Vox.com: "Oh, and face masks? You can pass on them. Masks are only useful if you have a respiratory infection already and want to limit the risk of spreading, or if you're working in a hospital in direct contact with people who have respiratory illnesses." Deleted and sent down the memory hole today

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[–]yetanotherone_sigh 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

That's the whole point.

You can be spreading the virus before you are showing symptoms.

The mask is to keep YOU from making OTHERS sick, not to protect YOU.

THEIR mask is to protect YOU.

How hard is this? If everyone wore a mask, we'd have been done with this a long time ago.

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This hurts to read.

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Yep

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What an amazing meme! I usually dislike them, but thank you for sharing this one with me.