“Wearing a mask or not depends on the person’s conscience.”
This week, another record for the incidence of COVID-19 has been set in Russia. Kommersant asked the newsmakers if they wear masks.
Nikolay Filatov, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Epidemiologist:
– I wear it occasionally, so as not to be fined. As one doctor colleague said, who hopes for masks, he expects to protect himself from mosquitoes with a netting. The current virus is weak, it is a gift of fate and training for us. Compare: now the mortality rate of covid is 1.72%, and with avian influenza (H5N1) – 52%. It is necessary not to defend ourselves with masks, but to increase the epidemiological safety of any object. That is, to install and regularly clean ventilation systems in our homes and schools, in cinemas and hospitals, in restaurants and shops, in transport.
Oksana Pushkina, TV presenter, State Duma deputy:
– I had a moderate form of the disease. A mask, gloves, and other precautions kept you from serious contamination. All my close people, including my grandchildren and numerous relatives, wear masks.
Alexander Karabinenko, Honored Doctor of Russia:
– In crowded places and in transport I wear both a mask and gloves. It is clear that primitive gauze dressings do not save you from the virus, but still the risk of droplets of saliva and other infected secretions entering the body is sharply reduced. The trouble is that a significant part of young people behave less responsibly and it is difficult to force them to behave adequately to the situation – you can run into not only rudeness, but also physical pressure.
Alexander Zhulin, figure skating coach:
– Especially the mask does not save, as many doctors and specialists I know believe, and sometimes even makes it worse. I tend to trust their opinion, but being law-abiding, I buy the most ordinary masks for 15-30 rubles. and I wear in public places.
Evgeny Roizman, former mayor of Yekaterinburg:
– In June, I had a coronavirus, but now I have several masks in the inner pocket of any clothes. If I accidentally forgot, then either I take the ones that are offered in normal places, or I go to the pharmacy. To avoid conflict situations with wearing masks, such decisions should be made at the level not of local officials, but of the country’s top officials.
Evgeny Chichvarkin, entrepreneur:
– I have to travel a lot, but I do not wear masks anywhere: not in Britain, not in continental Europe, not in the Baltics. Either I have such a scary face that it already looks like a mask, or I myself make such a scary face that everyone takes it like a picture on a mask. And they are simply afraid to approach me.
Vadim Pokrovsky, head of the department of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Rospotrebnadzor:
– I use a simple medical disposable mask. Type 1, multi-layer, bacterial filtration effect of 95%. Yes, they do not completely save, but they reduce the risk of infection by about 30%. And if the masks are worn by everyone – both healthy and sick, the effect is amplified many times over. It is more difficult with gloves, we do not have a culture of using them, and the probability of infection through hands is 5-10%, and then we must thoroughly dig in our nose. It is better to wash your hands more often, wipe with disinfectant wipes, and so on.
Vladislav Lisovets, stylist:
– In the spring I wore a mask and gloves, nevertheless I got sick. How I got infected – I don’t know. But still, masks definitely reduce the risk of getting sick – my surroundings were not affected. I always have a supply of ordinary medical disposable masks in my bag. It is more comfortable for me to walk in a black mask, and white medical ones look more sad and mournful. Wearing a mask or not wearing it depends on the person’s conscience.
Denis Kolbasov, Director of the All-Russian Research Institute of Veterinary Virology and Microbiology:
– I wear it when it is necessary, for example, during meetings, but not on the street. Enough budget professional multilayer medical masks and their correct use. But fashionable silk and similar glamorous masks and scarves, I would not recommend. There is almost zero sense from them.
Stanislav Sadalsky, actor:
– Now I wear both a mask and gloves. The coronavirus is on the rampage, I see it not only on TV. I just passed the test and bought 11 thousand worth of drugs.
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