In message , at 14:57:07 on Tue, 19
May 2020, MissRiaElaine remarked:
On 19/05/2020 10:24, Roland Perry wrote:

She's got the wrong end of the stick. You should tell her they are to
protect the rest of the world from the wearer, not the other way
round. Then it becomes clear.

But they don't do that either. Touching and fiddling with them
contaminates your hands, you then touch stuff, they are a waste of time
and she has not got the wrong end of the stick at all.

It's to stop coughs and sneezes, spreading diseases.

[Now where's that a quote from?]

And frankly much more user-friendly than sneezing into your elbow (which
is the NHS's latest advice).
--
Roland Perry