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Re:How Many Microbes Does It Take to Make You Sick? by Jabbles on Sunday October 01, 2023 @01:59PM (#37728594)
From that link:

Our simulation also shows that wearing a mask can effectively reduce the spread of the viruses.

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Re:How Many Microbes Does It Take to Make You Sick? by pton_xd on Sunday October 01, 2023 @02:01PM (#37728619)
Sure, by some metric masks are very effective at stopping viral particles. After all, in my example the mask will stop tens of thousands of viral particles from reaching you every minute.

Another metric is, will that stop you from getting sick? The threshhold is only 18 particles!

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