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Blue_true

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18. Shows the power of wearing masks when one expects to be near others.

Reply to StarryNite (Reply #9)

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 10:23 PM

Jun 2020

It will be interesting to find out what type of masks were being used. My guess is the blue "surgical" masks, which seem to be most prevalent among mask wearing people.

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Two infected hairstylists were wearing masks. None of their 140 customers, also masked, got COVID-19 [View all] Quixote1818 Jun 2020 OP

Kick dalton99a Jun 2020 #1

Interesting to learn. sinkingfeeling Jun 2020 #2

K & R Arkansas Granny Jun 2020 #3

I've been following this story DrToast Jun 2020 #4

Let It Grow CountAllVotes Jun 2020 #5

When I had my hair cut.... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2020 #6

Mine did the same leftyladyfrommo Jun 2020 #26

same obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #27

my wife just gave me a haircut this afternoon. Shes getting good at it TeamPooka Jun 2020 #7

I cut my own hair now. I like the result better than what Barbers did. Blue_true Jun 2020 #17

thank you for the follow up! LeftInTX Jun 2020 #8

This is very promising. StarryNite Jun 2020 #9

Shows the power of wearing masks when one expects to be near others. Blue_true Jun 2020 #18

A lot better than I expected. LisaL Jun 2020 #10

Same here. I'll keep it on! mountain grammy Jun 2020 #11

Very good news. Shows how important mask wearing is. Blue_true Jun 2020 #19

It could of been exposure from say a delivery person... FarPoint Jun 2020 #12

The masks are stopping the respiratory droplets. roamer65 Jun 2020 #13

Well, reducing them significantly enough. lambchopp59 Jun 2020 #20

THIS. roamer65 Jun 2020 #24

Had my hair cut, had a pedicure. TNNurse Jun 2020 #14

Great info. thanks for posting this article. nt iluvtennis Jun 2020 #15

Great!! AZ8theist Jun 2020 #16

If you find someone receptive to debate: lambchopp59 Jun 2020 #23

My daughter does. She is a tattoo artist and always wore masks yellowdogintexas Jun 2020 #21

I'll pile on and agree with everyone else that this is indeed good news gristy Jun 2020 #22

Printing to take and post at work Maru Kitteh Jun 2020 #25

Encouraging news! I've been very diligent about wearing one, and so far so good. liberalla Jun 2020 #28