https://www.maskssavelives.org
Low mask wearing cultures have experienced far more deaths than high mask wearing cultures.
“Western countries are experiencing higher rates of COVID-19 infections compared to Asian countries because of the West's aversion to wearing masks. We need universal mask-wearing to aid in lowering COVID-19's virality. Anything that prevents aerosolized viruses from being transmitted lowers the virality of COVID-19.”
Masks aid in decreasing COVID-19's virality by three pathways:
1. Decreasing virus spread by infected individuals. The mask traps virus particles on the inside, preventing the virus particles becoming airborne. Protect others.
2. Decreasing new infections by uninfected individuals. The mask prevents airborne virus particles being inhaled from the outside. Protect yourself.
3. Limiting hand to face contact. The mask puts a physical barrier between potentially contaminated hands and passages to one's lungs.”
Note: The sole reason that officials had discouraged face mask wearing at first was to discourage face mask hoarding that would’ve endangered medical personnel and first responders.
In Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea, mask wearing has become prevalent and the Covid pandemic has been greatly reduced. With the proper use of face masks, South Korea was even able to safely hold a national election with a high turnout. Meanwhile, in the U.S., the Covid virus is becoming an ever greater threat (even with the stay-at-home orders). Any hope of keeping the rate of infection down after lifting such orders will depend almost totally on everyone wearing face masks in addition to practicing appropriate social distancing and proper hygiene.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/23/test-trace-contain-how-south-korea-flattened-its-coronavirus-curve
Meanwhile, the ‘open hostility’ demonstrated by people who refuse to consistently properly wear face masks during the Covid pandemic for the protection of others shows that they either don’t understand the import of asymptomatic and presymptomatic contagion tendencies of the nova coronavirus or else they simply don’t care. This same lack of sensibility smacks of the recalcitrant attitude demonstrated by adamant ‘global warming deniers’ who seemingly don’t understand the science of the greenhouse effect. In both cases, the effects are destructive for everyone.
https://time.com/5815299/coronavirus-face-mask-ethics/
In short, no matter how small or how wide is your ‘community’, if you’re not wearing a mask outside of the home, you’re a liability to them. And, if you feel ‘any’ slight presymptomatic sign of infection, you should even wear a mask in the home and be overly cautious.
Read and use:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html
Humor:
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