Or that these probably aren't even masks designed to protect the wearer from respiratory transmission?
Most of the images we are getting from overseas show people whose masks are gaping wide at the sides, as if the infectious agents that can access your respiratory tract from the side are not as potent as those that you breathe in from the front.
Has nobody shown these people how to wear their masks, or told them the masks that they should be wearing (not all masks are created equal), or are they figuring that any protection is better than no protection at all?
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These masks actually work much better at protecting the public from the wearer of the mask (if infected) rather than the other way around. I try to put one on everyone I come in contact with... hasn't been working well. For a healthy individual, hand washing is your best defense against infection.
Good point. :)
I am used to the precautions that we use in dealing with TB patients (including duckbill face masks), so perhaps I'm being oversensitive.
Bring on the handwashing!
actually,
I have no idea.
but they sure are cuter than wearing gas masks!
maybe that, counts?
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