Covid-19
Dec 24, 2020 01:16 PM By Medical Daily Staff This Christmas, even Santa is wearing a mask. AFP / Ina FASSBENDE
It’s official: Don’t rely on just your mask to protect you from coronavirus-contaminated droplets. You have to keep your distance if you want a fighting chance against contracting Covid-19.
Using technology designed to mimic what happens in face-to-face interactions, researchers from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at New Mexico State University tested various types of masks against an invasion of droplets, the kind that one cough or one sneeze would send into the air. The study was published this week in the