If masks prevent microbes from escaping your mouth, won’t the build-up of germs make you sick?

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I’m not trying to start anything, just genuinely curious.

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I dont know how you wear your mask, but at least for me there’s a distance between where my mouth stops and the where mask begins.

the masks catch droplets you breathe out. and also filters out any droplets already present in the air you’re trying to breathe in.

so yes after a while (usually several hours of usage) your mask will get kind of soggy, at that point you should change it as its protection is reduced.

but at no point does it put anything in your mouth that wasnt there already. there is no “buildup” inside of you, because you still breathe out normally. if anything the air you breathe is cleaner.

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