What You Need To Know About Protective Face Masks

Life Kit

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🗓️ 13 July 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Face masks are crucial for curbing the spread of the coronavirus. This episode goes over some best practices when it comes to face masks, including how to wear a mask properly, the protection given by cloth vs. surgical masks, and how to safely take a break.

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0:00.0	This is NPR's Life Kit, and I'm Sarah McCammon.
0:03.6	Masks help stop the spread of the coronavirus.
0:06.5	So it's easy to think, yeah, I'll wear a mask all the time when I'm out in the world.
0:11.4	But there can be lots of awkward moments.
0:13.8	What about when you want to take a sip of water or you're exercising?
0:18.3	NPR Health correspondent Maria Godoy spoke with the experts to answer some common questions
0:22.8	about the safety of wearing masks.
0:24.6	Hi Maria.
0:25.6	Hey Sarah.
0:26.6	So do we know how much mask wearing prevents the spread of the coronavirus?
0:30.9	Is it for your own protection?
0:32.7	Or is this for other people?
0:34.5	It is primarily to protect other people from the wear.
0:37.6	And by the wear, I literally mean the person wearing the mask.
0:40.6	Because we know that people can spread the coronavirus even if they aren't showing any
0:44.4	symptoms yet or if they never show symptoms.
0:47.6	Even a loose fitting surgical mask can block almost all the infectious droplets a person
0:51.9	might emit when they're talking.
0:53.9	The important thing is that the more people are wearing a mask, the more everyone is protected.
0:58.8	Your mask protects me and mine protects you.
1:02.2	David Aeronof is an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
1:06.9	And he likens wearing a mask to wearing seat belts.
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