tanny wrote:
Had to visit a bank today and was forced to wear one, an authorised one. The security guard was the usual shrug shoulders type and insisted on everyone sanitising their hands (which I did as I am a nice compliant person).
After doing my hands I asked him to smell them and the chemical stench/perfume which he declared was disgusting. It went over his head that if a simple fragrance walks through a mask then theres very little value to a mask.
I suspect you have heard it before BUT It's all about size
Mask effectiveness is spurring all kinds of conversations nationwide and even causing some controversy.
Some posts circulating online are claiming that since you can smell things like food or smoke through a cloth mask, the covering will not filter the coronavirus. Experts say that's false.
The reason has to do with the size of certain particles.
PS A mask is to protect others, not to protect you
"The particles that cause odors, these are extremely tiny molecules. Although the COVID-19 virus is a microscopic microorganism, it still is much, much more complex than the molecules that would cause odors to be smelled,"
"In fact, there is no way you can prevent an odor coming into your nose unless you weren't able to breathe," he said.
With that said, no mask is proven to keep the coronavirus out 100% of the time. That's why the way you use your mask is very important.
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