Wearing a mask DOES make it harder to breathe, amirite?

OP was frozen June 2020 and just got thawed out in 2024

by Anonymous 2 hours ago

Op was sick today and wore a mask to work and remembered how it made it a little harder to breathe.

by Goldnerchristin 1 hour ago

Mhmm, sure. Thats exactly what a time traveler trying to avoid a paradox would say.

by Anonymous 1 hour ago

I think a lot of people would agree with you on that opinion. I'm still thankful that my oral hygienist still wears hers and never complains about it. I would hate to be that close and have her smell my breath.

by Wintheiseralexa 1 hour ago

Well, it does make it harder to breathe, no one disagree with that. But it doesn't make it so that your body doesn't get enough oxygen. You oxygen saturation stays the same. So you might feel like it's harder to breathe, but your breathing stays as efficient as it was.

by Anonymous 1 hour ago

I think one of the major problems in 2020 was that people were disagreeing with that. Some people took the extremist "I can't breath" position and major weight was put behind the extremist "masks don't effect your breathing at all" position.

by Parking-Rush 1 hour ago

I have no data backing this but it sure felt like I was getting less oxygen while running on the treadmill with a mask. I literally couldn't do it without sneaking some free breaths and eventually just canceled my gym membership and ran outside lol.

by Anonymous 42 minutes ago

Exercised Over Nothing: Masks Don't Impair Lung Function During Physical Activity

by Fannyreichel 33 minutes ago

Though this is accurate. This was hardly the general consensus.

by Goldnerchristin 21 minutes ago

wearing a mask does make it harder for some people to breathe. this is not an unpopular opinion, its a fact. even asians who have worn masks since forever knows this.

by sgrant 3 minutes ago