• By the BBC's Health Editor, half an hour ago:
    Coronavirus: Who should be wearing masks?

    Why doesn't everyone wear one?
    Surgical masks are not recommended for the general public because:

    they can be contaminated by other people's coughs and sneezes or when putting them on or removing them
    frequent hand-washing and social distancing are more effective
    they might offer a false sense of security

  • they can be contaminated by other people's coughs and sneezes

    If someone else is coughing and sneezing in a persons face, I think contamination of the mask is the least of their worries! Would you prefer to have no mask on so they can just cough straight into your nose and mouth?

    With that logic health professionals should be mask-less then.

  • This seems like a fair point, but the difference between day-to-day life and a healthcare setting is people are trained in how to use PPE properly and they have proper arrangements for the disposal of contaminated masks.

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