How Effective Are Your Face Masks? Visualizations Show The Science | NowThis

These visualizations show what happens when you cough, sneeze, or speak while wearing different types of face masks.

Hundreds of respiratory droplets are released, spreading into the air around you, each time you cough, sneeze, or speak.

Viruses, including those that cause COVID-19 and the flu, live inside droplets expelled by someone with an infection.

Face masks block respiratory droplets from spreading viruses person to person. These visualizations show how.

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[PiviotAtWar]

They never tell you about how to properly wear your mask. (Eg not having your nose exposed and only your mouth covered). Not to mention that it is bad to repeatedly touch your face mask as it is a container for germs and you can spread it onto other serfaces. Also that you must change or wash facemasks often. And wearing a face cover doesn't make spread impossible so social distancing is still necessary.

[babyteano]

I remember Micheal Jackson wore mask and people think he's insane. Now I don't go out without it and will consider wearing mask even after the pandemic.

[TheBfair]

Why wasn't this posted as the pandemic hit. O yea it's common sense and should be known

[luciemayer]

I gladly wear one dont want covid why is it such a argument

[aaronshruby]

And Thank God we don't have this anti-mask wearing situation here in Jersey. We put them on day one and didn't ask one question!!

[glendagraves]

It's simple. It's the least you can do to help. If you don't care enough about others to just wear a simple face mask, you need help.

[clujbnf]

Once again Anti - Maskers, the SCIENCE behind the common sense.

[aaronshruby]

I don't know who all these WET TALKERS are but I most certainly do not produce that amount of saliva when I talk!! 😷🤧

Yet the deplorables do not understand science nor trust experts...

[Pierre]

If anything can be used as a mask, then it’s not about safety. It’s about compliance.

[bookeblade]

What if the person coughing is wearing a mask? Just where a glove.

[douglaswright]

At this point, I'm only wearing the mask to make the hypochondriac Karens be quiet. I didn't figure they were doing much of anything.

[Cheddar]

Why would you sneeze or cough inside a mask? That disgusting!