Masks keep you from touching your nose/mouth. That's what they should primarily be used for. It's not to keep someone sneezing near you from contaminating you. That's secondary.
True. Most of the time when people get the virus they touch an infected surface and then touch their face. Getting it from someone sneezing or coughing near you is a lot less likely. Social distancing helps out with that. You'd basically have to be talking to a person with the virus at a close distance for a long enough time for the moisture from their breathing to reach your face.
This also brings the issue of gloves into the conversation. If you don't have any cuts then the virus isn't going to enter through your skin. For medical professionals it makes sense, but as long as you aren't touching your nose/mouth/eyes and washing your hands, gloves aren't as big a priority.
Masks keep you from touching your nose/mouth. That's what they should primarily be used for. It's not to keep someone sneezing near you from contaminating you. That's secondary.
And to keep your own sneezes and coughs from spreading all over.
True. Most of the time when people get the virus they touch an infected surface and then touch their face. Getting it from someone sneezing or coughing near you is a lot less likely. Social distancing helps out with that. You'd basically have to be talking to a person with the virus at a close distance for a long enough time for the moisture from their breathing to reach your face.
This also brings the issue of gloves into the conversation. If you don't have any cuts then the virus isn't going to enter through your skin. For medical professionals it makes sense, but as long as you aren't touching your nose/mouth/eyes and washing your hands, gloves aren't as big a priority.