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I don't understand why people are wearing masks at all. Dont they only protect you from inhaling someone's cough or sneeze? How often do people get coughed on?
by bttw2 7y ago
I don't understand why people are wearing masks at all. Dont they only protect you from inhaling someone's cough or sneeze? How often do people get coughed on?
Frequent hand washing and sterilization makes more sense to me. The cough droplets are on surfaces we touch. You aren't going to inhale them.
- npalmer76 7y agoWearing a mask is about not spreading your droplets around. While they do protect you to some degree they also protect other people from you. There is no way to know if you are an asymptomatic or presymptomatic carrier. Hand washing and sterilization are also useful tools but so are masks. Certainly we need to have them for our providers but having even a cotton bandanna on yourself is a courtesy to others. Anything to reduce your spread of droplets may help others.