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Rick's avatar

Yeah, they do protect your health, and not just from SARS-2 infection. I've used N95s for years for construction projects. They're really not as exotic as the anti-mask crowd makes out.

I believe masks should be the last resort, though. We should be cleaning and supplementing indoor air everywhere. This works to prevent covid-19, influenza, and other airborne diseases.

We managed to clean up our water supply, time to do the same for air. However, it's hard to imagine anything like that happening in the US in our current state of fail.

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Dr Emma Katz's avatar

Very true overall, but clean air is never going to save people from infection if an infected person is very near to them for several minutes. They will get infected before the air cleaning has time to take effect.

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