9 Face Mask Myths Exposed - Wear Your Damn Masks, People

Let’s be real for a second: Masks suck. They’re uncomfortable, especially in the heat, and they prevent you from gazing upon the beautiful faces of people you’re no longer allowed to get within six feet of, among other inconveniences. No one wants to live in a masked world forever. And that’s why it’s so important that you stop believing common mask myths you may have heard—or that’s the way it’s going to be.

With that out of the way, let’s be real about something else: Masks work. Recently, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Robert R. Redfield, MD, explained just how effective they are in one heart-stopping sentence: “If all of us would put on a face covering now for the next 4-6 weeks, we could drive this epidemic to the ground.”

Despite the fact that we could make our lives infinitely better in every way imaginable (and save people from dying) by simply masking up, a lot of us are trying to find reasons not to wear them because—again—they’re terrible, and because we may have read or heard faulty information about them. This is not okay. There are no good reasons not to wear them, except in rare cases wherein an individual suffers from severe respiratory disease.

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