Negative effects of wearing a face mask
By Evelyn
@Mbenieve (567)
Kenya
August 18, 2020 9:50am CST
Wearing a face mask has been made mandatory as a way of curbing the spread of Covid 19. The mask also protects you from infections caused by other viruses and bacteria that live in air, and that makes it very essential.
But do you know that wearing a face mask also has negative effects on your health? For instance, it lowers the amount of oxygen that you inhale, hence lowering the oxygen levels in your body, leading to a condition known as hypoxia.
Wearing a face mask also forces you to inhale back some of the carbon dioxide you exhaled, and this makes your immune system weaker.
So if you can, don't wear a face mask all day. Remove it when driving alone in your car, and whenever you're are standing/walking alone.
Has face masks affected you in any way?
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26 responses
@akalinus (43334)
• United States
18 Aug 20
We have to wear a mask in any business or office in this county. I live in Florida where it is now very hot and muggy. The mask makes it hard to breathe and is often wet from sweat pouring down on it. It is also hard to hear when someone speaks to you. It sounds like mumbling. They say that wearing the mask creates a stew of germs that you breathe in. But they make us wear it.
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
19 Aug 20
I thought the scientists said that it doesn't affect your breathing badly at all. But form my experience with CERTAIN Masks, some make me out of breath when I wear them for a long time. I don't dispute wearing them...I think wearing them really does prevent the spread of germs.
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@stine1online (835)
• Germany
2 Sep 20
@Mbenieve they do not have any negative health effect as long as you keep it clean and change it daily.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
18 Aug 20
I don't go out much (and even less during the pandemic), so I haven't worn the mask enough for it to affect my breathing.
But I AM kind of annoyed at all the people who think they're wearing a mask to protect THEMSELVES. Sure, wearing a mask protects you A LITTLE; but it's mostly'to protect everyone else from the virus YOU carry.'
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
20 Aug 20
@Mbenieve Well, no one is "clean."
Even if you've been tested and are verified as 'not carrying the virus,' the virus can STILL find its way into your system if you spend any time with other carriers!
Kinda like they say that everyone over a certain age is usually carrying around cancer-cells (that have not latched onto any of your organs, and hopefully get flushed out before they can start eating you!)
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@Mbenieve (567)
• Kenya
20 Aug 20
@mythociate that's the bitter truth. No one is ever 100% healthy.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
19 Aug 20
Wearing a face mask does not reduce your oxygen. This is a hoax shared so many times that people think it is fact.
A doctor demonstrated that his blood oxygen levels did not diminish even when he donned 6 or 7 mask over one another.
Surgeons and nurses have been wearing masks for extended hours for years...no ill effects. Marathon runners have worn masks for the entire race because of allergies....again....no drop in oxygen levels.
If you don't want to wear a mask....stay home....please!
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
20 Aug 20
@Mbenieve I wore a face mask for many years as a part of my job. I won't say they were comfortable, but they didn't bother my breathing. They removed the dust and particles making it easier for me to breathe at the end of the day when I could breathe fresh, clean air.
Most of people's issues with masks are a product of their fears.
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@Mbenieve (567)
• Kenya
20 Aug 20
@Morleyhunt really? So it's just something in our minds?
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@Namelesss (3365)
• United States
18 Aug 20
I don't wear a mask unless I have to. Healthy people wearing masks all day is just plain senseless but that's just my opinion. Like it is my opinion that healthy people should not be quarantined or locked down.
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@Namelesss (3365)
• United States
18 Aug 20
@Mbenieve Yeah I know. Same as with all the other viruses and other stuff that's been going since time began.
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@Mbenieve (567)
• Kenya
18 Aug 20
@Namelesss you have a point, but we don't have a choice. In fact in Kenya wearing a mask is a law or you'll go to jail for months.
@d_red_madelaine (528)
• Philippines
18 Aug 20
Here, it's mandatory to wear a face mask when outside. I sometimes wear double mask but it's uncomfortable and hard to breath. I don't wear it when at home.
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@d_red_madelaine (528)
• Philippines
19 Aug 20
@Mbenieve still can breath... I did once triple mask hahaha
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@Mbenieve (567)
• Kenya
19 Aug 20
@d_red_madelaine haha you're really afraid of this virus uh? Anyway it's good to be cautious.
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@abhinalstrikr (4111)
• India
19 Aug 20
Yeah agree with amount of oxygen we take has definitely reduced so we must be take care of it and avoid mask when it's not required
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@hillhjill (23717)
• United States
18 Aug 20
It also gives you mask mouth, where it gives you bad breath and cavities. They are not good for you at all and it will make your immune system go down.
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@hillhjill (23717)
• United States
18 Aug 20
@Mbenieve we should and honestly they shouldn't force mask upon us. If we are healthy then let our bodies do what they are designed to do.
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@Mbenieve (567)
• Kenya
18 Aug 20
@hillhjill here in Kenya you'll be send to jail for a period of not less than 3 months and a fine on top. Wearing a mask is a law!
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
18 Aug 20
Yes....we keep breathing in our own exhaled air over and over again
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
18 Aug 20
@Mbenieve yes.. true. But at present safety fro. Covid is more important
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@Mbenieve (567)
• Kenya
18 Aug 20
@amitkokiladitya I agree. But the health sector seems to have neglected the other health issues which I think it's not a good thing.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
19 Aug 20
I suspected that things like you said in your post happened when wearing a face mask! In fact, I have seen on the news that people go jogging wearing the face mask, and I was like how do they breathe through that thing? How much oxygen goes to their brains?
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
20 Aug 20
@Mbenieve I think the same way! I would never dare to do that, I am sure I'd pass out!
@cool83 (4467)
• Sri Lanka
19 Aug 20
Yeah this is true , When we walking or walking on a staircase it is really difficult to breath , it was happened to me quite regularly these days , when i ask fro a doctor he told me that remove mask where ever you walking or walking on a staircase
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@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
18 Aug 20
Yes I remove it when am alone in office and when back home
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@Mbenieve (567)
• Kenya
18 Aug 20
@sweerie_banana you're lucky. Someone has to put it on the whole day. For example the health workers.
@snowy22315 (182000)
• United States
19 Aug 20
I just find it an annoyance. I do feel bad for people who have to wear them all day long though.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
18 Aug 20
Facemask is not needed when you are at home and all the family members are healthy . Avoiding mask while driving alone is ok but you will need it in a crowded traffic stop. Walking on the street with public around also require you to wear facemask. Facemask can be avoided while exercising , jogging or cycling alone.
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