General Hospital News Update: Why James Patrick Stuart Wears A Mask

While people in countries around the world wear a mask and go about their lives in recovering economies, the debate about masks still rages on here in The United States where it has somehow become a political issue. Our favorite soap stars know the importance of masks and General Hospital star James Patrick Stuart explains why he wears one.

James Patrick Stuart Cares

“I wear a mask to protect YOU,” the actor tweeted. “Studies indicate that if I’m contagious but wear a mask and you don’t, transmission probability is about 5%. But if YOU were the contagious one and wore no mask, even if I wear one, transmission probability is 70%. So my mask is for YOU.”

Co-star Finola Hughes replied in wonder about the contrast in transmission when wearing a mask vs. not. “Those percentages…boy,” she said.

Indeed masks have been proven to be a way to halt the virus so that economies can re-open and people can live their lives — but just do it with a mask on their faces while in public. In fact, Germany and the UK, among other countries, have masks available in vending machines, Austria gives out masks to anyone walking in a supermarket, and Singapore has machines that allow you to get them for free via a government code. New York City has even started doing this, as they know first-hand how bad and contagious COVID-19 is.

James Patrick Stuart also tweeted an illustration to show what happens when one person in a conversation wears a mask as opposed to two, which you can see below.