Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic
by crazygringo on Friday April 30, 2021 @03:25PM
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Not true.
Wearing a mask is more to prevent spreading a virus you have, than to prevent you from getting a virus. In other words, the main benefit of masks is to prevent people with COVID or the flu from sneezing and infecting others.
If you're healthy, wearing a mask is not going to provide a ton of protection from infectious people near you not wearing masks. A little bit of protection, but not a lot.
So unless you can convince everyone else in your meeting to wear a mask as well, it's not going to make a major difference, sadly.
Wearing a mask is more to prevent spreading a virus you have, than to prevent you from getting a virus. In other words, the main benefit of masks is to prevent people with COVID or the flu from sneezing and infecting others.
If you're healthy, wearing a mask is not going to provide a ton of protection from infectious people near you not wearing masks. A little bit of protection, but not a lot.
So unless you can convince everyone else in your meeting to wear a mask as well, it's not going to make a major difference, sadly.