The CDC strongly discourages healthy people from wearing N95 masks. Instead their primary advice is that people should hand-wash frequently. But even the CDC admits that few actual cases have been spread from an infected surface; the virus spreads from via close-proximity airborne transmission. Hand sanitizing will not protect you from breathing in the virus. The CDC’s anti-mask advice is coldly pragmatic. We … Continue reading COVID-19 Day 5: Why the CDC Should Encourage Face Masks.