Many East Asian countries have other extremely draconian measures in place, in addition to face coverings. These measures go way beyond anything that would be considered acceptable in a liberal western democracy, and indeed many of these regimes resemble would we would consider to be “police states”.
I completely reject the suggestion that this is “doing things better”, in any way shape or form!
I can understand why you might think of Singapore, Thailand in a less than positive light. But Japan, South Korea, Taiwan = “police states”? What are you smoking?
Well, they are doing better in terms of controlling the spread. No local transmission in China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, 29 deaths so far in Singapore, while it is >40000 in UK and >200000 in US.
So my question again: Why is the virus far less prevalent in Taiwan, which is not a police state? If this is not because of masks, perhaps the reason is because they care more about their fellow citizens and less about their "freedom" (without responsibility)? Either way, it does not portrait "liberal western democracies" in a good light ...
Yes, but what happens next? The droplets evaporate, and the next time you cough the viruses that were caught in those drops pass straight through the mask at super velocity. They don't vanish when the droplets evaporate, and they're too small to be caught by the mask, so where do you think they go?
Your source? Or is this just what you believe?
The droplet as a whole does not evaporate. The virus is heavier than air and does not float in the air. Only condition where this happens is in aerosols (source:
https://www.tmc.edu/news/2020/07/can-the-coronavirus-spread-through-the-air/).