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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by el_cujo on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @10:26AM (#22423749)
The common surgical face masks you'll often see people from Asia wear in public are only useful if YOU have the virus by reducing the chance of people catching the virus from you. There are, however, N95 respirator masks that are useful for protecting the uninfected from catching the virus.

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/respirator-use...

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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by biztos on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @02:32PM (#22426395)
> only useful if YOU have the virus

Yes, but given the incubation period and so on, how do you know you don't have the virus?

I'm not going to wear a mask in Central Europe (at least not yet) but I probably would in Asia just in order to not be selfish.

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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by numpad0 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @12:10PM (#22424932)
Also, you and I random are not wearing it correct, that’s basically given. It requires regular trainings and tests.
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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by trengorilla on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @10:45AM (#22423981)
What about catching the infection through the eyes?
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