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I was just wondering if anyone has the answer to this question:

If face masks have the ability to contain so many germs, viruses etc then how come we don’t have biosecurity bins to safely deposit our used face masks in?

They are often seen floating along the streets in the breeze, and imagine the dire health consequences that the ‘garbos’ and tip workers must be in if they actually came in contact with them. Any decent germaphobe should be outraged… surely!

I know if I believed this, I would be!

Karen Bradley, Wilsons Creek


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2 COMMENTS

  1. And the point Karen is that they should be disposed of properly . Are you arguing masks don’t work? Where is your evidence? Don’t quote some anonymous source, give us peer reviewed evidence.

  2. Dear Rod,
    Just go to the American Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and search for 14 studies about masks and there, amongst many other places around the world, you can find the studies you are apperently looking for.

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