Lu Cheng-tsung explains that the IHSART team did not wear masks because they did not want to impair their sense of smell, and because thanks to the sea breeze in the affected area there was no danger of breathing in pathogenic bacteria.
呂正宗表示，不戴口罩一來是增加救援效率，二來海嘯災區是空曠有風的海邊，沒有吸入病菌的疑慮。