A Group Of Parents Sent Their Kids' Face Masks To A Lab For Analysis. Find Lyme, Rickettsia and more

Comment from a different forum:

"I think the point would be that exhaling is a detoxification.

The mask is recirculating everything your body wanted to expel via exhale. In addition, the moisture creates a breading ground for this bacteria, amplifying this. I’ve seen kids in public talking about how smelly their masks are, probably a bacteria problem."

Let's send their toothbrushes!

"Astonishingly, all the toothbrushes were speckled with microscopic fecal matter, including the ones that had never seen the inside of a bathroom and were stored at the far end of the house. The confirmed myth unfortunately proved that there’s indeed fecal matter on toothbrushes — and also everywhere else."

https://mywaterearth.com/can-fecal-bacteria-be-living-on-your-toothbrush/

Garzie: what about other people's poo

Only 2 of the toothbrushes were actually used, with the other 22 unused (only rinsed every day). 2 of the unused 22 weren't even kept in the bathroom.

I agree with the sentiment that this probably wouldn't surprise the scientific community. I was just wondering what types of microbes would be found on the toothbrushes that actually go into those kids' mouths from the op article, if they were tested in the same way that the masks were.

The op article is just another misguided attempt at making masks seem scary - granted the moisture in masks creates a nice environment for all sorts of microbes.

Here's another thought: were the pathogens first on the kid's hands? If so the masks probably protected from transfer to noses and mouths.

Were the pathogens first airborne before clinging to the mask? Then we can assume the masks helped to protect throats and lungs.

Post Edited (potsnpans) : 6/17/2021 10:25:02 AM (GMT-6)

potsnpans said...
Let's send their toothbrushes!

Thanks for even more sarcasm.
Toothbrushes are not the same and you know it. You don't put your toothbrush in your mouth the entire day. Plus it's used with a cleaning toothpaste that you spit out and rinse your mouth after. At least I hope you do.

Thank you for sharing! That information is exactly what I have been thinking every time I see a kid swiping their mask around or dropping it and then plopping it right on their face. Thankfully, my children have never had to wear masks and this article confirms how nasty a practice it is.

Somebody said...
Toothbrushes are not the same and you know it. You don't put your toothbrush in your mouth the entire day.

Hey sorry if the tone of my first comment offended you.

The toothbrush goes in and all around the mouth, scratching at mucous membranes. I just think that's ickier.

Although my own mask hygiene throughout the pandemic has been pretty atrocious.. prolly only washed the two I have a handful of times

Fortunately I rarely need to wear one anymore and I'm hoping that by the next school year kids won't need to wear them either.