Want to know the difference between a KN95 mask and a N95 mask? Here are the answers.
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
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Not all masks offer the same kinds of protection but how different are masks (like the KN95 and N95 masks) that are almost exactly the same in name?
According to David Cennimo, an infectious disease specialist for Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, probably not too different.
When fitted to the wearer’s face and worn properly (over the nose), KN95 masks and N95 masks both filter out and capture 95% of tiny particles explaining why the number “95″ is integrated into both of their names.
Will three masks protect you against COVID? Don’t do it, N.J. doctor cautions, calling it a ‘crazy’ idea.
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
Posted Feb 03, 2021
Are you considering triple-masking to better protect yourself from COVID-19? Please don t, at least one expert cautions.Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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As more variants of the coronavirus continue to emerge, people have started looking for ways to better protect themselves against the virus, including the practice of double-masking.
But if you’ve thought about possibly triple-masking, or wearing three masks over one another, in hopes of greater protection, the answer is: no, just don’t do it.
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When Emanuel Goldman went to his local New Jersey supermarket last March, he didn’t take any chances. Reports of COVID-19 cases were popping up across the United States, so he donned gloves to avoid contaminated surfaces and wore a mask to prevent him inhaling tiny virus-laden droplets from fellow shoppers. Neither gloves nor masks were recommended at the time.
The study, published in the
The researchers investigated the association between COVID-19 cases and deaths in 2,026 US counties from January to October 2020 and social determinants of health, which can raise the risk for infection and death.
They also looked at factors known or thought to impact COVID-19 outcomes, including the counties’ population density, days since the first COVID-19 death and percent of residents who are over age 65, are smokers, or who have chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or high blood pressure.
The study finds that a 1 percentage point increase in a county’s percent of Black residents, uninsured adults, low birthweight infants, adults without a high school diploma, incarceration rate, and households without internet increased that county’s COVID-19 death rates during the time period they examined.
You might feel totally fine and experience no side effects at all after the vaccine, but the CDC says it’s also possible to experience minor flu-like symptoms, including pain and swelling at the injection site, a fever, chills, fatigue, or headache. All of this is totally normal, as it “basically shows that the immune system is being primed” to fight the virus, Richard Watkins, M.D., an infectious disease and professor of internal medicine at the Northeast Ohio Medical University, previously told Prevention.com.
Of course, if you feel crummy for a few days, you’ll want to start feeling better ASAP. But the CDC says you should avoid taking an over-the-counter pain-relieving medication like acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) before you get the vaccine, and to talk to your doctor if you wish to take them around the time of your immunization. Here’s what you should know.