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Face Masks: What Doctors Say About Their Role In Containing Coronavirus
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1875" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/01/29/800531753/face-masks-what-doctors-say-about-their-role-in-containing-coronavirus" target="_blank"><strong>Face Masks: What Doctors Say About Their Role In Containing Coronavirus - NPR</strong></a></p><p></p><p>As the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread, officials in China are urging citizens to wear masks in public to stop the spread of the virus — and cities in China as well as other parts of Asia are reportedly running out of face masks.</p><p></p><p>But can a mask really keep you from catching the virus?</p><p> </p><p>To answer that, it helps to clarify which kinds of masks we're talking about.</p><p></p><p>Because experts don't yet know exactly how the virus is transmitted, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-control.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Finfection-control.html" target="_blank">is recommending</a> that health care workers treat it like an airborne pathogen — germs that can travel in particles or droplets in the air. That means health care workers interacting with a coronavirus patient should wear a heavy-duty mask called an N95 respirator. These respirators are designed to fit tightly around the nose and mouth, and, when worn correctly, block out at least 95% of small airborne particles, <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/n95list1.html" target="_blank">according to the CDC</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1875, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/01/29/800531753/face-masks-what-doctors-say-about-their-role-in-containing-coronavirus'][B]Face Masks: What Doctors Say About Their Role In Containing Coronavirus - NPR[/B][/URL] As the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread, officials in China are urging citizens to wear masks in public to stop the spread of the virus — and cities in China as well as other parts of Asia are reportedly running out of face masks. But can a mask really keep you from catching the virus? To answer that, it helps to clarify which kinds of masks we're talking about. Because experts don't yet know exactly how the virus is transmitted, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [URL='https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-control.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Finfection-control.html']is recommending[/URL] that health care workers treat it like an airborne pathogen — germs that can travel in particles or droplets in the air. That means health care workers interacting with a coronavirus patient should wear a heavy-duty mask called an N95 respirator. These respirators are designed to fit tightly around the nose and mouth, and, when worn correctly, block out at least 95% of small airborne particles, [URL='https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/n95list1.html']according to the CDC[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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