Display MoreThe virus is not "airborne" so there is really no need to have an N95 mask unless you are a medical professional or someone who needs to be in close contact with people.
The reason for mask is to prevent people spit/droplets from contaminating surfaces that would be touched by others, although a piece of cloth/cheap mask will not help you if you stand in close proximity to an infected person but it prevents infected people from unknowingly spreading the virus.
The really troublesome thing about this virus is the fact some people show no symptoms, I know of 2 people who had covid and presented no symptoms and the reason that they found out they had it is that their wives also had it and had symptoms(one of them passing away).
In one family the kids didn't present symptoms either so had it not been for the wife who tested positive and forced the whole family to get tested they could have gone undetected and continue to spread the virus without knowing.
The other family had no kids so it was just the wife and husband, husband never presented so much as the sniffles yet the wife ended up passing away( 35 y/o no known pre existing conditions).
Like i said before I have no idea what this thing is and why it attacks some while ignoring others but if something as simple as a piece of cloth while in public can help slow down the funerals then lets do it..
Yep - - my son in laws co worker just tested positive - has absolutely no symptoms and if it were not for his other job testing all employees he would have never known - - and now my son in law and all the other co workers have to get tested