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It's not just about protection, it's also about preventing people that are sick and asymptomatic from spreading. >but the latter are so uncomfortable that they
by verroq 7y ago
It's not just about protection, it's also about preventing people that are sick and asymptomatic from spreading.
>but the latter are so uncomfortable that they cause people to touch their face more
The logic just doesn't work here, you can't touch your face if you have a mask on and N95 respirators aren't as unconformable as you claim, if anything they are often higher quality and the cheap elastic bands on surgical masks are more uncomfortable on the ears.
>That’s why all the videos we see in Asia just have crowds wearing flimsy surgical masks
It's because they can't get N95 masks. No one wears a mask for comfort.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoI’ve worn many N95 masks and have constantly been touching my face to adjust them while being worn, they also irritate your skin around your face where they try to make a seal (this wasn’t even a pandemic, just a 700+ bad air day). They are super uncomfortable. Surgical masks are easy to wear in comparison, but they are also basically noops.
- verroq 7y agoSurgical masks are roughly 6 times better than nothing. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23498357 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23498357 I have also worn N95 masks and they aren't as uncomfortable as you describe.