Emerging Health Issues

A User’s Guide To Masks: What’s Best At Protecting Others (And Yourself)

(By Maria Godoy for NPR)

So you want to wear a face mask? Good call.

A growing body of evidence supports the idea that wearing face masks in public, even when you feel well, can help curb the spread of the coronavirus — since people can spread the virus even without showing symptoms. That’s the main reason to wear a mask: to protect other people from you.  Continue reading article here…

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