Hey, it's Wendy here with a very quick masks update.

So last season, you might recall that we made a bunch of episodes about this new virus.

It's called the coronavirus.

And one question just came up over and over again.

Does wearing masks in public actually slow the spread of this virus?

And early on, we at Science Verses actually weren't sure on this because there just wasn't

that much evidence showing that masks and particularly cloth masks could really keep us from spreading

this virus.

That was back in spring though, which feels like a lifetime ago.

Where does pussy was just a glimmer in Cardi B's eye?

And since then, more and more evidence has started trickling out about masks.

Like at first, there were some concerns that wearing masks might make people touch their

face more.

But then, a study of over 7,000 people came out showing that those who wore masks actually

touched their face a lot less, which is great because it suggests that wearing a mask

doesn't increase your risk of getting infected.

Yes, they can be uncomfortable, but there's really no reason to not wear a mask.

This is Dr. Rachel Jones from the University of Utah.

And when we spoke to Rachel in our first episode on masks back in March, she was pretty

poopooey about cloth masks.

But since then, things have changed.

So given the evidence that we have now, are you on team masks?

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