“Face masks work, that proof has apparently never reached the Netherlands”...

The masks, in the Netherlands, the RIVM at the forefront, ‘we don’t have much use with them’. Much to the surprise of chemistry professor Jos Lelieveld (65). In Germany, where he is one of the government’s top advisers, masks and ventilation are cornerstones of corona policy.

“This summer I was in the Netherlands and I didn’t see anyone wearing a mouth mask in shops. I was really amazed. ” Lelieveld said to the AD. “There are only a few things that really help to limit the spread of the virus. Some measures are very hard, for example closing the catering industry. But wearing a mouth mask: that’s not a harsh measure at all. ”

In the Netherlands we found for a long time that there was no scientific evidence for the usefulness of mouth masks. “I was surprised about that. Everyone seemed to have an opinion, but the science is clear: face masks work. They have long and widely demonstrated this in Asia, and that evidence has apparently never reached the Netherlands. You just have to make sure that at least eighty percent of the people wear them. Only then does it really work. ”

Dutch scientists also state that virus transmission via aerosols has never been demonstrated. “When you say that, you really don’t understand. It is almost impossible to set up a clinical study that demonstrates this. Then you would have to expose people, and that’s not ethical. This also applies to research into smoking or air pollution: so you have to approach it in a different way. There is overwhelming statistical evidence that indoor contamination is much more common. You have to do something with that. ”

Bron (nen): AD