Swipe to see GOP PA Rep Bob Brooks, wearing a valved mask like this while voting to re-open the PA economy early, putting everyone's lives in danger even though he knows it's not safe enough to go out unprotected 🤬 AND he's wearing it UPSIDE DOWN. With a beard. And a strap loose. Let me repeat, until I'm blue in the face or an official finally informs the public at large: MASKS WITH AIR VALVES DON'T PREVENT SPREAD OF THE VIRUS! It's a plastic gasket with a hole in the middle and a rubber disc that shuts on inhale, but opens with exhale so breath and any viral droplets escape UNFILTERED. AFAIK all mask valves are like this. Only Bob would be protected, had he put it on right in the first place. COVER IT please, if this type of mask is all you got. If you don't have full protective gear of your own and you encounter someone with a valved mask, better stay 6 feet away because you are NOT protected if they are a silent carrier! The @cdcgov guide that the NYT quoted is incomplete, only suggesting not to wear it in sterile environments like operating rooms because that guidance was likely written before we had an asymptomatic viral pandemic. Do see all the articles NYT has about masks right now on how to wear them too because some of y'all are doing it wrong. Someone bigger than me active in fighting #covi̇d19 please educate the public, because they are not adequately informed and people are putting themselves or others' lives at risk unknowingly. This is not my job, but I'm concerned there's unnecessary spread because of the lack of awareness And I'm tired. Help me shut up about it please. Also, FORK YOU Bob. Photo from the FB page, The Other 98% @elizabethwarren @gavinnewsom @maddowshow @kamalaharris @npr @wkamaubell @repdesaulnier @nytimes @nygovcuomo @chrisccuomo #masks4all #safetymask #coronavirus #publichealth https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Gc5T8Fhi4/?igshid=10ehwud50bipo