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Respiratory masks do indeed protect you from others. This is the whole point of this article.

• asdff 7y ago
  I wasn't saying n95 respirators don't do anything. They are very effective. I was talking about disposable surgical masks that people are now wearing everywhere.
  • droithomme 7y ago
    You should consider reading the scientific study that this entire thread is about. > In this article, a risk assessment model previously developed in general form was used to estimate the effectiveness of different types of protective equipment in reducing the rate of infection in an influenza outbreak. It was found that a 50% compliance in donning the device resulted in a significant (at least 50% prevalence and 20% cumulative incidence) reduction in risk for fitted and unfitted N95 respirators, high-filtration surgical masks, and both low-filtration and high-filtration pediatric masks. An 80% compliance rate essentially eliminated the influenza outbreak. It's not the only study. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190903134732.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190903134732.h... > Summary: The study reported 'no significant difference in the effectiveness' of medical masks vs. N95 respirators for prevention of influenza or other viral respiratory illness.