Dr. Scott Jensen, MD: The Truth About Masks | COVID-19 Facts From The Frontline

Tony Robbins speaks to Senator Dr. Scott Jensen, MD, a family physician from Minnesota, to uncover the truth about masks. After initially discouraging the public to wear masks, the CDC now recommends the use of cloth face coverings to slow the spread of coronavirus. But are they really effective? According to Senator Jensen, the answer is no.

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Video Transcript

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– When it comes to masks, this much is about a meter.
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This much is about a millimeter.
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When we talk about masks, we have to talk about microns.
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And typically, if you look at an N95 mask,
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what that does, is it filters out 95% of particulate matter
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larger than .3 microns.
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Well, the question then is how big is a COVID particle?
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And a COVID particle is about .1 micron.
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So we know that even an N95 mask
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has tremendous limitations.
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Yes, it does help some, because COVID particles will,
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if you’ll will, coalesce and coagulate
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almost as they come into the magnetized
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or electrified field of the N95 mask.
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But the bottom line is a surgical mask or a cloth mask
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are really designed only for particulate matter
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greater than five microns.
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Typical bacteria are one to 20 microns.
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So when we wear surgical masks in surgery,
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we’re simply trying to make sure that if we sneeze,
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cough, or something, we’re not spraying
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a lot of bacteria into the place we’re doing surgery.
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But this idea of people thinking
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that they’re doing something particularly useful
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with a cotton mask or a handkerchief
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or a homemade mask or a surgical mask
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is just looney tunes.
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