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Amazon begins temperature checks and will provide surgical masks at warehouses

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265 points ajaviaad | 4 comments | 02 Apr 20 14:47 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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chvid ◴[02 Apr 20 15:42 UTC] No.22760237[source]▶
I thought here in the west that it was well-established that temperature checks and mask do not work against the corona?!
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1. DasIch ◴[02 Apr 20 15:57 UTC] No.22760387[source]▶
Mask do not protect the person wearing the mask (unless you talk about the kind of masks used as PPE for medical professionals).

They do protect other people from the person wearing the mask spreading the virus. The consequence is that for masks to work at scale a large number of people need to wear them.

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2. xkapastel ◴[02 Apr 20 16:12 UTC] No.22760558[source]▶
Any barrier in front of your mouth and nose will protect you from droplets[0], as well as protecting other people from your own droplets.

[0]: https://medium.com/@Cancerwarrior/covid-19-why-we-should-all...

3. adrr ◴[02 Apr 20 16:17 UTC] No.22760610[source]▶
CDC says that to the public yet in their information to doctors and nurses says a bandanna or scarf can substitute for an N95 mask but with less effectiveness.
4. umanwizard ◴[02 Apr 20 17:09 UTC] No.22761174[source]▶
> Mask do not protect the person wearing the mask (unless you talk about the kind of masks used as PPE for medical professionals).

Please link to research that backs up your claim.