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- It's true that an N95 mask or a KN95 mask is the best face mask for COVID-19 protection, but there's a version of both types of mask that you absolutely should not get.
- The CDC recommends that we all wear face masks right now to help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, but a face mask with a valve does not do a good job of protecting people in your vicinity if you're infected.
- A doctor recently penned an essay that urges people to stop wearing N95 and KN95 face masks with a valve — even a standard 3-ply coronavirus face mask would be better.
Head over to the CDC's special webpage that discusses how to protect yourself from the novel coronavirus that's wreaking havoc across the country and you'll see three important recommendations near the top of the page. First, you need to "wash your hands often" with soap for at least 20 seconds or with hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Second, you should "avoid close contact" with people and stay at least 6 feet away from anyone while you're outside your home. If you're smart, you'll keep even more distance between yourself and anyone else. And third, you need to "cover your mouth and nose with a cloth face cover when around others."
That last one is crucial for two reasons. First, wearing a face covering like these best-selling 60¢ face masks or a KN95 face mask helps protect you from breathing in any aerosolized virus that travels around in microscopic droplets in the air when infected people cough, sneeze, or even just breathe or speak loudly. Second, if you happen to already be infected with COVID-19, wearing a mask helps prevent you from spreading the potentially deadly virus to others. Remember, as many as half of all novel coronavirus cases may be asymptomatic, so you might have it and not even know it. Wearing a face mask is indeed crucial anytime you leave your home, but there's actually one type of popular face mask you should never wear.
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