Name: Coronavirus: Do face masks work? - BBC News
Uploaded: 2020-07-02T17:53:15.000Z
Duration: 2 min 52 s
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One of the reasons that people wear masks is they think that it's going to protect them from virus.

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But the virus isn't floating around in the air, so it's not protecting me against anything because it's not there.

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It's probably going to be on my hand because of shaking hands with someone who's got the virus and I have transmitted it.

If you're an environment where everybody else is wearing a face mask on, you're not, then it may make you feel vulnerable because you feel that you don't have the protection everyone else does, but logically, if you know close to people, they're not coughing and sneezing on you in the face mask isn't necessary.

Virus enters the body through mucous membranes.

We mean the eyes and nose the mouth, and it's transmits from person to person, generally by us touching our eyes, nose or mouth, or if we inhaling droplets directly from someone who is sneezing or coughing.

The best way for the general public to protect itself against Corona bars and other respiratory viruses is really careful hand hygiene, so that's really washing your hands with either soap and water or alcohol gel if certain water is not available, especially when you think that you've been exposed.

So if you've been out in public places and touching on the surface is that other people might have touched, that really is the best way and bringing attention to you.

If lots of people who don't need facemasks are using face muscle stockpiling them, it means that there aren't enough base marks available where they really needed.

For people like healthcare workers who are on the front line and dealing with suspect or confirmed Corona virus cases, the vast majority of people are not susceptible to getting a severe infection.

 Most people will be a mild illness, like having a cold or a cough with flu. 