Episode 188: The Coronavirus/COVID - 19 How To Stay Safe: Masks?

Coronavirus is now an pandemic. The CDC has said that healthy people do not need to wear masks. A) I don't fall under the category of "healthy people." B) They are trying to conserve supplies for folks who need them most. C) It's true that a standard surgical mask is not a tight enough weave to prevent the virus from penetrating it -- that would require an N95 mask. However, even if the mask doesn't screen the virus, a mask will prevent us from touching our mouth and nose and spreading infection. Are you wearing a mask? Do you wear one even when there hasn't been the specter of this virus?