This reduces 90% of COVID exposure, says CDC
Do this now to double your protection against coronavirus.
Disease and prevention control centers Wednesday updated its advice on the wearing of facial masks to slow down the propagation ofCOVID-19 [FeminineAnd the agency could have boiled on a slogan AD: adjustment.The new board resulted froma study The CDC conducts to see if the mask efficiency could be improved. The agency stated that this had found that it made simple changes, such as wearing two masks or bend a mask more comfortably on the face, could protect mask carriers about 90% of infectious respiratory droplets that cause Covid-19 . Read on and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.
Four new detailed mask strategies
The new council could effectively double protection against COVID-19. Health officials likeDr. Anthony FauciThe top infectious-disease expert from the nation had already felt that wearing a unique facial mask could reduce the risk of contracting coronavirus from 50% to 80%.
In the weeks since the presidential inauguration - where several participants were perceived wearing two facial masks - there were speculation that the CDC would recommend to the Americans to double. The agency stopped short of this in the new board. But he noted that in a laboratory experience with models, researchers found that a cloth mask focused on a disposable surgical mask reduces exposure to infectious droplets of nearly 90%.
In addition, wearing a disposable mask of single surgical type and the knotting where the earrings join the mask, then pulling and flattening the extra mask material near the face, protected from the same level of blocking the Virus, the CDC said.
In new guidelines, the CDC also recommended using a mountain mask (or splint) or wear a nylon handle on a single mask.The four strategies seem to have a similar goal: "Adjust the mask closer to the wearer's face and reducing the edge deviations. "
In Topline, the base board of the cdc base mask is similar to what has been done for months: weake it every time you are in public; Make sure it has several layers and is perfect for."When choosing a mask, look at how much it is appropriate, how much he filters the air and how many layers he has, "said the agency on his website, recommending a mask that suits perfectly on your face and comprises Many layers to intercept respiratory. Droplets on the entry or exit path. "A mask with layers will stop more breathing droplets enter your mask or escape from your mask if you are sick."
The CDC also offered warnings: Do not wear two disposable surgical masks at a time, they are not designed to adapt enough to a difference in multiple difference - and do not combine any other mask with a mask KN95.
RELATED: If you feel it, you may have ever had Covid, "said Dr. Fauci
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.