Useless Face Mask

I’m so confused and startled every time people wear face masks wrongly.

Face mask are intended to prevent people from inhaling foreign particles that flow with the air and also to prevent any harmful and contagious particles that an ill person could pass on. And so, the mouth and the nose should be covered when using a face mask. In most cases, diseases that could transfer by contact to body droplets are being prevented in using face masks, just like how it is use to prevent influenza A (H1N1) virus transmission.

But what’s the use of using a face mask if you don’t wear it properly? Few minutes ago, I was commuting in a jeep and I saw an old guy wearing a face mask and I was confused on how he wore it because his mouth is covered but his nose is not. I really find that very insulting to the face mask because the old man made it look so useless. I don’t if that man do not breathe to his nose that he doesn’t have to cover it and I really find it irritating as well because it’s like trying to prevent thieves from entering your house by just locking one of many main doors you have in your house. Isn’t that very ridiculous to do? I just hope that each us should know that a thing could be useless and even harmful if we do not use it properly.