Face masks made with multiple layers of cotton cloth may help prevent further transmission of COVID-19, according to new research in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
. “If you can’t tolerate wearing the mask then obviously you’re not going to wear it,” said Clase.
The other “unintended consequences” of homemade cloth masks are social, she added. “The biggest fear that we would have is that wearing a cloth mask would lead to a false sense of security,” she said, which could lead to reduced hand hygiene and physical distancing. While the research is incomplete, there is still enough “convincing” evidence that should inform policy decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the researchers wrote.The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted through aerosol and droplet particles that people generate while speaking, eating, coughing and sneezing, and cloth masks can stop those particles in their tracks before they can transmit the virus.
But masks are not an “isolated strategy,” he added, naming physical distancing and hand-washing as other elements of an “overarching strategy” to prevent infection. “Truthfully, it’s probably much more important to keep a physical distance than to wear a mask,” he said.
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