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If wearing masks is so ineffective then how is it possible to explain the fact that health care workers who are wearing PPE are less likely to get the infection
by eveningcoffee 6y ago
If wearing masks is so ineffective then how is it possible to explain the fact that health care workers who are wearing PPE are less likely to get the infection compared to the normal people without PPE?
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoHealth care workers are (hopefully) wearing at least professionally made surgical masks, if not proper N95 respirators, and actually know how to use them. (I think wearing masks makes sense as long as there's a chance they'll help—but I don't think there's evidence that they necessarily do help either.)
- eveningcoffee 6y agoI do not think that masks alone will be effective but in combination with other measures they will have an effect. Ok, say most people fail to use masks to protect themselves (they take masks under their skin for example) but how does it affect protecting other people? Considering that many cases are first asymptomatic then wearing masks may considerably limit the spread.