• Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    The reality is that you can easily get infected through a mask, but the viral load is much lower

    Also if all the people around you are wearing masks in addition to yourself, then it’s way way lower

    • Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk
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      8 months ago

      I tried explaining this to a friend who was convinced masks do nothing. He would say stuff like “if it can still get through then what’s the point”. He claimed only people at risk should wear them.

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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      8 months ago

      as the meme states actually, the point of masks isn’t really to protect yourself, that’s a marginal side benefit, the point is to protect everyone else from your pestilence ridden breath of death.

      watching videos that show how particulate from your breath spreads with and without just literally anything in front of your mouth is disgusting, unblocked your breath carries spittle several METERS in front of you, like the world’s most disgusting sprinkler put sideways.