Another reporterette on that same day pulled her mask down while asking her question, which is to say, when if she was asymptomatic was spewing virus particles all over the place.
I saw that. So did one of the male reporters. Just spitting all over the microphone. Then pulled them up after asking their questions. I just rolled my eyes. It’s all so stupid.
I did my own research on masks and came away convinced they do indeed make sense for now. None will block a virus particle but that’s not the point, what’s different about covid-19 from the flu and other viruses is it lives and spreads mainly from the upper respiratory tract (nose and throat) instead of from the lower (bronchi and lungs). That’s why even normal speech will cause aerosol particles containing the virus to spew out, and any kind of face covering will block those aerosols.
So the scientific reason makes sense, and that’s why it’s fine to wear the mask off whenever you’re within 6 ft. of others, and to take it off the rest of time. I wish they’d have explained this, people will be more apt to comply if they understand the “why”.
Mask on, mask off, mask on, mask off
This doctor says masks and ventilators don’t work!