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- The recent back-and-forth debate —and policy reversal —over the use of face masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19 reveals a glaring double standard. For some reason, we’ve been treating this one particular matter of public health differently.
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Apr 8, 2020 · The recent back-and-forth debate —and policy reversal —over the use of face masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19 reveals a glaring double standard. For some reason, we’ve been treating...
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Feb 10, 2021 · New research found that wearing a cloth mask over a medical mask significantly boosts protection against droplets that can transmit the virus. Knotting the ear loops of surgical masks also helps.
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May 4, 2021 · Wearing a properly fitting mask reduces transmission and exposure of SARS-CoV-2, but does double masking help, and is double masking effective against transmission? Find out about CDC double masking guidelines with the AMA.
Feb 12, 2021 · The CDC recently published new research suggesting that layering a cloth mask over a surgical mask (double masking) when a mask only has one layer, or knotting and tucking a single mask, may improve the fit of masks and provide additional protection from potentially infectious particles.
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Dr. Fauci's recommendation comes in light of new strains of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, that are thought to be more transmissible than the primary strain of SARS-CoV-2. "With a more transmissible virus, that means every exposure has increased likelihood of leading to spread," says Andrea Love, an immunologist and microbiologis...
If you're walking outdoors and aren't in proximity to people outside of your household, a single mask should suffice, Love says. If you plan to be near people who aren't in your household, however, even outdoors, "a simple solution is to double-mask."
Wearing two masks shouldn't make it any harder to breathe, Love says. Several studies have demonstrated that wearing masks doesn't impede oxygen consumption (even in adults over 65). "The size of an oxygen molecule is orders of magnitude smaller than the pore sizes of masks," Love says, but the problem is "many people don't realize the difference b...
Simply wearing one cloth mask on top of another might improve the protectiveness of your face covering, but a different combination may help more. If you wear a cloth mask on top of a surgical mask, you can mimic the filter-cloth combo found to be more protective in studies. The surgical mask acts as a filter and the cloth mask provides an addition...
- Amanda Capritto
Feb 10, 2021 · Double-masking — specifically, wearing a surgical mask underneath a cloth mask — may provide an extremely high level of protection against the viral particles that cause Covid-19, the Centers...
Feb 10, 2021 · Wearing two face masks, or double masking, can substantially reduce a person’s exposure to coronavirus particles, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
