Because it's 2020 and we are mid-pandemic, of course there's a group of people actively fighting ways to make less people sick.
in public settings.” Why on earth anyone would fight such a simple measure of preventing unnecessary spread of a deadly virus I do not know, but again, logic and rationality have flown out the window for some in favor of sticking their heads in the sand.points out, several recent studies now support wearing a mask to help curb coronavirus spread.
“When you are going about in the course of normal activities like breathing, talking and singing, you expel these particles into the environment. You want to create a seal,” said Werner Ernst Bischoff, professor of infectious diseases at Wake Forest University. Among the work he’s done? Studies on the respiratory transmission of viruses.
As the CDC notes, the face covering you wear is largely to protect others. If you’re infected, it helps slow the spread of any droplets into the air that could make other people around you sick. Wearing one is possibly the biggest “no duh” since the advent of BB creams that include sunscreen, so again, I’m extremely lost here on why anyone would actively fight against it. Science is cool. Everyone should try it.
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