Is 'one-way masking' effective in protecting you from getting COVID-19? Here is what you need to know.
Is "one-way masking," or wearing a mask when no one else is, effective in protecting you from getting the virus that causes COVID-19? Here is what you need to know. .Is “one-way masking,” or wearing a mask when no one else is, effective in protecting you from getting the coronavirus?Masks work in two ways. They protect the wearer by containing their germs and by filtering out other people’s germs.
“One-way masking is definitely better than nothing,” Emily Sickbert-Bennett, director of infection prevention at UNC Medical Center,. However, Sickert-Bennett added a caveat that it is not as good as universal masking. , someone wearing a surgical mask had a 90% chance of getting infected with COVID-19 after half an hour with an infected person, even if seated 5 feet away.
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