27 March 2021  /  Updated 17 July 2021
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Should you sneeze into the your mask???


thenumberjuggler
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On the one hand, it feels disgusting to do so. But on the other hand, surely that's the whole point of wearing a mask, to block covid particles escaping.

I asked the internet, and experts assured me,

Dr. Donald Allegra, an infectious disease specialist at Atlantic Health System’s Hackettstown and Newton Medical Centers.:
" Sneezing is a very effective way of spreading the virus far from the person who is sneezing, so it is very important if you do feel a sneeze coming on — if you are in public around other people — that you either keep the mask on or clearly turn away from people around you before sneezing."

Technical Director at the Epidemiology Division of the Ministry of Health(Trinidad and Tobago), Dr Avery Hinds:
"You should not cough or sneeze into your mask, you’re supposed to take the mask off cough or sneeze preferably into a tissue, if tissue isn’t available, into the crook of your arm and then put the mask back on,” he said.

Thanks experts!

Any lockdown skeptics who actually wear the mask want to chime in on this?

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miahoneybee
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I dont wear a mask and I carry tissues and have always sneezed into a tissue/hand and turned away. I have seen people wearing masks and sneezing into them and carry on wearing them and thought it was disgusting and god knows what they are inhaling back in..being polite when sneezing and thinking of others around you is nothing new it's just good manners that many people do anyway I should imagine..

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Nomad
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What's wrong with good old 'Catch it, bin it, kill it'??

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Splatt
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Take it off to sneeze then put it back on - way more comfortable!

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CoronanationStreet
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What's wrong with good old 'Catch it, bin it, kill it'??

It changed. It's "Catch It, Ban Everything, Kill fewer Grannies" now.

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