You are not wearing masks to protect yourself from getting infected. You are wearing masks to protect others from getting what you have.
Hand washing is very important. I worked where we manufactured K-cups used in those coffee machines. We had to hand wash for 20 seconds before entering the production area and leaving the production area. There was a person there to monitor your handwashing. Get caught not doing it correctly and you were out the door. I cannot stress the importance of hand washing. It protects others from you contaminating them with what you have. It also illustrates the way we should approach hygiene safety.
masks do nothing g to order ent the spread of infection. particularly the masks worn in the grocery store and the way they are worn. The only thing masks are good for is inducing feelings of self righteousness and moral superiority in their proponents. Even the CDC data they crises about couldn’t produce a decent statistically significant reason to wear masks
:: You are wearing masks to protect others from getting what you have. ::
So, only those who are symptomatic and shedding viral particles should wear a mask.
But, if you are symptomatic, shouldn’t you be at home in bed rather than going out to the grocery store?
I know the inevitable response but I’ll let you say it anyway.
“You are not wearing masks to protect yourself from getting infected. You are wearing masks to protect others from getting what you have.”
Ah, the olde “guilt trip” trick!
the point of the article is... the mask literally does nothing.
especially the cloth ones.
there is no science supporting the concept. none.
if you’re unsure, go into an elevator, fully dressed, with a bunch of people wearing masks.
fart.
people will smell it.
thru your cloth underwear.
thru your dense cloth pants.
and thru their cloth mask.
if masks worked, they wouldn’t smell it.