The way you wear your mask is just as important as what it’s made of, Jill Weatherhead, M.D., tells Yahoo Life. Here's what medical experts say you should know.
, simple cloth face coverings can help keep people who may have the virus and don’t know it from spreading it to others. And there are likely a lot of people who fit into this category. It’s thought that about 25 percent of people infected with COVID-19 may not show any symptoms of the illness, Robert Redfield, M.D., director of the CDC, recently told “The main goal is to protect other people out in public,” Jill Weatherhead, M.D.
Also, it’s unclear at this point how much a cloth face mask will protect the person wearing it, but it will likely give at leastSo, what should a cloth face mask be made of? And what’s the safest way to wear one? Here’s what you need to know.There hasn’t been a lot of extensive research into which type of fabric is best, but a team atrecently found that some fabrics perform better than others.
If you don’t have quilting fabric at home, that’s OK. You just want something with a tight enough weave to keep out SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen that causes COVID-19, Suzanne Willard, Ph.D., clinical professor and associate dean for global health at Rutgers School of Nursing, tells Yahoo Life. “You don’t want anything where you can see through the fabric,” she says. So, it’s best to take a pass on turning that old threadbare T-shirt into a mask.
“You also don’t want anything that will make you sweat,” says Willard. Sweating can wet or dampen the fabric of your mask, making it easier for SARS-CoV-2 to penetrate your mask, she explains. Overall, Willard recommends focusing more on cotton with a tight weave for your face mask and avoiding more impenetrable fabrics like polyester, rayon, and coated fabrics.
Experts stress that you still want to follow other methods of preventing the spread of COVID-19 when you wear a mask, like social distancing and good hand hygiene. “Just because you’re wearing a mask doesn’t mean those other steps are no longer important,” says Adalja.
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