On top of providing some limited protection of the wearer, it also works like herd immunity in that if everyone wears them, then those that don’t yet know they’re sick are reducing their spread.
At the moment because of the misinformation people wearing masks are being mocked and chided in public and its really unhelpful. Especially since there are immune compromised individuals and individuals with other conditions that really need to take every precaution they can, including that 10% reduction a surgical mask may give them.
At the moment because of the misinformation people wearing masks are being mocked and chided in public and its really unhelpful. Especially since there are immune compromised individuals and individuals with other conditions that really need to take every precaution they can, including that 10% reduction a surgical mask may give them.