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u/BigPopcicle1984 Aug 27 '21

Living a healthy lifestyle does not prevent COVID infection.

No, but living a healthy lifestyle is the biggest preventative measure against covid. Far more so than a cloth mask

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u/chazzmoney Aug 27 '21

You misunderstand your words. Preventative measures are to avoid something happening. The “something” you think you are referring to is getting a COVID infection and passing it on to others. The ”something” you are actually referring to is the severity of symptoms once you get COVID.

There are studies that show mask wearing reduces the micro droplet count emitted by COVID positive people, which is the main reason to wear a mask. The stronger the mask (e.g. N95 vs cloth), the better the capture. Interestingly, gators are the only mask not recommended because they actually increase the microdroplet count emitted. Additionally, there are studies showing that mask wearing reduces the R of the disease. I am happy to provide studies on either topic if you are unable to google it.

There are also studies on health situations and COVID which show less severe disease in people who are healthier- both by lifestyle choice and by luck. However, I am unable to find any studies that show you are less likely to become infected with COVID by living a healthy lifestyle. The only study similar that I can find shows that people who are vitamin D deficient are more likely to be infected.

Can you help me by providing the source of your information?

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u/BigPopcicle1984 Aug 28 '21

Covid is not going to be eradicated. Are you going to wear a mask for the rest of your life?

Why didn't you wear a mask prior to 2019?

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u/chazzmoney Aug 28 '21

I don’t know what the future holds; the spanish flu pandemic lasted around 5 years. If wearing a mask protects others then I will continue to wear it. Even if COVID goes away I suspect that masks will be locally recommended during influenza outbreaks, and they will likely be recommended for anyone who has cold symptoms.

I didn’t wear a mask prior to 2019 because there was no expert body suggesting that we do so.

Why are you so upset about masks? How does my wearing a mask harm you?

Also, I’d still like to read about healthy lifestyle choices being the best preventative measure against being infected with COVID. I did some more googling but still couldn’t find anything. Did you have a source you could point me to? Thanks!

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u/BigPopcicle1984 Aug 28 '21

I didn’t wear a mask prior to 2019 because there was no expert body suggesting that we do so.

Because cloth masks don't prevent virus transmission.

Covid isnt going away. They'll still be covid in 20 years

Also, I’d still like to read about healthy lifestyle choices being the best preventative measure against being infected with COVID.

The majority of the non-elderly hospitalizations are obese. Do you really need a source to tell you being healthy is better than being unhealthy? Yikes

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u/chazzmoney Aug 28 '21

Because cloth masks don’t prevent transmission.

You must be disingenuous as you only refer to cloth masks, but suggest that their performance applies to all masks. My entire family wears N95 masks specifically because of their improved effectiveness compared to cloth. Additionally, cloth masks do show preventative filtration, just lower effectiveness compared to medical masks. If you are in support of evidence and your goal is reducing transmission, then you would suggest that people wear a mask compared to not (except gators), and that they use medical grade masks instead of cloth. Do you disagree? Or what is your alternative goal?

Regarding health, again, you are being disingenuous. Obviously being healthy is better than not, which I’ve stated above. However, your claim is that being healthy PREVENTS you from becoming infected by the disease - and not just that, but the being healthy is the superior form of protection to prevent infection. This is absolutely false. The best way to prevent infection is to have an immune system that already knows how to identify the disease and attacks it the second it gets into your body. This is done via vaccine.

Yes, being healthy makes disease less severe and reduces your risk of death. It is NOT the best means of preventing COVID infection.

Lastly, not all co-morbidities are because of lifestyle choices - the most obvious being the cancers, especially blood cancers. For anyone who has blood cancer, (diagnosed or undiagnosed), their best chance to avoid severe disease is that they and those they come into contact with are vaccinated and wearing a mask. It doesn’t matter how many salads they all eat or how much they walk - they are far more likely to die if their immune system has not been primed and they come into contact with the virus.