It’s been a half year since we started wearing masks and other face covering to guard against the new coronavirus. Yet confusion and controversy still surround masks.The good news is that experts are learning more every day about how and how much facial coverings safeguard you and those around you.
Do Masks Actually Work?
In a word, yes. Remember that we primarily protect others, not ourselves, when we cover our faces. And other people’s masks shield us from their respiratory droplets.
A growing number of studies show that when entire communities mask up, the virus loses its power to spread from person to person. That’s especially important now that studies suggest that large droplets from coughs or sneezes aren’t the only way to transmit the virus. It may also happen when we talk or breathe heavily and exhale aerosols, which are lighter, smaller particles that can hang in the air for much longer and travel farther than socially distanced 6 feet.
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