Not all masks are the same. Choose the right mask you’ll use during the next 6 months
Within a number of weeks we’ll all be allowed to go out, unrestricted, to wherever we go. No one knows exactly when, but for sure, we will. With one caveat: we will all wear a face mask. One of the reasons why people are not allowed to go out freely, is exactly the fact you’ll need a face mask, and there aren’t any available, that is, until the health system is properly provisioned with those. And accordingly to recents news, that will still take awhile… In fact, one of the reasons some countries are credited to maintain such a low infection rate (see Czechia and Austria) is the mandatory use of face masks on all public spaces, and apparently there’s no shortage of those in Eastern Europe. So, we’ll need to pick a bunch of them, out of the tens of models available, not all are adequate. Some are just useless, others offer some protection, others protect you and the community, others only you, and all combinations thereof. Let’s have a quick look at them: The cloth mask Many masks fit in this category, but all some characteristics in common: all are made from a couple of layers of fabric. …