Everyone is told should be wearing face masks to protect others from potentially deadly infection when we leave the house . But face masks can be hot, and they can irritate the skin, fog glasses, make it difficult for some to breathe and create a world without smiles. It also can be difficult for people who have hearing loss to communicate when mouths are covered, muffling voices and hiding facial expressions.
Are clear plastic face shields, most frequently used in health care settings, a better option?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
continues to recommend wearing “cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.” But some health experts say shields appear to be very effective at preventing infection — maybe even more effective than masks — for someone going about regular daily activities and not in a high-risk health care setting.
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From the start, it was explained that face shields offer more protection than masks - and that was medical grade masks. Almost no one wears medical grade masks and there are ZERO studies about homemade masks. A face shield does not restrict your breathing. It does not have you increasingly breathing hot, wet bacteria and virus packed air. It does not reduce you oxygen intake. Doesn't increase you heart rate and blood pressure.
Yet no one wears a face shield. This proves people wear masks for only 2 reasons: Talking heads on TV tell them to - though they aren't wearing a face mask while doing so and 2.) peer pressure to wear a mask - and peer pressure not to wear a face shield.
No one REALLY believes masks help. If they REALLY cared about covid-19 they would be wearing a face shield.
