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Wearing mask is stupid. But I imagine it doesn't have direct effect of increasing the chances of getting sick.
I would imagine that the mask wearing people are more in contact with sick people, maybe just because they are more exposed to groups in close spaces thinking the masks will save them.
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There might be other reasons in there as well. People wearing masks might be a bit more inclined to risk of infection because "They have protection", secondly there is also the oxygen deprivation argument impairing one's immune system by imposing a breathing restriction.
Wearing the mask gives people a false sense of security as well so they don't do other things like
-wash hands
-social distance
-etc.
They feel more comfortable getting right up in someone's face to yell at them for not wearing a mask, as has happened to me and is shown in countless videos online.
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[–] QuickFYI 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Correlation is not equal to causation.
Wearing mask does not cause the disease.
Wearing mask is stupid. But I imagine it doesn't have direct effect of increasing the chances of getting sick.
I would imagine that the mask wearing people are more in contact with sick people, maybe just because they are more exposed to groups in close spaces thinking the masks will save them.
[–] DickbiterShekelstein 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago (edited ago)
Count in these facts. Most people are reusing the same masks. Also, you're more likely to touch your face over and over in order to readjust the mask.
Combine these two facts, and you're statistically more likely to get COVID than someone who isn't wearing one.
[–] Plant_Boy 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
There might be other reasons in there as well. People wearing masks might be a bit more inclined to risk of infection because "They have protection", secondly there is also the oxygen deprivation argument impairing one's immune system by imposing a breathing restriction.
[–] StagOfMull 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Wearing the mask gives people a false sense of security as well so they don't do other things like
-wash hands
-social distance
-etc.
They feel more comfortable getting right up in someone's face to yell at them for not wearing a mask, as has happened to me and is shown in countless videos online.
They think the mask makes them immune.