My Mask Protects You
I've seen lot of people questioning the claims that we wear masks to protect other people more than to protect ourselves. It seems illogical that a mask would do a better job at preventing something from going out than it does as preventing it from coming in. So I set off to research these claims and thought it might be helpful to share my layperson summary of what I found out for those of you who, like me, have questioned this advice. I am not a scientist by any means but I am good at researching and synthesizing information. As a disclaimer, one I feel like should be included way more often than it has been, we still don't understand covid-19 very well so all information is subject to change at any given moment depending on the results of more research. When we breathe out (or sneeze or cough), particles from our body are carried in droplets (aka spit). Those droplets are what contain virus cells if you are sick (or probably/possibly if you ...