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Your mask helps protect those around you..... Masks are a simple barrier to help prevent your respiratory droplets from reaching others.

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==== If you are fully vaccinated, you can participate in many of the activities that you did before the pandemic.

=== To maximize protection from the Delta variant and prevent possibly spreading it to others, wear a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission.

=== Wearing a mask is most important if you have a weakened immune system or if, because of your age or an underlying medical condition, you are at increased risk for severe disease, or if someone in your household has a weakened immune system, is at increased risk for severe disease, or is unvaccinated.

If this applies to you or your household, you might choose to wear a mask regardless of the level of transmission in your area.

=== You should continue to wear a mask where required by laws, rules, regulations, or local guidance.
 

How do the different types of masks work?​


Medical masks​

Also called surgical masks, these are loosefitting disposable masks. They're meant to protect the wearer from contact with droplets and sprays that may contain germs. A medical mask also filters out large particles in the air when the wearer breathes in.


To make medical masks more form-fitting, knot the ear loops where they attach to the mask. Then fold and tuck the unneeded material under the edges.

N95 masks​

An N95 mask is a type of respirator. It offers more protection than a medical mask does because it filters out both large and small particles when the wearer inhales.

Because N95 masks have been in short supply, the CDC has said they should be reserved for health care providers. Health care providers must be trained and pass a fit test before using an N95 mask. Like surgical masks, N95 masks are intended to be disposable. However, researchers are testing ways to disinfect and reuse them.

Some N95 masks, and even some cloth masks, have valves that make them easier to breathe through. Unfortunately, these masks don't filter the air the wearer breathes out. For this reason, they've been banned in some places.

Cloth masks​

A cloth mask is intended to trap respiratory droplets that are released when the wearer talks, coughs or sneezes. It also acts as a barrier to protect the wearer from inhaling droplets released by others.

The most effective cloths masks are made of multiple layers of tightly woven fabric like cotton. A mask with layers will stop more droplets from getting through your mask or escaping from it.

How to get the most from your mask​


The effectiveness of cloth and medical masks can be improved by ensuring that the masks are well fitted to the contours of your face to prevent leakage of air around the masks' edges.

Masks should be snug over the nose, mouth and chin, with no gaps. You should feel warm air coming through the front of the mask when you breathe out. You shouldn't feel air coming out under the edges of the mask.


Masks that have a bendable nose strip help prevent air from leaking out of the top of the mask.

Some people choose to wear a disposable mask under their cloth mask. In that case, the cloth mask should press the edges of the disposable mask against the face. Don't add layers if they make it hard to breathe or obstruct your vision.

Proper use, storage and cleaning of masks also affects how well they protect you. Follow these steps for putting on and taking off your mask:

  • Wash or sanitize your hands before and after putting on your mask.
  • Place your mask over your mouth and nose and chin.
  • Tie it behind your head or use ear loops. Make sure it's snug.
  • Don't touch your mask while wearing it.
  • If you accidentally touch your mask, wash or sanitize your hands.
  • If your mask becomes wet or dirty, switch to a clean one. Put the used mask in a sealable bag until you can get rid of it or wash it.
  • Remove the mask by untying it or lifting off the ear loops without touching the front of the mask or your face.
  • Wash your hands immediately after removing your mask.
  • Regularly wash cloth masks in the washing machine or by hand. (They can be washed along with other laundry.)
And don't forget these precautions:

  • Don't put masks on anyone who has trouble breathing or is unconscious or otherwise unable to remove the mask without help.
  • Don't put masks on children under 2 years of age.
  • Don't use face masks as a substitute for physical distancing.

What about face shields?​

The CDC doesn't recommend using face shields instead of masks because it's unclear how much protection shields provide. However, wearing a face mask may not be possible in every situation. If you must use a face shield instead of a mask, choose one that wraps around the sides of your face and extends below your chin.

Do you still need to wear a facemask after you’re fully vaccinated?​

After you're fully vaccinated, the CDC recommends that it's ok not to wear a mask except where required by a rule or law. However, if you are in an area with a high number of new COVID-19 cases in the last week, the CDC recommends wearing a mask indoors in public.

If you are fully vaccinated and have a condition or are taking medications that weaken your immune system, you may need to keep wearing a mask. You're considered fully vaccinated 2 weeks after you get a second dose of an mRNA COVID-19vaccine or 2 weeks after you get a single dose of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

In the U.S., everyone also needs to wear a mask while on planes, buses, trains and other forms of public transportation.

 
No thx. Mask don’t work. Just a tad beyond useless.
I do not like wearing a mask. Never wore a mask, even at the height of covid, when walking around neighborhood, trails or the infamous alone in my car.

I always wore a mask when unable to social distance or where required. Why?

Because, anyone with even just one ounce of medical science knowledge, understands masks will significantly reduce the spread of aerosolized infections. Masks, time honored, scientifically proven to be effective in each and every healthcare facility around the world.

Yes, some juvenile, ignorant and unimformed types will present: "Masks don't work", why? they can point to the small percentage of incidences where a mask has failed.

But, I don't know about the rest of your experiences, we live in an imperfect world and 100% of anything never happens.

It must be weird to go around life thinking: "I'm a loser, my life doesn't work because; I play on a sports team our record is 15 wins 5 loses, we are losers. My wife can't cook, her cooking just doesn't work, why you may ask, 2 out of ten times her meals do not come out good".

100%ers, your life just "doesn't work".
 
Some interesting points .....
 
The CDC is correct. Disinformation specialists are wrong. End of story.
 
We citizens do have a choice ....... COVID 19, Variant and or die or maybe alive with long term impacts.
 
No it’s not. Lying is calling it a lie. 😀
Still waiting on your medical credentials to be dispensing mask advice.

And be sure to mention it to the surgeon next time you or someone you love is in the operating room.
 
Still waiting on your medical credentials to be dispensing mask advice.

And be sure to mention it to the surgeon next time you or someone you love is in the operating room.
Non - sequitor
 


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No thx. Mask don’t work. Just a tad beyond useless.

Funny, that about sums up what others seem to think your posts, "beyond useless".

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Non - sequitor
Obviously not. If masks don't work, there wouldn't be any reason for a surgeon operating on you or a loved one to be wearing one--and if you really believe masks don't work, you shouldn't have any problem with being operated on in those conditions.
 
It doesn’t work as advertised. About as useful as the yearly flu shot
No, it (mask-wearing) doesn't work the way selfish Trump supporters think it ought to--namely, masks do not do much to protect the wearer. Trump supporters, unable to think about anyone but themselves, look at that and say "masks are useless." And on that score, it's true that cloth masks such as those widely available today provide little protection to the wearer. On the other hand, they do very well at source control--protecting others from your germs. Of course, if everyone wore one in public, everyone would be protected...but selfish people seldom conceive of that kind of group action.

That's how masks have actually been advertised to anyone paying attention, and that's why everyone needs to wear one in public until the pandemic is well and truly over...which time would come much sooner if everyone just masked-up.
 
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