked between 62.6% and 87.1% of fine particles, whereas surgical masks protected against an average of 78.2% of fine particles. N95 masks blocked 99.6% of fine particles.” conjecture?

"Behind the ball here, once more, the Herald offers us the October A&E waiting time data, for Scotland, of 73.5% seen in 4 hours, only 18% better than NHS England at 61.9% After two weeks when the figure fell to around 70%, in October, the figures have climbed in November against the usual winter trend." https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2021/12/07/nhs-scotland-emergency-services-18-better-than-england-and-improving-for-4-weeks-now-after-blip/

If you'd actually read it you'd know that masks work.

Are we getting bits of Northumberland as well now?

The link's right there, chum.

"The researchers reported that fabric face masks “blocked between 62.6% and 87.1% of fine particles, whereas surgical masks protected against an average of 78.2% of fine particles. N95 masks blocked 99.6% of fine particles.”" https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n432 I've got loads of others, mate. Masks work.

"Mask-wearing is the single most effective public health measure at tackling Covid, according to the first global study of its kind, which found that the measure was linked to a 53% fall in the incidence of the disease." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/17/wearing-masks-single-most-effective-way-to-tackle-covid-study-finds Any old bit of cloth can stop an aerosol, bud.

f**k me.

Feel free to burn down the A9 at 130 mph without a seatbelt then.

An actual scientist wouldn't be passing on dangerous propaganda like this.

"Compelling data now demonstrate that community mask wearing is an effective nonpharmacologic intervention to reduce the spread of this infection, especially as source control to prevent spread from infected persons, but also as protection to reduce wearers’ exposure to infection." Stick with this one if you don't like that one. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2776536 Or this: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/17/wearing-masks-single-most-effective-way-to-tackle-covid-study-finds Mask-wearing linked to 53% cut in Covid incidence, global study finds Or stick your head in the sand, it's up to you.

Good point well made.

You are not discussing masks becausde you are wrong and you know it.

I'm not convinced you could get through a Beano, mate, but here's another one you can chew on. "Compelling data now demonstrate that community mask wearing is an effective nonpharmacologic intervention to reduce the spread of this infection, especially as source control to prevent spread from infected persons, but also as protection to reduce wearers’ exposure to infection." https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2776536 Masks work.

The paper cites many controlled trials. HTH.

I'm comparing seatbelts to masks.

How is the legislation imposing the wearing of seatbelts similar to not wanting to drive in the dark?

I'm not discussing anything, I'm posting definitive proof that masks work.