Yes, yes they do! Wearing one is good...wearing two is gooder.
(Wearing one is good...wearing two is gooder.)
Wearing 7 is goodest.
Now in cold weather, I do wear my cloth one because I’ve always been susceptible to catching the flu, easily, even while pumping my gas ⛽ (should have filled up before it jumped 27 cents a gallon 2 days ago).
N95s and P100s pretty much end the discussion. Yes. They do work. The CDC should fund them for all. And mandate them.
This is all a calendar thing. If people are wearing N95s, there is no doubt about effective. It took a few years for people to accept smoking restrictions, but now, there’s no further debate. The same would evolve true with N95s mandated.
Even better if one wears a catchers mask and face shield.
I get your sarcasm.
Do these people not get that masks are worn by a health care professional for a variety of bacteria primarily that are in the mouth? If properly used, that mask is replaced several times in the day as it becomes damp from breathing. Touching the mask and then other people or things is a big no-no as this material on the mask is contaminated. The mask needs to be worn properly (fit right). And yes, all things considered it can help in preventing the spread of germs (generic).
However!!!! Covid is a virus and very small. It pretty much goes through the mask, even an N95. Most people do not exchange the mask constantly during the day, in which case it’s not going to do much for you, and few wear them right. Most people touch their face 23 times per hour (you don’t even realize you’re doing it) and of that 44% was in contact with mucus membranes. This specific virus is also transmissable by touch and can live on some surfaces for ***DAYS.*** Touching the damp mask, scratching your eyes, putting ones finger in the mouth or getting that itch under the nose, amounts to no less than spreading that virus to everything you touch on that airplane after that point: tray, chair recline knob, belt buckle, display, light or vent above... And it can last for days!
Making everyone wear a mask in a gesture of solidarity, to show action in crisis, to let people feel empowered and like they have control over this may serve various psychological aspects of how humans react to such threats, but it is NOT a scientific, empirically based, factual, actual, functional (whatever word you want to use) way to stop the spread. The mask is great, it serves a purpose in the right place and time. But it will not change ANYTHING in regards to the spread of Covid.
Tell a mask wearing imbecile, if they get in your face. “I’m vaxxed and 4 times boostered, so ‘you’re’ safe.