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we have an important message for all of

you especially if you live in a country

that is right now facing the new

coronavirus the pandemic is growing

exponentially in many countries but the

Czech Republic is one of the few in

Europe that has significantly slowed

down the spread of the virus in this

video we would like to tell you what we

did differently and mainly we would like

to help you to do the same

we are following social distancing and

the rules stay at home but others do

that too we also have strict hygienic

procedures others do that as well

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but the main difference is everyone who

has to leave their house has to wear a

face mask

everyone I know they maybe told you that

masks wouldn't protect you but their

studies proving that even a homemade

mask can be partially protective

partially any protection is essential

today but now the more important thing

masks fundamentally prevent the

transmission from you to others by

sneezing coughing but also breathing and

many people are the most contagious

before they start showing symptoms so

when we both have a face mask I protect

you you protect me and we are both safe

based on a recent data we know that

population wide use of masks is

essential for suppression of the

outbreak according to our professional

experience a simple homemade mask can

prevent up to 100 percent of the spread

of potentially infected mica droplets

the more people use masks the less virus

can be distributed and fewer individuals

are exposed just a few days ago people

are laughing at those who wore masks but

some people knew about this positive

effect and started to share this

information across social media the

message grew fast through artists

influencers and others

I know face masks are in in stores right

but something incredible happened people

started making homemade masks and give

them to others for free many companies

theaters for even retirement houses

changed their buildings into swing rooms

and thousands of people started to sue

masks at home so we know that face masks

work and it has been repeatedly

confirmed by scientists we know that it

is possible in just three days to

provide face masks for 10 million people

in one country and we know that here we

have fundamentally repressed that

infection please share this knowledge

and help us to change as many countries

as possible take a picture with your

face mask on and share it with the

hashtag masks for all it can really save

lives and remember I protect you you

protect me