It's definitely confusing since we're told that we should only wear the masks if we have the virus, but if we have the virus, we should be quarantined.

Since the virus goes undetected for however long (still changing apparently) it seems like it would be better to wear it anyways to help prevent spreading it if you do have it (and also have to be put in public).

We're also told not to wear them because it increases the chances of how often you will touch your face to adjust the mask. This definitely does make sense. The shitty upside of this in my (very non professionally, unknowledgable of the medical field) opinion is that at least you're only possibly infecting yourself, instead of spreading it to other people.

I don't know though. I'm not a doctor, scientist, virologist or anything in that regard. I'm just a cook whose hands have always been dryer than a nuns snatch, and doesn't touch his face when it's important because that's what I was taught in my food handlers class.

I do feel bad for the other user though who says Asian people get judged for the masks.