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		1718627440 29 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why don't people return their shopping carts? So you think surgeries that are performed without medical masks, wouldn't have a higher infection rate?

Izkata 28 days ago [–]

I would say not, for airborne viruses. Those masks are to keep the doctor's sweat, hair, and saliva out of the patient.

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