Face masks block expired particles, despite leakage
A new study from the University of California, Davis, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai confirms that surgical masks effectively reduce...
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A new study from the University of California, Davis, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai confirms that surgical masks effectively reduce...
New research confirms that surgical face masks effectively reduce outgoing airborne particles from talking or coughing, even after allowing for leakage around the edges of the mask. Wearing masks and other face coverings can reduce the flow of airborne particles that are produced during breathing, talking, coughing, or sneezing, protecting others from viruses carried by those particles such as SARS-CoV2 and influenza, says Christopher Cappa, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Davis, and corresponding author of the paper. High-efficiency masks suc...