Does a cloth face mask cut down the viral load amount? If so, how much?
Define “cloth face mask.” If you’re talking about one of these fake mesh things that the FluBros here love to espouse, probably not much if at all. If you’re talking about an actual mask? Then yes, they help Read the article below for an explanation of how mass adoption of masks suppresses the spread of the coronavirus:
I have NO idea.
I think the virus can get into the sides that are loose from the face - you need to have the mask sealed against your skin...at least I read that somewhere.
Bingo! A healthy individual with a low viral load who is asymptomatic but continually wears a mask will merely be rebreathing the virus thereby increasing the viral load and making them MORE infectious.
According to studies I’ve reviewed a cloth mask passes up to 97% of the aerosol droplets known to infect anyone. That means a cloth mask stops 3%. In same study a surgical mask averaged 44%.
Masks are crappola to stop any virus. And, this virus is strong enough to infect anyone if they breath in a single such droplet.