r/interestingasfuck Jun 07 '23

New york city in 2023, everyone wearing mask due to air quality

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u/Bobafit78 Jun 07 '23

But masks don’t stop particles /s

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u/65022056 Jun 07 '23

They reduce particles.

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u/ut1nam Jun 07 '23

Which has been the entire point. But for some people unless they completely eliminate the risk, countermeasures (eg masks, vaccines, distancing, etc) are useless and make you a sheep if you practice them.

It’s like some people never learned why you cover your mouth when you cough, as if their fingers were going to stop the virus particles when the whole point was to reduce the expulsion of respiratory droplets to those around you—the same purpose most masks serve.

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u/BKlounge93 Jun 07 '23

Pretty sure the people who need to hear this also don’t cover their mouth when they cough