The recent back-and-forth debate and policy reversal over the use of face masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19. What is your opinion? are you for or against wearing face mask? Why?

The COVID-19 virus has become alarmingly dangerous in today's world, with millions of people infected and heaps of deaths have been confirmed. Due to the recent circumstance, it is advised that we should wear

face

masks in order to avoid the proportion of causing the disease, but are the

face

masks really work or is it just an inappropriate kind of advertisement?

First

identified in Wuhan, China, the virus

then

spread exceedingly globally, leads to hundreds of confirmed cases on a daily basis. The virus is known for attacking its victim's lungs, results in symptoms include fever, cough, fatigue, and shortness of breath. The aforementioned symptoms have made the disease spread

uncontainably

until WHO declared it as a worldwide

pandemic

. Since the virus is often caused by close contacts and via small droplets produced by coughing, sneezing, or talking, it seems rational that a few countries decided to take

face

masks seriously.

However

, from scientific viewpoints,

face

masks are not only causing pollution, but

also

not helpful during the

pandemic

. According to doctor Fauci,

face

masks can only be effective for around 10 to 15 minutes due to the dampness from our respiration. Once the masks are damped, the masks become completely useless as its protecting function has declined.

Moreover

, after the

pandemic

, piles of after-used

face

masks would be impossible to deal with. In fact, the world has not finished with the

face

masks from the year 2002, when SARS was around. Masks have a negative influence on the environment, their chemical ingredients can not disintegrate, which results in soil and water pollution as the contamination is being dumped into the oceans.

Additionally

, thousands of marine creatures suffer from being tightened daily with the masks around their bodies. The world is in danger, and it is our responsibility to help it, starting with small actions. With the rapid growth of the

pandemic

, there are other measures we can take to avoid getting the disease includes frequent hand washing, maintaining a physical distance from others (especially from those with symptoms), covering coughs and sneezes with a tissue or inner elbow, and keeping unwashed hands away from the

face

. The use of masks is recommended for only those who suspect they have the virus and their

caregivers

. To recapitulate, wearing

face

masks publicly for a long time is inadvisable during the current

pandemic

.