imagine if the entire planet suddenly
got sick I can darn sure picture that
now let's give everyone a medical mask
and make them wear it at all times would
our planet get better but seriously in
the case of a pandemic how effective
would wearing a mask be? how many of
those things would we need to supply all
of humanity? and why would it create a
whole lot of jobs? this is what if and
here's what would happen if everyone
wore medical face masks ?

the theory behind wearing face masks is that they prevent sprays of virus Laden fluids from entering your nose or mouth or if
 you're already sick a mask works to keep

those fluids from flying too far from

your own nose and mouth so that you

don't infect other people some people

wear masks so that they breathe in fewer

toxins and air pollution but let's focus

on medical masks the guidelines about

wearing a face mask during a pandemic

are quite controversial and they keep

changing so we'll try to clear this up as best we can

for starters we'd need to give out

medical masks to everyone on earth

how many masks are we talking there are

about seven point eight billion people

populating the planet right now given

that it's not recommended to wear a mask

for longer than 24 hours

you'd need roughly 55 billion medical

masks every week to supply everyone of

course health care workers working on

the frontlines would get the highest quality most expensive face protection



the n95 respirator mask

there are about 59 million health care

workers in the world supplying all of

them with n95 s would cost somewhere in

the neighborhood of 300 million dollars per day.

 the general public doesn't require as much protection they'd get by wearing regular medical face masks at

the cost of 3 billion dollars daily right now

manufacturers don't produce enough masks

that would open up an opportunity for

more businesses associated with mask

production and there would be more jobs

but who would cover the cost well if no

government agreed to write it into their

budget people would have to get those

masks on their own everyone would need

to spend at least 150 dollars per year

on face masks there would likely be some

kind of punishment in place for not

wearing a mask and once everybody got

used to this new reality your mask would

become a fashion item like we'd have to

match our masks to the color of our

socks and no white masks after Labor Day

if everyone wore masks all the time

daily interactions would be different it

would be harder to read facial

expressions this could change the way we

interpret body language there would

likely be some reduction in spreading

viruses maybe that would save the world

from another pandemic I'm saying maybe

because it's hard to measure the

effectiveness of face masks it depends

on factors like face shape and mask type

and even how often you breathe the

biggest problem with basic surgical

masks is that air can get underneath the

mask and what's more important breathing

isn't always how you get sick we shake

hands with infected people and touch

something that's infected we touch our

faces about 50 times in a single day

of course the mask could help you touch

your face less but once you touch the

mask itself you'd have to get a new one



you'd still need to wash your hands and

keep your distance from those people who are sick and you'd really need to learn

how to wear that mask properly first you

need to wash your hands with soap or at

least splash some hand sanitizer on them


remove the mask from the box and place

the loops behind your ears with the

metal band at the top pull the bottom

part of the mask towards your chin and

press the metal band against your face

so that the mask fits better discard it

when it gets wet or dirty and wash your

hands before getting another clean one

now this all means that at least eight

billion face masks would be thrown away

every day they can't be reused or

recycled so they would add a lot more

waste to our landfills if you really

want to make a difference stay home

during a pandemic and wear masks only

when you're outside or when someone in

your household is sick leave the heavy

duty and 95 masks for health care

professionals since they come in contact

with sick patients and maybe get

creative

just check which materials will actually protect you.
 first pandemics are hard on everyone.