Print this article Dr. Anthony Fauci said it’s “possible” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will lay out guidance on double-masking in the coming days. Washington Post Live about whether it’s possible two masks would be recommended. “In fact, just discussions with my CDC colleagues yesterday, we were talking about the CDC is looking at doing a study of seeing whether or not two masks might be better than one. It makes common sense that you would think, and the reason they don't recommend it right now, it's a science-based organization, the CDC. They make recommendations based on data and science. So that's the reason why they're going to look at that particular issue,” he continued.