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Actually masks aren’t meant to help keep a person from getting sick. For that, wash your hands frequently and wear gloves. Masks are for people infected. Contai
by ianai 7y ago
Actually masks aren’t meant to help keep a person from getting sick. For that, wash your hands frequently and wear gloves. Masks are for people infected. Contain the contagion at the source with a mask. Doesn’t do anybody good for the paranoid to have all the masks.
- mantap 7y agoMasks don't but respirators do. You can safely read "mask" as "respirator" in this thread.
- kps 7y ago‘Particulate Filtering Facepiece Respirator’ is the NIOSH term.
- ggm 7y agoI repeat: Joe doesn't know he's sick. His mask is worth wearing if he knows he's sick. If he just suspects he's sick then a low grade hospital mask will contain sneezes and sniffles enough to reduce his fomite impact, although gloves might do more. Most Joes are wearing masks and wasting masks in a false belief they confer protection.