If you had been getting your COVID-19 information from the CDC and other American sources you may have been surprised to learn that masks were effective in reducing the transmission of the coronavirus. This information has only now been filtering through from the COVID 19 experts in Asia. Here are some things that you may not know. 1 That face masks work. It is one of the reasons that they(South Korea) have been able to keep down the infection rate apart from testing as many people as they can. 2. Extensive testing is a must it is the only way to know what is going on. South Korea had free drive-in testing areas. 3. You can be reinfected 4. Apart from droplets, the virus can become aerosolized thereby traveling longer distances, however, this only happens in congregations like churches where there are many people singing or shouting.
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