Claim: ‘Face masks don’t work’
Wearing a face mask is certainly not an iron-clad guarantee that you won’t get sick – viruses can also transmit through the eyes and tiny viral particles, known as aerosols, can penetrate masks. However, masks are effective at capturing droplets, which is a main transmission route of coronavirus, and some studies have estimated a roughly fivefold protection versus no barrier alone (although others have found lower levels of effectiveness).

If you are likely to be in close contact with someone infected, a mask cuts the chance of the disease being passed on. If you’re showing symptoms of coronavirus, or have been diagnosed, wearing a mask can also protect others. So masks are crucial for health and social care workers looking after patients and are also recommended for family members who need to care for someone who is ill – ideally both the patient and carer should have a mask.

However, masks will probably make little difference if you’re just walking around town or taking a bus so there is no need to bulk-buy a huge supply.

The CDC now recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain–like at grocery stores and pharmacies.

At UCSF Health we support the use of face masks or face coverings. Please note that physical distancing (maintaining at least 6-feet away from others) is still required, even when wearing a mask.

Reasons we support the use of face masks:

The highly contagious nature of the virus
The potential for asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic transmission
Empiric evidence from Asia, where masks are routinely used

Only wear a mask if you are ill with COVID-19 symptoms (especially coughing) or looking after someone who may have COVID-19.

Є й численні заяви ВООЗ що немає доказів що маска вберігає вас від харження та не передає вірус іншим

Якщо ви здорові, вам потрібно надягати маску, лише якщо ви піклуєтесь про людину з підозрою на інфекцію 2019-nCoV.
Носіть маску, якщо ви кашляєте чи чхаєте.
Маски ефективні лише в тому випадку, коли їх застосовують у поєднанні з частим миттям рук на основі спирту на основі спирту або мила з водою.
Якщо ви носите маску, то ви повинні знати, як нею користуватися і правильно утилізувати її.

В Кировоградской области зафиксировали 122 случая заболевания COVID-19. Коронавирус, в частности, обнаружили у 44 медработников. Источник: https://censor.net.ua/n3188518

За последние сутки в России количество больных коронавирусом увеличилось на свыше 2 тысячи человек, зафиксировано 24 летальных исхода.

Other governments, in Latvia, Romania and Estonia for example, want to seize this opportunity and break free from their obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights.

In several countries, for example Belgium, Germany, Poland and the UK use anonymised data of mobile phone users to track their movements.

But it is just a small, but tempting, step to the Singaporean system, that tracks and monitors individual citizens via their phones.