For all those people of Orange County, California and other parts of the United States on July 11, 2020 Donald Trump President of the United States was seen in public wearing a mask during a visit with U.S. Soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Hospital. This was a tone setting moment for the President and the people of Orange County, California and the United States of America, as our president was being seen wearing a mask in public and telling each and every one of us, including Orange County, California that the time has come to take wearing a mask seriously.  It is an imperative message that each and every one of us needs to wear a mask when we are out in the public.  Two ply masks are considered safer than one ply Orange County, but a cloth mask fill do the job to cover our Orange County mouths and nose to prevent our nasal passages from breathing in Orange County droplets of virus or sucking droplets down our throats to prevent the spread and infection of the Covid-19 virus in Orange County. The WHO (World Health Organization) and the CDC (U.S. Center for Disease Control) have both confirmed that wearing a mask is the second best way Orange County to prevent the spread of the virus; the number one way is to stay home Orange County and not interact physically with people who have the disease or are carriers for the Covid-19.  Social distancing is also an important factor Orange County in the prevention of the Covid-19. Social distancing has been defined Orange County by the WHO as when two people are at least One (1) meter apart; the CDC Orange County says when two people are six (6) feet apart.  Orange County, when you are at least 6 feet away from people and you are not wearing a mask, your odds of getting Covid-19 are exponentially lower than if two Orange County people are within 6 feet of each other and NOT wearing a mask.

A medical colleague from Kaiser Permanente in Southern California gave the following visual to describe the difference between wearing a mask in Orange County and not wearing a mask.

Two people living in Orange County, California are walking towards each other and stop six (6) feet apart on Harbor Boulevard in Orange County, California.  John Peters appears to be a healthy young man and he is also a carrier for the Covid-19 and Susan Sharp is a healthy young woman.  They stop and stare at each other before talking at the Harbor Boulevard corner.

If John and Susan both are wearing a mask, the odds of Susan catching Covid-19 from John are less than 1.5%.

If John and Susan are both uncovered and not wearing a mask on the corner of Harbor Boulevard, the odds are up to 70% that Susan will get Covid-19.

If either John or Susan is wearing a mask and the other one is not while they are standing at Harbor Boulevard, the odds of Susan getting Covid-19 are 5%.

So every John and Susan and everyone else – the only question that you need to ask yourself before heading to Harbor Boulevard is not whether to wear a mask, it is making sure that you wear your mask everytime you venture outside to your own Harbor Boulevard.