Why divorce should be easy!

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Couples come together for a common purpose. They bear children and start parenting them. But at times, they may grow apart and not want to remain a couple. They may want to separate. But society and law often prevents this separation. Because they feel that children might get affected due to the separation. Hence, law has made divorce difficult and asks couples the reason for the separation. They need to show some fault in the partner in order to get legal separation. But this only opens another Pandora's box in which false accusations and blame game begins. This is unhealthy and stressful not only for the couple but also for their children. Divorce of their parents does affect children. It can lead to stress and academic struggles in them. They might suffer severe mental stress and demonstrate behaviour changes in them. They may have anxiety, depression, feeling of guilt and shame and sadness. This may affect them in school and their social circle. They could become an object of r...
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Face masks lessen the disease severity in the wearer and is beneficial for herd immunity!

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Until now, it was assumed and studies also showed that wearing face masks helps prevent viral spread to others around you. It protects others and benefits them. And now scientists are speculating that it also minorly helps the wearer. It lessens the dose of the virus reaching the wearer and hence the sickness could be less severe in them. 

Face masks and prevention of the viral spread

Face masks are mandatory in public places because studies revealed that once face masks are on, it prevents the spread of the virus from the wearer to others. Hence others around are protected. Its role in benefiting the wearer was doubtful. 

Face masks [Source: Healthline]

But now scientists are speculating that the viral load reaching the wearer from an infected person or an asymptomatic viral carrier could be less. This would translate into a less serious illness in the wearer. This implies that the face masks would lessen viral spread. But it could also give lesser doses of COVID-19 and hence give rise to herd immunity. It would not affect the wearer badly and also have less potential to lead to death! 

Mechanism of face masks in the prevention of transmission of the COVID-19 virus

When an infected person or an asymptomatic carrier of COVID-19 talks, coughs, sneezes, or breathes, virus-containing droplets are released into the environment. When these reach the other person's nose, mouth, or eyes, it initiates the infection and causes illness in that second person. The mask becomes a physical barrier to catch the virus. Robert F Garry Jr from the department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tulane University School of Medicine states that the face mask can block 40-60% of the droplets. N95 masks can block 95% of the viruses. 

Face masks mechanism of protection [Source: Medium]

The University of California scientists state that the amount of an inoculum decides the fastness and severity of the infection. When the lesser viral load reaches the person, lesser is the infection. A recent hamster study with masks also showed that hamsters with the mask either did not get COVID-19 or got a mild form of it. 

Other supporting data

Epidemiological data from cruise ships and food processing plants with mandatory face masking had more cases of asymptomatic infections. Another published article also stated that with universal face masks, health care providers had antibody tests in blood positive with no symptoms. Also, countries who had public face masking on a larger scale did well as regards severe cases and deaths due to COVID-19. 

Food processing plants [Source: Refrigerated and Frozen Foods]

Hence universal masking will help especially when schools and colleges are reopening amidst the pandemic. The scientists state: 

“Exposing society to SARS-CoV-2 [the virus that causes COVID-19] without the unacceptable consequences of severe illness with public masking could lead to greater community-level immunity and slower spread as we await a vaccine,”

Hence, continue to wear face masks until alternative and better steps to control the pandemic come in. 

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