IS
IS HOW
IS HOW KOBE 19 IS SPREAD THROUGH AIR CURRENTS POTENTIALLY CARRYING
MICROSCOPIC DROPLETS FULL OF
CORONA VIRUS. WHEN WE TALK
BREATHE FOR I HAVE A QUESTION
FOR YOU WHY ARE WE WEARING
MASKS? IF UNDERWEAR DOESN'T
STOP A, THAT AND OTHER
QUESTIONS ARE CIRCULATING
THE INTERWEB SOUNDS SILLY BUT
SOME PEOPLE ARE USING THAT
ARGUMENT SAYING MASKS AREN'T
GOING TO STOP A VIRUS. SO WITH
ME NOW WE'VE GOT BIOLOGIST,
SCIENCE WRITER AND HOST OF
THE SHOW. IT'S OK TO BE SMART.
MR. DOCTOR, MR. DR. JOHANSON,
I'M JUST ADDING IN ALL THESE
TITLES. YOU GOT A PAGE THOUGH.
WE CAN PUT ALL THE LETTERS
THERE, RIGHT? GOOD MORNING.
GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. HAPPY TO
TALK ABOUT MASKS AND YOU KNOW
I'M FLATULENCE. I HAVE TO ASK.
FIRST THINGS FIRST. WE'RE GONNA
GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY. HOW DO
MASKS PROTECT US FROM DROPLETS
BUT WEARING PANTS AND
UNDERGARMENTS? CAN'T STOP
FLATULENCE FROM ESCAPING. SO
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A SILLY
QUESTION BUT IT CAN REALLY
TEACH SOMETHING REALLY
IMPORTANT ABOUT HOW AND WHY
MASKS WORK. SO WE THINK THAT
PERHAPS HALF OF ALL COBAIN 19
TRANSMISSION IS HAPPENING WITH
PEOPLE WHO DON'T SHOW ANY
SYMPTOMS AND SO THEY'RE
BREATHING OUT THIS VIRUS BUT
THEY'RE NOT BREATHING IT OUT
JUST MAKE A VIRUS THEY'RE
BREATHING ON INSIDE OF SMALL
DROPLETS OF MOISTURE WHICH ARE
ACTUALLY STILL PRETTY BIG
COMPARED TO YOU KNOW, A SMELL
MOLECULE. FOR INSTANCE, IF IF
IF A STINKY GAS MOLECULE WAS
THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL,
THE DROPLETS THAT CORONA VIRUS
IS BEING BREATHED OUT OR
COUGHED OUT IN WOULD BE ABOUT
THE SIZE OF THE TALLEST
BUILDING ON EARTH. SO MASKS CAN
STOP THAT BIGGER THING EVEN IF
THAT SMELL IS PASSING RIGHT
THROUGH. AND YOU KNOW, FOR
PEOPLE THAT ARE WEARING A MASK,
WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS. YOU
SAY THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
THE MASKS ACTUALLY NEED TO FIT.
BUT HERE'S THE QUESTION HOW ARE
THEY SUPPOSED TO FIT? SO IF
YOUR MASK. FIRST OF ALL TO
COVER YOUR MOUTH AND YOUR NOSE
IF YOUR NOSE IS STICKING OUT,
IT'S NOT TUCKED IN. IT'S GOT
SOME GREAT EXPERIMENTS TO SHOW
THAT THAT'S JUST ABOUT THE SAME
AS NOT WEARING A MASK AT ALL.
