We went through a drive thru this evening. The cashier was wearing a mask. She touched her face a total of 4 times in our 30 second interaction. It looked like it was a little bit too big for her and she was adjusting it. One time she pulled it down so that she could pull in some air through her nostrils. These things really don't work.
I mean that’s mostly just user error. They work better than not wearing a mask at all as long as people know how to use them.
If I was going into surgery I’d like the people in the room to at least be wearing a surgical mask so they don’t accidentally hock a tonsil stone into my abdominal cavity or something.
For surgery sure, but the makeshift cloth mask that is being pushed on everyone is being falsely articulated as protecting against the spread of a virus.
A cloth mask and even a surgical mask cannot stop a virus. Only an N95 or stronger can. Otherwise why wouldnt healthcare workers just wear bandanas if they are so effective?
Basically anything/everything helps prevent you from spreading it (droplets). Only N95/99/100/etc. will do a reasonable job at protecting the wearer.
That's not what the article says.
We went through a drive thru this evening. The cashier was wearing a mask. She touched her face a total of 4 times in our 30 second interaction. It looked like it was a little bit too big for her and she was adjusting it. One time she pulled it down so that she could pull in some air through her nostrils. These things really don't work.
I mean that’s mostly just user error. They work better than not wearing a mask at all as long as people know how to use them.
If I was going into surgery I’d like the people in the room to at least be wearing a surgical mask so they don’t accidentally hock a tonsil stone into my abdominal cavity or something.
For surgery sure, but the makeshift cloth mask that is being pushed on everyone is being falsely articulated as protecting against the spread of a virus.
A cloth mask and even a surgical mask cannot stop a virus. Only an N95 or stronger can. Otherwise why wouldnt healthcare workers just wear bandanas if they are so effective?