Reply To: COVID Confusion

@The_Shady_Charedi You mistake what I say! If you wear a mask it doesn’t stop you from getting a virus, it stops me from getting the virus that you may unknowingly have! Scientists and doctors figured out that the virus mostly travels through spittle. If I am wearing a mask and infected spittle lands on it, it is very likely that I will at one point touch it and receive the virus. But if an infected person is wearing a mask, it’s very unlikely that their spittle will reach further than their face, thus protecting people around them.

Like you said. It is the ultimate v’havta l’rei’echa kmocha. It has zero benefit for you to wear a mask, but it benefits everyone around you. What greater chessed can their be than wearing a mask during a pandemic?