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As I understood it their primary purpose was to get the wearer to not absent-mindedly touch their face, which is a much higher vector of infection than airborne
by kingkawn 7y ago
As I understood it their primary purpose was to get the wearer to not absent-mindedly touch their face, which is a much higher vector of infection than airborne inhalation of disease.
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y agoBut because surgical masks are somewhat uncomfortable, it's apparently fairly common for people to touch their faces more to adjust the masks.