What is your reasoning for going maskless?
Mine is that a person I live with a lot has been going maskless. When I go out with them, I feel there’s no point in wearing a mask if they’re not going to. If they catch an illness we’re both going to regardless. I’ve been criticizing people in my head about no one wearing a mask, but I have to admit, now that I’ve been out without a mask I can see the temptation of things “feeling normal.”
Surgery is performed in clean rooms…right?
I don’t want to know the answer.
Surgical masks (which surgeons in most of the world use most of the time instead of proper respirators) are not airtight, so it is a clean room but everyone in it is breathing out the aerosolized contents of their respiratory systems for the entire procedure.