Double mask debate highlights importance of tight seal around nose and mouth Peter Krouse, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced findings last week that suggest wearing two masks enhances your protection against the coronavirus by creating a tighter seal around your nose and mouth.
Yet some medical experts have long maintained that the chief benefit to wearing two masks is the increased filtration rather than the tighter fit, that two masks provide extra layers to capture any infected droplets you might exhale or inhale.
So, cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer contacted both medical experts and mask designers for the latest thinking on the question of one mask or two. Here is what we found:
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Still, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he had to weigh the economic impact of businesses remaining shuttered for months against concerns about public health, and ultimately decided to resume indoor dining at 25 percent capacity just two months after it was suspended for the second time in December last year.