I am curious ,what does the data say? Is wearing even a poorly fitting mask better at preventing you from spreading covid compared to not wearing amask at all?
Generally, there are a lot of questions where we don’t have good data.
The question of whether to require FFP-2 masks is not one of compare a FFP-2 mask to no mask. The point of FFP-2 masks is that they can seal so that all the air gets filtered which a surgery mask can’t. Requiring people to wear FFP-2 masks (not allowing any passenger who wears just a surgery mask on public transportation) but not do anything to help them to wear them in a way that seals is what’s strange.
Looks like I was confused and thought that FFP2 is just a simple cloth mask. Also my country only requires a simple face covering instead of a N95 or FFP-2 mask.
I am curious ,what does the data say? Is wearing even a poorly fitting mask better at preventing you from spreading covid compared to not wearing amask at all?
Generally, there are a lot of questions where we don’t have good data.
The question of whether to require FFP-2 masks is not one of compare a FFP-2 mask to no mask. The point of FFP-2 masks is that they can seal so that all the air gets filtered which a surgery mask can’t. Requiring people to wear FFP-2 masks (not allowing any passenger who wears just a surgery mask on public transportation) but not do anything to help them to wear them in a way that seals is what’s strange.
Looks like I was confused and thought that FFP2 is just a simple cloth mask. Also my country only requires a simple face covering instead of a N95 or FFP-2 mask.
N95 is an FDA classification (factories have to be approved by the FDA). Similar masks in Europe are classified as FFP-2.