July 14, 2020 02:16PM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 2,934
Status: HOF Inductee
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MamaRAMa
"But now, there’s mounting evidence that masks also protect you."
I've been fussing about this truth to Rambeau for months. To me... it's common sense that wearing a mask also gives the wearer some protection (if worn properly and cared for properly, i.e., washed and maintained) and I never understood why the CDC and medical experts didn't explain it that way from the beginning. A person may not give a rip about wearing a mask to protect his fellow man.... but explain to him that wearing a mask also protects HIM and keeps HIM from getting sick, and I'd bet dollars to donuts that more folks would respond favorably than they have.
I suppose they (the CDC) knew that masks would be helpful, but...
They also knew early on that the the federal government didn't have a sufficient stockpile of them (or other PPE) to outfit the hospitals. Them telling the public that masks would help would only flood the market with more buyers...thus driving the price up even more. There just wasn't/isn't a national strategy that was executed on this thing.
But your right, common sense says that masks would be helpful - especially knowing that the virus is transmitted through the mouth, nose, and eyes. As someone who used to constantly touch my face, a properly worn mask could conceivably offer me 2/3's protection when I wasn't thinking and touched my face.
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