If you wear your mask in this way, CDC says stop immediately

Some simple modifications can make your face mask much more efficient.


If your face mask is not suitable, you can seriously increase your chances of contracting Covid-19 without even knowing it.A new study revealed that wearing a surgical mask, a fabric mask on a surgical mask - could reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission up to 96.5%, the CDC recently said."It's more important than ever to wear a well-adjusted mask", Head of CDC Rochelle Walensky has tweeted last week. "The best a mask is suitable, the more protection you have for yourself and those around you. Wear a mask that is closely suitable on your nose and your mouth to be more efficient." Read on and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.

The steps of the CDC to improve the adjustment of your mask

The port of a mask is better than no mask, but the air air leak around the edges of a mask can make it less protective. The CDC suggested adjustment improvement strategies:

  • Wear a surgical mask under a fabric mask
  • Wear a disposable mask of single surgical type, and win where the earrings join the mask, then pulling and flattening the extra mask material near the face (node-and-displacement).
  • Wear uppercase (or a rope)
  • Wear a nylon handle under one mask

This can radically reduce the risk of being exposed to respiratory particles, said CDC, indicating the results of their recent study in which researchers simulated aerosols ejected during a cough and estimated how the masks were blocked. An untrred surgical mask intercepted 42% of the particles, while only one block of fabric blocked 44.3%. But a fabric mask on a 92.5% blocked surgical mask.

When the aerosol and receptor source carried the mask combo or a knotted and nestled surgical mask, particles were blocked by 96.4% and 95.9%.

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Do not loosen mask policies now, says expert

Although vaccinations increase and cases of covidation decrease nationally, health leaders are nervously monitoring several variants of coronavirus. A British variant has proven to be more contagious and the cases double every 10 days. A South African variant can have the potential to make vaccines less efficient.

"With very high cases, hospitalizations and deaths, it is not the time to restore the requirements of the mask," Walensky said at a press conference detailing the CDC study. "The essential is: the masks work, and they work when they have a good fit and are worn correctly."

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How to survive this pandemic

As for yourself, do everything you can to prevent you from installing and spread-Covid-19 in the first place:Carry a face maskBe tested if you think you have coronavirus, avoid crowds (and bars and evenings of the house), practice social distance, do only run essential races, wash your hands regularly, disinfect frequently affected areas and to cross this healthiest pandemic, do not miss these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.


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