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Don’t see why it wouldn’t!
A surgical mask is intended to be worn by health professionals during surgery and at other times to catch the bacteria shed in liquid droplets and aerosols from the wearer's mouth and nose.... Link
IMHO, a mask is better than nothing; but it is far from what I would term "effective protection". I'm not a medical professional - just a silly engineer. Still, any filter is better than nothing, but a filter that is 100x larger than the viri is practically useless, IMHO.
I’m guessing it depends on the mask. There’s a difference between drywall masks and surgical masks.
It is more of a ‘feel-good-ism’.
If someone coughs/sneezes, another acquires the germs in their breathing (masks may prevent that) and touch (exposed skin/clothing).
Viruses may survive up to 7 days.
If the virus is on skin/clothing, it can still be transferred via touch to eyes, nose, mouth, etc.
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For months, several stores in my small town have provided disinfectant handi-wipes.
It would probably be a good idea to carry those (on person and in vehicle) and use them frequently — after exiting a store where you have touched products on the shelves. Also hand sanitizers.
Well, take a quick look at HIV....
A condom is designed to block a sperm cell which is at least 10 times larger than a virus, but the condom is still a porous material with millions of microscopic holes in it.
While an HIV virus strain’s movement can be slowed down by the use of a condom, technically it can still pass straight through it.
Compare this truth to the use of a face mask, and you have your answer.
I doubt it hurts, but it does give some people a little peace of mind, so it’s certainly OK with me. They do it in Japan all the time.
Wearing a mask should help, it should lower the odds of you getting the flu. Most cold and flu germs are spread from hands to mouth and nose and for one thing the mask would keep you from touching your mouth or nose with hands that had picked up the germs. For another thing, even though the germs are really small and could easily pass through a simple mask- the germs are usually spread by being inside much larger drops of mucus which might not pass through the mask if someone near you say sneezed or coughed.
Frequent hand washing, frequent cleaning of surfaces people touch, frequent use of disinfectent sprays, and even wearing a mask should all help lessen the odds of being infected. Another thing is to air out your house- keeping houses closed up like most do now is more conducive to getting colds and flu spread through the family than the old fashioned way of opening doors and windows to let air circulate freely. My mother used to open all the windows and doors when she cleaned house unless it was just too cold and even then she would crack a door or two for a few minutes to let fresh air in. I am a firm believer in fresh air myself. It irritates hubby when the air I let in is a little cool- but he gets over it.
If you’re out and about, and people see you wearing a surgical mask, they might cross to the other side of the street to “avoid” you... thus preventing you from having close contact with possibly infected people in public. So in that sense, it might work.
It can’t hurt. Better safe than sorry.
Reality is irrelevant when it comes to manufactured crises of any kind, whether it be Y2K, global-warming or any other panic-scam.
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Better than nothing but a respirator, even an N95, is far more effective than any mask. IMHO, they are more comfortable too. A little too scary looking for casual use, though.
“Do masks work at preventing flu? (Vanity)”
Yes they do.
They also help robbers and congress crooks.
If you want to get shot, just walk into a bank or store with a mask on.
Good luck.
See how things look in a few days and perhaps upgrade to higher quality...this or similar
I doubt it, but it does make a fashion statement that says ‘I’m hip and I scare easily. Please do not cough in my direction.’
A virus is smaller than the opening in a woven face mask. If it’s your time, nothing you can do will stop time.
However, if it’s not your time, you certainly don’t want to change the course of history and catch a deadly disease and screw up what could have been the rest of your life.
And I can write this after just two cups of coffee.
This nasty bug, often enters the eyes, so the mask is useless.
What the hell do you think a mask is? A micropore filter?????????????????
WHO today doubled the confirmed US cases to 40...and not a peep in the media.
Odd?