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Double-masking offers more protection from COVID-19, says CDC
Feb 10, 2021
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You might already be wearing two masks, but science now backs it up: double-masking is the way to go.
New research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that wearing a cloth mask over a surgical mask, which is known as double masking, could reduce exposure to COVID-19. According to the CDC, exposure to COVID-19 was reduced by up to 96.4% when both an infected person and a noninfected person were fitted with double masks or knotted and tucked masks.
Two masks at once? That’s the latest advice from Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden, who says “double-masking” makes “common sense”, particularly as new strains emerge, saying sporting two masks “likely does” help protect people.
He was sidelined by Donald Trump? President Trump and Dr Fauci clashed on the US government’s approach to handling the pandemic, with Fauci saying in an interview with The Atlantic earlier this week “Trump would put anecdote on the same level as scientific data”. He is now back in the White House advising President Biden, who has already issued an executive order implementing a 100 Days Masking Challenge for American politicians to encourage stricter state-level Covid-19 measures.