Difference between Surgical masks and COVID-19 masks

The masks use is very essential in today’s time as the world being polluted day by day. Due to the presence of polluting substances in the environment then the risk of harmful diseases has been increased.

These particles enter the body and stuck in some of the parts of the body blocking air passage and sometimes hinder the flow of blood leading to some serious issues. The body then reacts and faces some of the serious issues of the body leading to many problems related to life risk.

The masks are of two types and are designed according to the purpose they are going to be used. There are masks that are made according to these situations only as there are two types of masks, one is surgical masks used for surgery purposes and the second one is COVID-19 based masks and these masks are especially to fight against the pandemic that different countries facing.

Difference

The surgical mask is a special type of masks that are used in the surgery and even by the doctors while treating people to protect them and the patients from the bodily infection present in either of the body. They are 3 ply mask and content filters in it which protects the particle’s entry inside it and saves the person.

On the other hand, there is a mask, which is designed to fight against the problem of the COVID-19 mask and is limited in the stock. This is one of the most difficult situations every country is facing in the present time and losing people of their country while fighting against this problem. This problem has reached supreme power and has no vaccine to cure it due to which there are thousands of people fighting against it.

The major role was played by the sanitizers and masks to fight this problem but there is a problem also with the availability of the masks. This problem is raised due to sending specially prepared masks of COVID-19 were sent to the other countries when they were suffering and when this disease entered India then there were limited masks left with the country and as the spread increased, the demand of masks was raised.

The shortage of these masks caused many problems and due to this reason people have started using different masks, they are getting and do not think whether they will be helpful or not. The masks quality of COVID-19 is better and designed in such a way that it does not allow any entry of germs, which would affect the body. These masks are best in there filters and quality too so that can stop the allowance of germs into the body.

Conclusion

The COVID-19 masks are much better than the surgical masks used in the hospitals. These masks fail to stop the entry of bigger particles and can sometimes lead to severe issues also. However, surgical masks are used by many people in order to protect them against these problems but sometimes fail if not tied properly and not maintained the distance between two people.