Dr. Fauci says you could always make this big mistake with masks
Make this mask error means that you do not protect yourself from COVID.
Masks have become a new part of everyday life For Americans this year. And with all that is new, there is some confusion. For example, many people may not know when the masks are completely necessary and that situations you can give up a mask in which can lead to many errors. In reality,Anthony Fauci, MD, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said many people still make this mask error:take their mask to talk to someone who can not hear or understand.
During an interview withTrevor Noah on September 21st episode ofEveryday lifeNoah asked the health expert if he wasnecessary to wear a mask during a series of different scenarios. And when hecame to talk to someone Who could not hear you, Fauci said that keeping your mask was vital. Instead of taking your mask, you should simply "repeat it and repeat it" until they can hear you, "he said.
"Because when you later laid [your mask], you tend to speak harder with more force, and that's at that moment that all the particles - if they are there, if you are infected," explained withden. "I would leave the mask on."
After all, there is research that say that speaking can easily dismiss the coronavirus. A study, published on May 13 in theActs of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, found thistalk in a loud voice could introduce thousands of fluid droplets Containing viral equipment in the air each second, droplets that could always be detected in the air for 14 minutes in an environment with stagnant air.
There were other scenarios where Fuci said amask was neededeven if people do not think so. Some of the examples he has given wore a maskbetween courses during meal And when in an empty elevator, while people can get in quickly.
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However, there may be cases where you can not have to wear a mask, depending on Fauci. For example, if you drive your bike in the street, he saysYou do not have to wear a mask If you are not near other people. He noted that you should have your mask on you "in case you're in close contact with people outdoors."
If you are inside, however, Fauci said you should keep your mask on, no matter how you are socially distancing that you look like other people - even if someone you're talking about asking you to speak . And for more advice from the main infectious infectious expert of the nation,Dr. Fauci says you should not go here before a year after a vaccine.