If Everyone Wears a Mask, We Are All Protected
Excerpt from : Official California State Government Website
It’s now required that everyone in California must wear a mask or face covering when outside of their home, with limited exceptions. Read more in the expanded mask guidance.
Coronavirus spreads when an infected person coughs, sneezes, sings, talks, or breathes within 6 feet of others. You may have the virus and spread it even if you feel well.
To prevent infection, you must cover your nose and mouth when outside your home.
Wearing a mask is now required statewide. It can slow the spread of COVID-19 by limiting the release of virus into the air. Cloth masks or face coverings can reduce your exposure to infectious droplets through filtration. It also reinforces physical distancing, and shows you care about the health of others.
Individuals are excepted from wearing a mask when:
In a car alone or solely with members of their own household.
Working in an office or in a room alone.
Actively eating or drinking. You should maintain a distance of at least six feet from those not in your household.
Outdoors and maintaining at least 6 feet of social distance from others not in their household. You must have a face covering with you at all times and must put it on if you are within 6 feet of others who are not in your household.
Getting a service to the nose or face for which temporary removal of the mask is necessary.
Your job requires you to wear respiratory protection.
You are specifically exempted from wearing face coverings by an Industry specific guidance.
Some people are exempt from wearing face coverings at all times:
Children younger than two years old. These very young children must not wear a face covering because of the risk of suffocation.
Those with a medical condition, mental health condition, or disability that prevents wearing a face covering. This includes those with rare medical conditions for whom wearing a face covering could obstruct breathing or who are unconscious, incapacitated, or otherwise unable to remove a face covering without assistance.
Those who are hearing impaired, or communicating with a person who is hearing impaired. In these cases, the ability to see the mouth is essential for communication.
Those for whom wearing a face covering would create a risk to the person related to their work, as determined by local, state, or federal regulators or workplace safety guidelines.
Read the official mask guidance from the California Department of Public Health.