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Any mask works because it reminds you not to touch your face
by idonotknowwhy 5y ago
Any mask works because it reminds you not to touch your face
- rwcarlsen 5y agoAnecdotally, I frequently observe masks causing people to touch their faces more. Masks cause itches, need to be adjusted, must be removed for drinking/eating, etc. I would be very interested in large-scale empirical studies measuring how effective masks are in practice. Sure in theory they can help. But I suspect in practice with the general public in everyday life, they do little to nothing to reduce virus sharing.
- djrogers 5y agoa) no they don’t and b) face touching has almost nothing to do with spreading COVID. That’s April 2020 thinking there…