YOU WANT IT TO FIT TIGHTLY BUT
NOT SHOW TIGHTLY THAT YOU FEEL
AIR BEING FORCED OUT OF
THE SIDES BECAUSE THAT DEFEATS
THE PURPOSE TOO. JUST A COUPLE
LAYERS OF CLOTH. EVEN A BANDANA
IS ENOUGH TO STOP A HIGH
PERCENTAGE OF THESE DROPLETS
AND GIVE YOU SOME FORM OF
PROTECTION. AND YOU KNOW MASK
IS PERFECT AND YOU SHOULD
ALWAYS BE INCLUDED AND PART OF
A LARGER STRATEGY WHERE YOU'RE
WASHING YOUR HANDS, WHERE
YOU'RE STILL ADHERING TO
PHYSICAL DISTANCING, STAYING
HOME WHEN YOU CAN. ALL OF THESE
TOGETHER MASKS BEING AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THAT IS HOW
WE CAN LOWER THE AMOUNT OF
VIRUS THAT'S BEING PASSED
AROUND OUR COMMUNITIES. AND ON
THAT NOTE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
PEOPLE COMPLAIN THAT THE MASKS
UNCOMFORTABLE I MEAN THEY ARE
BUT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FEEL HOT
AND HUMID, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT
MEANS IT'S WORKING. EXACTLY.
THAT MEANS THAT THE MOISTURE IN
THOSE THOSE DROPLETS THAT ARE
LEAVING YOUR MOUTH ARE BEING
CAUGHT BY THE MASK. AND LISTEN,
I LIVE IN TEXAS. I WEAR
GLASSES. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO HAVE A SWEATY FACE AND HAVE
YOUR GLASSES FOGGED UP. THIS IS
NOT FUN. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE
ISN'T FUN IS SOME OF
THE REALLY, REALLY HARMFUL
OUTCOMES OF HAVING KOBE 19. AND
I'LL TAKE FOGGY GLASSES OVER
THAT ANY DAY. AND SPEAKING OF,
YOU KNOW, BEING HIGH THINGS
FOGGING UP, YOU KNOW, I'LL
SOMETIMES POST A PICTURE OF ME
WEARING A MASK OUTSIDE AND I
GET COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, RANGING
RANGING ALL THE SPECTRUMS HERE.
WHY ARE YOU WEARING A MASK
OUTSIDE? WHY ARE YOU WEARING IT
ON THE BEACH? WHY SHOULD WE BE
DOING THAT? I THINK THAT IF YOU
KEEP YOUR MASK ON AS MUCH AS
YOU CAN, IT KEEPS YOU VIGILANT
BECAUSE IT'S OFTEN THE MOMENTS
WHEN WE'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION
OR WE'RE GETTING TOO
COMFORTABLE WHEN WE CAN GET
PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT LAZY. AND
IT JUST TAKES THAT ONE TIME FOR
THAT VIRUS TO COME FROM SOMEONE
ELSE'S BODY TO YOURS. AND WE
ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEND A
SIGNAL TO THE PEOPLE AROUND US
THAT THIS IS A NORMAL AND
ACCEPTABLE THING TO DO, THAT
IT'S A SAFE THING TO DO. AND
WHENEVER I SEE A PERSON WEARING
A MASK. THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT
GOES THROUGH MY HEAD IS THANK
YOU. YOU KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT ME
AND I CAN PUT MY MASK ON AND
TELL YOU THAT I CARE ABOUT YOU
EVEN IF WE'RE NOT LIKE
PARTICULARLY AT HIGH RISK OF
INFECTING EACH OTHER AT THAT
MOMENT. AND YOU JUST HAD A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I WAS GONNA
ASK. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY
FEEL HEALTHY SO WHY SHOULD THEY
WORRY THEM? I THINK YOU
ANSWERED THAT, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE SYMPTOMS
THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT AND
YOU JUST WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL.
YOU BASICALLY MENTIONED MASKS
ARE SAFE. ARE THERE ANY CONS TO
WEARING THEM? THERE ARE, YOU
KNOW, A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO MIGHT HAVE GENUINE MEDICAL
DIFFICULTIES AND YOU SHOULD
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT THAT
IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, A LUNG CONDITION OR A
BREATHING CONDITION THAT YOU
MIGHT HAVE. BUT THOSE PEOPLE
ARE ALSO AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF
SOME OF THE MOST NEGATIVE
COMPLICATIONS FROM OCTOBER 19.
