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Masks Against Covid By: Isaac Bunderson and Daxton Ashby

We are doing a school project for language arts. The project is that we have to find a social issue and talk about it. We've decided on “Do masks help prevent Covid?” In this short essay we are going to talk about how they prevent germs and the best mask to wear.

First, masks can be effective in two ways. They can be a good fit and not allow a lot of droplets to escape, or the material which they are made from is good enough to not let any droplets escape. A study done by Loretta Fernandez shows us that by putting a particle counter both inside and outside of a mask they were able to test the effectiveness of masks. Surgical masks when worn right proved to block 53%-75% of particles and cloth masks when worn right would block 28%-91% of particles depending on the material that they were made of. Because of this study we now know that masks are effective and can protect others.

Second, Nina Bai states, “An experiment using high-speed video found that hundreds of droplets ranging from 20 to 500 micrometers were generated when saying a simple phrase, but that nearly all these droplets were blocked when the mouth was covered by a damp washcloth.” This shows us that if they didn't wear a washcloth (mask) then all those water droplets would have reached you and into your system and boom! You're infected. Another reason why we should wear a mask is because some people dont even give symptoms. The most common place to get covid is when you're with your friends. It's common to get it when you are with your friends because you are most likely not going to wear a mask with them.

Some people say that masks don't help prevent the spread of covid. In this article by Conner Boyd says “Efficacy of masks on influenza have found that masks make little or no difference in whether people catch the virus.” This is not true because people have done studies like the one in the paragraph above proving that just speaking a simple phrase can spit 20-500 micrometers of saliva and a damp washcloth blocked out nearly all of the germs.

In conclusion, as you can see masks do help prevent the spread of covid by blocking a large portion of germs out and even by saying a simple phrase you spit a 20-500 micrometers of saliva which a masks can block out nearly all the germs.