I wore a mask, long-term, today for the first time. Here are my observations.
If anyone sneezes, coughs or expels whatever in my close vicinity, it’s going to get into my much more vulnerable eyes as well.
It quickly gets hot, stale and moist inside the mask; uncomfortable to say the least, but can become somewhat unsettling and stressful. You want to get the darn thing off and air yourself out at every possible opportunity.
Trying to drink essential, hydrating water (or anything else) requires the mask to be pushed up (folding over into your nose &/or eyes) or pulled down/off — contaminating hands, neck, hair, etc.
Many people I saw wearing masks had gaps on the tops or sides, had their noses out, or masks folded over so glasses wouldn’t fog up.
Pretty much useless, and creating a false sense of security, IMO.
Security theater.
To me all the masks do well is block sneeze droplets. The question is, in real life, do people sneeze into the mask or do they pull the mask out of the way?
The idea is you are protecting other people by not launching large numbers of virus into the air when you don’t know if you’re infected
It’s like a border wall with Mexico. It won’t prevent contamination all of the time, but it will prevent contamination much of the time.
“Pretty much useless, and creating a false sense of security, IMO.”
It is that.
But to assert it causes the average Joe harm going to the grocery store is ludicrous.
At least.
Only healthcare workers wear a mask for 4+hrs per day. The average Joe will wear it for maybe an hour.
I agree 100%.