What's the deal with everyone wearing masks? At first we were told masks were useless against covid19, but that they needed to be saved for doctors. Now we're told to wear one out in public, and that it doesn't have to be an N95 type mask, just something to cover your.mouth and nose. But......the coronavirus is a tiny microscopic particle that travels on microscopic snot and spit particles, and these particles can easily pass through cloth, not to mention the fact that these face covering (non N95 type) masks leave huge gaps around the nose and cheeks.
So obviously these masks do nothing to stop snot and spit droplets from coming out of, or going into, your mouth and nose. They can catch a sneeze or cough, sure, but not the stuff that comes out of you every time you breathe. So why are people wearing them when they're basically not effective at all? Do people really think they're helping? Am I getting it wrong, do these masks actually help prevent the spread of covid19?

Use a shamwow.

Does a mask help?

I don't know, but, it sure can't hurt. Unlike shutting down an entire society.

I see em driving solo down the road , mask and gloves ......lol.............hook , line , and sinker

Lol

It makes the wearer feel better.

It also stops you from touching your face as much

No it helps to prevent YOU from giving it to someone else if you are infected. IT WILL NOT PREVENT you from getting any illness. Look at it this way . Does the surgeon wear a mask while operating on you because he is afraid to catch something from you? No he is preventing himself from omitting any germs into your open body......

Prevent isn't the right word, less likely is a better description.

If people want to wear it, that's fine.

It is a "requirement" here in Michigan, thanks to Wretched Hitler.

Idk white ........some people even with underware scratch their ............lol

ROFLMAO !!!!

But that's the thing.....if I have covid19, and I'm wearing a mask with gaps on the sides of my nose so big I can stick 2 fingers in them, is that really going to stop microscopic particles from getting out and floating though the air? I can't see how it would possibly stop anything. What good does a.mask that isn't sealed to your face and have a filtration level such that a virus can't get though possibly do?

As far as i'm concerned, thinking that a mask will stop corona is like thinking your undies will stop a fart

Whats that brown skid mark in your shorts then?

That's the diarrhea that you though was a fart.

A sign of submission.

Undies may stop crappage. Masks may stop snot.
But the vaporized matter will find its way out

Goose, as 49er said above......not prevent, but make less likely. For example, maybe it only reduces your chances of passing it on by 25%......heck of a lot better than nothkng! Happy trapping! ScottW

Here's where I am coming from and I would assume many others are in the same situation... I am in a risk category and my wife is very high risk and if she gets it she will have serious medical issues if not death. We have been pretty much holed up here, ordering groceries, and only going out in the public when we have to. When we go out in public I am the one who leaves the car with an N95 mask and rubber gloves on. When I get back to the car I remove the gloves using sterile procedure, remove the mask, and then sanitize my hands using alcohol.

I figure if wearing a mask even REDUCES the chances of either one of us, or someone else getting COVID then it is worth it. I wish everyone was wearing a mask at this point as a means to REDUCE the chances of this disease passing between us.

Now I understand the tenets of personal choice and all and I respect that. But the aspects of this disease are such that people can appear and feel very healthy yet be infecting those around you without even realizing it. We can all nitpick about the loose fit of masks and all the other stuff I have seen in these discussions, but you all have to keep in mind there are some of us that a case of COVID can be debilitating or deadly to us. In my mind, wearing a mask is not too much to ask.

Moosetrot