Wearing a face mask dramatically reduces your risk of falling ill with the novel coronavirus, scientists have found. Another showed that wearing a mask reduced the amount of droplets and aerosol particles someone with the flu or common cold sprays into the air. That's why air flow is so important, along with other actions like wearing masks and social distancing.' 'We do know social distancing reduces the risk of transmitting the virus by 90 percent, and wearing masks decreases the risk by 65 percent. 'Wearing a mask affects everyone,' he said.

Source: Daily Mail July 08, 2020 21:09 UTC