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Old 11-05-2020, 09:02 AM  
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Originally Posted by Klen View Post
Masks do work but there is several culprits which make them almost useless:

2. Most of people wear only cotton mask which offer almost zero protection.
use.
Of course NOT as good as N95 , but most cotton masks are double or tripple layered and since the virus is carried in droplets the likelihood that it penetrates the mask is not very high.

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/20-0948_article
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