I have researched the post-SARS articles and none of them show that healthy people in a non-hospital environment should be wearing masks. I could not find the NY Times article you referenced but I think it’s fair to say that the Times is not an unbiased party here, so let’s see real evidence, not rhetoric.
As for operating rooms not being oxygenated, please check your facts. Operating rooms are in fact fire hazards because of the extra oxygen.
I don’t know how anyone in their right mind could say that re-breathing CO2 is not an issue. Remember, mask wearing is very political.
Of course we don’t want numbers to go up, and of course we are all davening for the cholim, but that doesn’t mean that masks are effective or healthy for the wearer. And as for the long-term wearing of masks for children–it’s plain and simple child abuse. And that’s not okay for the vague notion of “it’s probably better than nothing.”
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