A Leading epidemiologist in the United States Dr. Anthony S. Fauci has revealed That wearing two common masks together provides the same protection as the N95 mask and significantly reduces the risk of epidemics.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been recommending people wear face masks since early April. Because of the shortage of N95 masks, cloth face masks have become the norm and there are many options available from homemade.
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That wearing two common masks together provides the same protection as the N95 mask and significantly reduces the risk of epidemics.
The purpose of the face mask is to prevent viral particles in the air.
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who is an American immunologist and physician-scientist serving as the chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden since 2021 and has been a director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984.
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Dr. Fauci informed that if the face is covered with a layer of two cloths, it is common sense that the chances of viral particles entering through the mouth and nose are greatly reduced. “If you have a physical covering with one layer, you put on another layer, it just makes common sense that it would probably be more efficient,” Fauci told NBC News ‘TODAY.
It is common sense to wear two masks, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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He said that the N95 mask is expensive which is usually used by experts nonetheless, people can use two face masks together to get similar features.
Meanwhile, Ellis Sato, an epidemiologist at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, said the two layers of the mask increase filtration.
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research has shown that several cloth layers in a mask improve the efficacy of viral particle filtration. Following that logic, an individual increases the number of layers of fabric covering their face by double-masking, thereby increasing the degree of filtration.
It should be noted that these are possible reasons why most Americans now use two face masks at the same time.
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