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by Jabbles 996 days ago
From that link:

Our simulation also shows that wearing a mask can effectively reduce the spread of the viruses.

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Sure, by some metric masks are very effective at stopping viral particles. After all, in my example the mask will stop tens of thousands of viral particles from reaching you every minute.

Another metric is, will that stop you from getting sick? The threshhold is only 18 particles!