Anti-masker wonders if he got coronavirus from the mask he rarely used

[Chris Smith]

• Wearing a face mask can reduce the risk of infection with the novel coronavirus, but anti-maskers refuse to wear face covers in public settings.
• The list of face mask protestors includes high-profile politicians who oppose face masks and mask mandates.
• One such person is Rep. Louie Gohmert, who tested positive for COVID-19 during a White House screening.
• In an interview that followed, the anti-maskers wondered if rarely wearing a mask got him infected.

No object or treatment can offer 100% protection against the novel coronavirus. If you wear a face mask when in the presence of others, if you keep practicing social distancing and avoid crowds, and if you wash your hands often, you decrease the risk of getting COVID-19. The virus spreads via droplets and microdroplets that allow it to reach other people and surfaces and linger in the air. The closer you are to someone who has been infected, the more likely you are to get the virus as well. Because many people remain asymptomatic for the entire duration of their COVID-19 infection, you won't even know where you got it from.

Sadly, many people oppose face masks for the silliest reasons, choosing to ignore the simple precaution that could save their lives. It's not just average Americans who ignore face masks either, but also the high-ranking officials. One of these well-known anti-maskers was just given a positive COVID-19 diagnosis, and he's now wondering whether the mask he rarely used may have been the culprit behind his coronavirus infection.

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