SO IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT
THAT WE PROTECT THAT PART OF
THE POPULATION BY THE REST
WEARING MASKS. YOU KNOW, THERE
ARE ESTIMATES OUT THERE THAT
NINETY FIVE PERCENT OF US WEAR
MASKS. WE COULD SAVE UP TO
40000 LIVES IN AMERICA BY
CHRISTMAS. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD GIFT TO
GIVE EACH OTHER. ONE OTHER
COMMON THINGS THAT PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT IS LIKE AM I LOSING
OXYGEN IN MY BREATHING IN TOO
CARBON DIOXIDE? AND AGAIN, JUST
LIKE THOSE FARTS, NO MOLECULES
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER
THE OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE
ARE PASSING RIGHT THROUGH THAT
MASK. I'VE PUT SIX MASKS ON
THE OTHER DAY FOR LIKE 15
MINUTES AND PUT ONE OF THOSE
OXYGEN METERS ON MY FINGERS. IT
DIDN'T IT DIDN'T. IT WAS
BASICALLY THE SAME AS NOT
WEARING A MASK. SO THEY REALLY
ARE SAFE FOR THE VAST MAJORITY
OF PEOPLE. AND WE SHOULD BE
WEARING. I WANT TO END IT ON
THIS BECAUSE I WATCH YOU HAVE
GREAT VIDEO AND A GREAT SHOW
THAT PEOPLE SHOULD CHECK OUT.
IT'S OK TO BE SMART. THERE'S A
REASON YOU HOST THIS. BUT YOU
SAY IN YOUR VIDEO A LOT OF
MACHO PEOPLE QUOTE DON'T WANT
TO WEAR MASKS BUT YOU KIND OF
COMPARED THIS TO UMBRELLAS AND
CONDOMS AND HOW THIS IS ALL A
SIGN OF RESPECT. SO EXPLAIN.
EXACTLY. THERE ARE SO MANY
THINGS THAT WE DO TODAY THAT
DIDN'T USED TO BE NORMAL.
WHETHER IT'S PEOPLE YOU KNOW,
WOMEN WEARING PANTS OR MEN
CARRYING UMBRELLAS AND CONDOMS
ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE. WHEN WE
ARE DEALING WITH ANOTHER CRISIS
IN THIS COUNTRY THAT MANY
PEOPLE ARE STILL DEALING WITH
WITH THE HIV VIRUS, YOU KNOW
PEOPLE NOW IT'S A SIGN OF
RESPECT AND CARE AND KEEPING
EACH OTHER SAFE TO MAKE CONDOMS
A PART OF PEOPLE'S SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIPS AND I THINK MASKS
AND WE CAN REALLY LEARN SOME
LESSONS FROM THAT PAST
EXPERIENCE. AND THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAKE
NORMAL. WE CAN MAKE IT A
POSITIVE THING AND SEND A
MESSAGE THAT WE REALLY DO CARE
ABOUT EACH OTHER AND WE ALL
WANT THIS PANDEMIC TO END
AGAIN. BIOLOGIST, SCIENCE
WRITER, HOST OF THE SHOW IT'S
OK TO BE SMART DR. JOHANSON AND
WORKING PEOPLE GO FOR
INFORMATION ON YOU AND THE SHOW
YOU FIND ME AT DR. JOHANSON ON
TWITTER, INSTAGRAM AND HEAD
OVER TO YOUTUBE. JUST SEARCH.
IT'S OK TO BE SMART. WE'VE GOT
HUNDREDS OF VIDEOS TO MAKE YOU
LAUGH AND TEACH US SOMETHING.
SEE, WE STARTED OFF WITH FAST
BUT WE BROUGHT IT ALL FOR FULL
CIRCLE ON HOPEFULLY INFORM
PEOPLE EXACTLY WHERE YOUR