My name is Doug and I am the son of Tom Hemmick, whom you know.

I am generally not in favor of masks, thats the side of the debate I back.  

At the same time, I want to ask if I can get things clarified regarding your comment about particulate matter. To me it seems that the rationale for masks has to do with the “resistance to airflow” which they offer and such resistance has got to at least * slow down * the transmission of particles or of microbes, even if it cannot block them. Something like putting a resistor into a circuit will reduce the current of electrons and hence reduce the number of electrons per second passing through.

Analogously, if you reduce the speed and flux of air using the mask, then you’ve got to be reducing the flow of everything else that is getting *carried* with the air.

But if you reject that whole argument, we can still say this: if masks are truly useless then why do surgeons use them during operations ?

Thanks in advance.

Yours,

Doug