Do Masks stop the Coronavirus?
Let us admit: Masks are going to be the new normal. Whether we like it or not, it will become part of our dress for the foreseeable future as we start to return to schools, offices and factories. There are as many questions about masks as the variety of masks out there. There are DIY masks made at home, the one sewn by grandmas, made with 3-D printers, bandannas, surgical masks, the N95, the ones worn by the construction workers, and many more that I cannot even enumerate. Which one’s work and for what? Do they protect or not? Protect us or the others around us? One thing is clear, any type of mouth and nose covering when in public, is essential. “Normally, you think about wearing a mask to protect yourself,” said Mike Bell, deputy director of the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “That’s not what this is about. It’s about not spraying respiratory secretions and spit into the air around you” he said, as he s...