CDC says surgical masks won't protect you from the coronavirus

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[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I think the idea is the masks prevent the spread to others, mostly. It blocks spray and droplets coming from your nose and mouth and going to others. And not everyone knows if they have covid or not.

Not sure if I agree, but that's what I've been hearing recently.

[–]NoahWebstersGhost 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I Wear My Face Mask in my Car

[–]jamesK_3rd 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

To be truly effective, everyone without exception would need to be masked at all times.

That essentially means from dawn until dusk once you leave your domicile you wash your hands and don't remove your mask until you return.

That is the reason masks are largely ineffective. And i suppose I'm part of the problem for you folks, because i personally value my freedom to not wear a mask more than anyone else's sense of security. Old people can quarantine at the house or bubble up as far as I'm concerned.

By and large, these are generally feel good measures designed to make people feel good about their governments.

[–]7777 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes, surgical masks protects others, not the wearer. The idea is that if everybody wears a mask everybody is protected.

I've heard that Disney studied mandatory surgical masks for all visitors - for a risk analysis of reopening the parks and came out with roughly a 1% chance of infection in lines even when enforcing "safe" distances.

N95 protects both you and others, N95 with those one-way valves and proper half- or full masks protects only the wearer as they release unfiltered air.

As far as I know the virus is only aerosolized/"airborne" by very specific situations, so the mask theory is decent IMO.