Re: Winnie the Flu
Woo southern california with its first three cases!
Because the mask things confuse people, masks are useful to either catch your exhaled spittle so you don’t spreads it around, or to reduce how often you directly touch your face/mouth/nose which is one of the main vectors for getting sick in general. While a virus can pass through most masks, it’s often riding on something larger so a barrier is helpful but not perfect.
This means wildfire smoke masks are only partially useful since they have an unobstructed outward flow, and clinical masks or even multi layer fabrics are better.
It won’t be long now till we’ll be choosing which mask to walk outside with, smog or contagion.
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