The Importance of Wearing a Mask
By Novus Health
September 2, 2020
Why Wear a Mask in Public Spaces?
Have you ever been to a hospital or walk-in clinic and seen a box with masks in it? The sign next to it would usually ask you to wear one if you are coughing or had any other typical respiratory symptoms. This safety measure is taken to reduce the chances that you will transmit the virus you are infected with to other people seeking treatment.
Because we know that infection occurs from liquid droplets expelled by breathing, talking, coughing, and sneezing when people are close to one another, this means that anyone can infect anyone else sometimes without even realizing it. Therefore, masks act as a physical barrier preventing droplets from reaching individuals next to you. In other words, you keep your germs, and viruses, to yourself.
As people are getting back to a more “regular” routine, it is more and more difficult to respect public health measures such as keeping a physical distance of two metres. If everyone wears a mask, your chances of inhaling droplets from an infected person that you get into close contact with are highly reduced. This safety measure becomes particularly important in indoor environments where we have come to learn that it is much easier to inhale someone else’s droplets. Outside, the droplets get carried away easily by the air. We must be particularly cautious indoors.
walk-in clinic : 입원진료소
coughing : 기침
respiratory : 호흡의
measure : 치수를 재다
transmit : 전송하다
treatment : 치료
liquid droplets expelled : 액체 방울을 배출하다
sneezing : 재채기하다
metres : 미터
inhaling droplets : 물방울을 들이마시다
cautious : 조심성있는
The answer to why people wear masks in public is that masks block the virus from carrying them.
The mask also acts as a physical barrier to prevent saliva from reaching the person next to you.
Also, it is more important to wear a mask indoors because it is more important than outside.
기사를 찾아보면서 마스크의 중요성에 대해 더욱더 경각심을 가지게 되었고 또한 실외보다 실내에서 마스크 착용에 유의하여 조심해야겠다는 생각이 들었다
그리고 영어 기사를 찾아보면서 단어의 중요성에 대해 다시 한번 크게 느끼게 되었다 단어를 더욱더 열심히 외워야겠다
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