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Originally Posted by Paul
I had to go to our local EENT last week (Nottingham QMC) for an eye test, they did the same thing.
I asked them why I had to change mask and they said ive come from outside, it might be "contaminated".
What about the rest of me ?
My shoes, trousers, coat, hair, etc, they are all "contaminated" as well.
Worrying about one small patch of material on my face seems a little strange.
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My understanding is that the primary use of the masks is to stop those who are infectious from breathing virus particles out (they would probably be caught by a decent mask), although they do apparently help reduce the amount of particles you breath in from other people.
Maybe they are asking people to change masks because they need to reduce the chances of their own staff being infected? That said, the chances are, if you are at an ENT appointment, they are probably going to need you to remove any face coverings anyway.