ANTHONY FAUCI/CORONAVIRUS: “[T]he information is that more and more accumulation of data indicate that people who are without symptoms at all can transmit the virus.
But, importantly, they can do it merely by speaking. So, there’s been a recent study that came out that said even the force from your voice of speaking, there is a degree of aerosolization…
I think what people don’t fully appreciate is that putting a mask on yourself is more to prevent you from infecting someone else. And if everybody does that, we’re each protecting each other, because the data is, it’s more efficient to prevent transmitting to others than it is to prevent transmission to yourself.
But you can completely cover that ballpark if, essentially, universally, when people go out and are in a situation where they might come into closer contact, that they wear that mask.”
-Anthony Fauci in an interview with Judy Woodruff, “What Dr. Fauci wants you to know about face masks and staying home as virus spreads,” pbs.org, Apr. 3, 2020