I'm trained in chemical warfare, and wore actual gas masks for extend periods in drills. Your paper mask is worthless for both protecting me from your exhaled water vapor, and for protecting you from airborne aerosols that may or may not be circulating onboard.
Your paper mask is a security blanket. Always has been.
Surgeons wear them to catch sweat and spit and keep them out of the operating area. They do nothing for viruses.
I recall reading a paper where a hospital stopped using surgical masks and it didn't change the outcomes for patients. Surgical masks are even a security blanket during surgeries.
I'm trained in chemical warfare, and wore actual gas masks for extend periods in drills. Your paper mask is worthless for both protecting me from your exhaled water vapor, and for protecting you from airborne aerosols that may or may not be circulating onboard.
Your paper mask is a security blanket. Always has been.
Surgeons wear them to catch sweat and spit and keep them out of the operating area. They do nothing for viruses.
I recall reading a paper where a hospital stopped using surgical masks and it didn't change the outcomes for patients. Surgical masks are even a security blanket during surgeries.
Yes, that study dates to 1981, and has not, as yet, been refuted.