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They didn't. The point is that they stop you from giving covid to other people.

• petcat 7mo ago
  It's a distinction without a difference. Masks served to reduce the herd from spreading covid. Including other people giving it to you.
  • wizzwizz4 7mo ago
    The distinction is important! The mechanism by which surgical masks prevent you from getting COVID-19 is peer pressure: it's important for people to know this, so they know how to protect themselves. (And there are fitted masks that protect the wearer: there was just a shortage of them, because despite all the warnings we were not prepared for a pandemic.)
  • drcongo 7mo ago
    You do realise that surgeons don't wear those masks to stop them from catching something right?
    • petcat 7mo ago
      > Some people thought that surgical masks wouldn’t stop you from getting Covid You do realize that masks would help prevent you from getting covid if other people are wearing the masks, right? The comment just talked about masks, not whether you are the one wearing the mask.
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  • ludston 7mo ago
    The distinction does matter, because by not wearing a mask, instead of indicating that you don't care about your own safety, you're indicating that you don't care about anybody else's.