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THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
Yes, Wearing Masks Helps. Here's Why
www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/21/880832213/yes-wearing-masks-helps-heres-why?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20200621&utm_term=4630024&utm_campaign=health&utm_id=6527387&orgid=95
June 21, 20207:00 AM ET
Maria Godoy at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., May 22, 2018. (photo by Allison Shelley) (Square)
MARIA GODOY
N95 particulate respirator masks left) block 95% of small airborne particulates in the air, however they are still in short supply and should be reserved for medical workers. Surgical face masks (right) are most effective at protecting others from the wearer's droplets.
Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images
3 Tips For Safer Face Masks | NPR
NPR
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Cloth masks do a good job at keeping in large respiratory droplets that can spread a disease like COVID-19 — the kind of droplets you spit out when coughing or talking. That's why in April the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised "the use of simple cloth face coverings to slow the spread of the virus and help people who may have the virus and do not know it from transmitting it to others."
But there's another possible benefit to wearing a mask: protecting yourself from droplets. But masks, both homemade and made by vendors, vary in how good they are at keeping out pathogens.
If you're looking to boost your mask's ability to filter out small particles, we've got three tips from researchers who've been testing mask materials in light of the pandemic — including a hack that involves a pair of pantyhose.
- Read “Adding A Nylon Stocking Layer Could Boost Protection From Cloth Masks, Study Finds” at n.pr/3fH5Cv9
Yes, Wearing Masks Helps. Here's Why
www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/21/880832213/yes-wearing-masks-helps-heres-why?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20200621&utm_term=4630024&utm_campaign=health&utm_id=6527387&orgid=95
June 21, 20207:00 AM ET
Maria Godoy at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., May 22, 2018. (photo by Allison Shelley) (Square)
MARIA GODOY
N95 particulate respirator masks left) block 95% of small airborne particulates in the air, however they are still in short supply and should be reserved for medical workers. Surgical face masks (right) are most effective at protecting others from the wearer's droplets.
Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images
3 Tips For Safer Face Masks | NPR
NPR
272K subscribers
Cloth masks do a good job at keeping in large respiratory droplets that can spread a disease like COVID-19 — the kind of droplets you spit out when coughing or talking. That's why in April the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised "the use of simple cloth face coverings to slow the spread of the virus and help people who may have the virus and do not know it from transmitting it to others."
But there's another possible benefit to wearing a mask: protecting yourself from droplets. But masks, both homemade and made by vendors, vary in how good they are at keeping out pathogens.
If you're looking to boost your mask's ability to filter out small particles, we've got three tips from researchers who've been testing mask materials in light of the pandemic — including a hack that involves a pair of pantyhose.
- Read “Adding A Nylon Stocking Layer Could Boost Protection From Cloth Masks, Study Finds” at n.pr/3fH5Cv9