re: GA Covid Thread - 2021

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I wear a mask in public

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Honest question for you, but what is your thought on masks not working?

I get the thought that they certainly can NOT work, but I think that has more to do with the failure of people's habits than the failure of masks. A physical barrier blocking your "snot mist", while not perfect, should certainly help to reduce the droplets that are released into the air around you. If you wear one and sneeze or "hock a loogie" with it on, it's pretty obvious.

Where I think they fail is when people constantly touch shite in stores, pull it down to wipe their nose, wipe their eyes, whatever, and then immediately grab it with those same hands and stuff it in their pocket (with God knows what else) as they leave a store. Of course, they then go on to repeat this process at every other store they go to for days, if not weeks, on end. In my opinion, THIS is when masks fail. But, like condoms, it's generally user error that precedes that.

I'm just curious. You're one of only a couple of nurses, ICU or otherwise, that I've heard be down on masks.