I wasn’t pro-mask by any means because I read a few of the studies on their effectiveness outside of N95s in preventing things. I do believe there will be a bunch of people who catch it despite wearing them because they don’t use common sense while wearing them (touching their mask, wearing it wrong, taking it off wrong, not washing their hands after touching it), it makes them feel protected and they do riskier things, and the non-N95s can’t block the particles 100%.
That said, I wear the mask in crowded areas where I can’t space. It’s a hassle cause it fogs my glasses up and it’s hot, but it’s a minor inconvenience to not get the stink eye or some tweaked out paranoid person in your face over it. Minute I’m back to the car, it’s off and stowed in the same spot.
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