Wearing a mask can help stop the spread of germs that cause illness, such as Influenza, COVID-19 and RSV. When someone who is sick wears a mask, it keeps the virus from spreading to others. Masks also help protect the person wearing it from breathing in germs from others.
Masks can help filter out germs, so you breathe in or breathe out fewer germs.
It is a encouraged to wear a mask for five days after being around someone with COVID-19.
Information gathered from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)