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My understanding that you need N95 mask to protect yourself. To protect others from you however, you probably just need to make sure you don't spit, and don't
by loup-vaillant 7y ago
My understanding that you need N95 mask to protect yourself.
To protect others from you however, you probably just need to make sure you don't spit, and don't touch your face. A cloth mask could help with both. Gloves may also help (having something on your hand can remind you not to touch your face).
Doctors & other exposed personnel need masks to protect themselves. The rest of us likely mostly need to protect them from us.
(Totally not a doctor, citation needed.)
- joecot 7y agoIf by spit you mean sneeze or cough, then yes. If you're potentially contagious, wearing a mask helps prevent you from spraying liquid droplets in the air and infecting others. It's not perfect, but it's something. And any since any of us could be a carrier currently and there's no sufficient tests to find out, the best things we could do in order are 1) stay home and quarantine, 2) wear masks and sanitize our hands whenever we go out. Both for the sake of not catching it, and for the sake of not spreading it.
- loup-vaillant 7y ago> If by spit you mean sneeze or cough, And talking. We sometimes throw droplets with percussives such as P or T.
- yibg 7y agoThat’s my understanding as well, but that to me also means we should be telling people wearing masks helps; either it protects the wearer or those around the wearer. In either case we have less spread, which is the goal. If we have a shortage of masks, either surgical or n95 respirators there are other things we can do to prioritize who gets them. I just don’t think lying / misleading the public about their effectiveness is the way to do it.