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I think surgeons wear masks both to protect the patient and themselves... sneezing or coughing droplets into an open wound isn't really a good idea; they try to keep everything going into the body cavity pretty sterile.

They use N95 or further measures for instance if they are working on an airborne pathogen such as pulmonary TB. Stabdard cloth masks only reduce the viral load and droplet transmission, they don't eliminate an airborne virus.
 
I think surgeons wear masks both to protect the patient and themselves... sneezing or coughing droplets into an open wound isn't really a good idea; they try to keep everything going into the body cavity pretty sterile.

They use N95 or further measures for instance if they are working on an airborne pathogen such as pulmonary TB. Stabdard cloth masks only reduce the viral load and droplet transmission, they don't eliminate an airborne virus.
Have you spent a primary chunk of your career working in an operating room? Some of us have.
 
Even today, maybe especially today, it is very difficult to portray the knowlege we think we have, to the general public, without putting our own spin on it.
 
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