“As cases continue to rise across the country, experts are pointing to an array of evidence suggesting that masks also protect the people wearing them, lessening the severity of symptoms, or in some instances, staving off infection entirely.” NYT: People wearing face coverings will take in fewer coronavirus particles, evidence suggests, making disease less severe.

+ “We put a sign outside — an appeal to kindness. ‘If you wear a mask, it shows how much you care about us.’ We found out how much they cared. It became clear real quick.” The latest in Eli Saslow’s Voices from the Pandemic series: No mask, no entry. Is that clear enough?

+ The mask stupidity pandemic knows no borders. “It’s constant verbal abuse.” San Francisco bus driver recounts assault after enforcing mask rule.