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Re:Cloth masks do protect the wearer by rightbyte on Monday August 31, 2020 @07:17PM (#24336854)
Those who don't wear mask should also get exposed to "low levels" of viruses but just abit further away than the mask wearers for the same exposure dose. Maybe people with mask are less likely to have bad health habits? E.g. people who dont put the seatbelt on also are worse drivers.
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Re:Cloth masks do protect the wearer by neltnerb on Monday August 31, 2020 @07:53PM (#24337108)
Sure, maybe I'd agree that they are people with masks are more likely to have good health habits, but I'd probably also assume that people with masks have worse health (even if they may have better habits).

I think their health is more relevant than habits in this case. I would guess that people who know they get sicker than most will be more cautious than average, they've been dealing with it their whole life. Maybe not totally independently of how their health habits are taught to them, but I bet a lot of it is just experience.

People know their bodies pretty well, even if they don't try very hard.

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Re:Cloth masks do protect the wearer by elihu on Monday August 31, 2020 @07:26PM (#24336932)
To me, it seems plausible that masks protect better against large droplets (that follow something like a parabolic trajectory) than small ones (that waft around in air currents).
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