Efficacy of Wearing Face Masks

Efficacy of Wearing Masks
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EFFICACY OF WEARING MASKS
Introduction
The spread of COVID -19 has seen the placement of drastic measures to curb and reduce its prevalence. Preventive measures such as social distancing, washing of hands, and wearing face masks have been established to ensure that more people do not contract the disease. Among the many strategies to curb the spread of COVID, the most important is wearing face masks. However, there has been a lot of resistance from some quarters on the importance of wearing a face mask. This is because some people are openly defiant to the regulations. It is quite ethical to wear the face mask as per the health regulations, not only from an individual’s perspective but also from the larger picture.
These masks act as barriers between an infected persons’ respiratory droplets and the masses. It, therefore, ensures that the masses are protected against COVID-19. Therefore, putting in a mask ensures safety to an individual. It also reduces the rate at which the COVID-19 virus develops, and hence strategies to curb it might be put in place (Campbell, 2020). This practice of putting on masks will help reduce the rate of transmission of this disease.
According to Campbell (2020), it is important to put on face masks in all settings, especially the general public. These include gatherings, weddings, and funerals. Travelling exposes an individual to the risks of contracting the disease. With that, people are encouraged to wear their face masks when in public domains to ensure that they are safe from the spread of COVID-19. Therefore, appropriately wearing your mask in any transport system, such as in ships, buses, and planes, will ensure that control measures are enforced.
The mask, particularly the surgical mask used by medical practitioners, is layered and made specifically to help protect the user from contact with any droplets from an external source. These masks also create a barrier between the user and germs. It is an enforcement strategy to enable practitioners to continue fighting against this pandemic without much exposure to the virus. Also, those individuals in self-isolation get the opportunity to be cared for by relations such as close family members (Campbell, 2020). This helps them to feel loved and, therefore, may aid in their quick recoveries.
The Ethics of Wearing a Facemask
The ethical expectation is that one is supposed to be responsible for his or her conduct so that they do not expose others around them to risk due to their acts. In other words, one owes anyone around them the right to be safe from them. According to virtue ethics, one is supposed to be of good nature and personality, which forms the basis of one's character and thought process (Winter, 2012). Virtue ethics calls for one to behave appropriately and avoid causing harm to others around them. It constitutes a fundamental way in which to approach this issue of wearing a face mask. If an individual is indeed in the right way of thinking and conduct, then there is the responsibility to carry oneself to portray all the good aspects about them.
On the other hand, deontology also stipulates the...