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Zach Epstein
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- N95 masks and KN95 masks are among the best face masks you can use for COVID-19 protection, but there's a popular version of both types of masks that you should stop using immediately.
- The CDC says 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.
- Asymptomatic and presymptomatic carriers have been proven to be spreaders of the novel coronavirus, so if you have COVID-19 and you wear a mask with a valve, you might be spreading the disease without even knowing it.
- One doctor recently wrote an essay that urges people to stop wearing N95 and KN95 face masks with valves — even a simple 50¢ 3-ply coronavirus face mask offers better protection to people around you.
Visit the CDC's special webpage that discusses how to protect yourself from the novel coronavirus that's flaring up yet around all 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 strong hand sanitizer like Purell (which is actually in stock right now on Amazon, by the way). 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."
The last piece of advice from the CDC is crucial for two reasons. First, wearing a face covering like these best-selling 50¢ 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, and you can also be a presymptomatic spreader for as long as 14 days after becoming infected with the virus. In either of those cases, it means you might have COVID-19 and not even know it. The key takeaway here is that wearing a face mask is absolutely crucial anytime you leave your home — but there's actually one type of popular face mask you should never wear.
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You need to stop using one type of popular coronavirus face mask right away originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 14 Jul 2020 at 08:56:09 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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