Re:Face Masks: Much More Than You Wanted to Know
by miroz on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @11:57AM
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I'm trying to decide if I should wear the mask or not, but whatever I read the only question is if a mask can protect me from getting the virus. But the question that interests me is if the mask protects people around me if I have the virus (and I don't have the symptoms yet). If it does, then everybody should wear a mask.
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Re:Face Masks: Much More Than You Wanted to Know
by js2 on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @11:36AM
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> But the question that interests me is if the mask protects people around me if I have the virus (and I don't have the symptoms yet).
Possibly, for the same reason you should cough or sneeze into your elbow. It reduces the number of droplets you spread into and around the environment around you, and before they aerosolize.