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In reply to the discussion: Should we all wear masks outside home? [View all]thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)80. re: "If it protects others if you sneeze etc it protects you as well"
Not so much. Unlike N95, surgical masks don't seal around the perimeter. When you strongly expel from your nose/mouth, it mostly heads directly forward, through the filtering mask. But in normal breathing, as you breathe in, you are creating a small vacuum with air that will largely be pulled from the open areas where the mask is not sealed to the outside air. At least this is my understanding.
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Where are these mythical masks available? Been wearing my last one for a week
BamaRefugee
Mar 2020
#1
Yes. In those respects, both kinds of masks significantly help prevent transmission.
thesquanderer
Mar 2020
#94
My sister said she found one that was made from paper towel, staples, rubberbands.
MerryBlooms
Mar 2020
#65
Cool. How long will it be before America's wealthy will appear with Louis Vuitton surgical masks?
Hoyt
Mar 2020
#50
Safety Glasses are also good if you have them. Normal glasses can also offer a bit of protection
JCMach1
Mar 2020
#22
+1, I've been saying for years my parents generation had a gift of toughness. Every generation has .
uponit7771
Mar 2020
#74
Well, I did spend part of my childhood, from age 7 to 14 out in the country.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Mar 2020
#42
For me, as a healthy (so far as I know, don't go to doctor very often) 50 year old
BusyBeingBest
Mar 2020
#69
Without question. The more people who wear them, the more people WILL feel obliged to
Alex4Martinez
Mar 2020
#63