Coronavirus: 2 Top Reasons Why People Do Not Ware Face Mask?
The world confirmed cases increase to 2,310,572 untill 18th of April in almost 210 countries and regions. Really a serious situation to the government of those countries. However, we still see lots of people going out without face mask, and every day the heads of government speak in the press conference without mask. So, why do they not ware a mask in such a situation of Coronavirus? They are super man or stupid? That is common question from the east. Okay, let us see a picture below.
This picture may have the answers why most west do not want to ware mask with risk of Coronavirus infected. There might have 2 top reasons.
Mask Could Protect Or Not?
Until now, the message from CDC or official public health department has not been clear enough. Could mask protect and prevent Coronavius infection and spread? People can not get a confirmation from any official message, which make people confused. They were unsure whether they should or should not wear mask.
A good guess is the government is worrying not to enforce people to ware mask for something with the value of freedom and human right. People have to make their own decision to or not to ware mask.
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Serious Ill and Criminal Need Mask
It is a bit related to culture. For a long time, there is an idea that only criminals and people with serious ill may ware masks. With this background, no one would like to give an bad impression to the others when go out wearing mask. Meanwhile wearing mask may scare the neighbors, friends, families, and every one around.
Hmm, there is one more possible reason is that people are not used to wearing mask in public. Mostly for the long time understand to the meaning of wearing mask, people have an instinct to refuse wearing mask. Meanwhile, people always identify the others by their face and facial expressions.
Apart from these, more people are beginning to understand the importance of wearing a mask. For a long with the pandemic of Coronavirus, and more message got from official media and CDC, people are believing the protective function of mask, and knowing how COVID-19 spreads and the potential dangerous of Asymptomatic infections around.
Staying at home, and wearing a mask when going outside, protecting self is to save life of others.