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		mikemotherwell on March 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How South Korea Reined In The Outbreak Without Shu... Masks may be 100% irrelevant for healthy people, but we have asymptomatic people. There is no way to ascertain who is healthy, ergo "healthy people don't need masks" is practically redundant. What am I missing? Oh, and you want citations, sorry, my bad: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HLrm0pqBN_5bdyysOeoOBX4p... - 30 some citations on masks.

throwaway_pdp09 on March 27, 2020 [–]

> What am I missing?

See my reply https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22701821 Mind, I just don't know if what I'm saying there holds water.

Citations are good, following up!

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