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| Topic | If you breathe through your nose, while wearing a face mask. |
| adjl 07/03/20 8:44:10 AM #45: | WhiskeyDisk posted... Knowing all this, creating a warm, moist environment around the mouth, nose and eyes is the plan? Giving Covid the perfect environment right in front of your face for when you do take off the mask, that's the socially responsible thing to do? ... Covid doesn't arise spontaneously in warm, moist environments. If you aren't taking your mask off in an area where transmission is likely (which I don't think I have to tell you would be pretty silly), conditions under your mask aren't going to be particularly relevant to transmission risk. If you've been performing particularly high-risk activities (like practicing medicine), it is advisable to wash your face upon removing the mask and goggles (after washing hands) for that reason, but for regular use, it's not really a concern. That environment also doesn't linger very long unless you've been drooling into your beard or something (in which case the mask isn't why your face is moist). --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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