Thread by an actual expert with the message we all need to hear: the point of mask wearing in public is to protect OTHERS from YOU, we all need to do it together, and we need to combine it with what we are doing already (wash hands, keep distance, stay inside as much as you can)https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1246013181551493120 …
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You should wear a mask in public even if you are 100% sure you could not be sick because the social norm is important. We have nurses and medical people right now being told they can't wear masks because it would alarm patients! Making it ubiquitous for all helps keep them safe!
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That said, we also know that some significant proportion of people will not experience symptoms while they are highly infectious. Any facial covering you can put on (and there are now tons of great howtos online) helps set the social norm and protect and reassure those around you
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