Wearing a Mask That Fits Tightly to Your Face Can Help Limit Spread of the Virus That Causes COVID-19

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• Alternative Title:
  Maximizing Fit for Cloth and Medical Procedure Masks to Improve Performance and Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Exposure, 2021: Wearing a Mask That Fits Tightly to Your Face Can Help Limit Spread of the Virus That Causes COVID-19
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  In lab tests with dummies, exposure to potentially infectious aerosols decreased by about 95% when they both wore tightly fitted maks.
  
  Illustration accompanying: Brooks JT, Beezhold DH, Noti JD, et al. Maximizing Fit for Cloth and Medical Procedure Masks to Improve Performance and Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Exposure, 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 10 February 2021.
  
  mm7007e1_DoubleMasksEfficacy_IMAGE_10Feb21_1200x675-medium.jpg
  
  
• Subjects:
  CoronaVirus Infections/Prevention & Control COVID-19/Prevention & Control Masks Pandemics/Prevention & Control Universities
• Source:
  MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2021; v. 70 Early Release
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Genre:
  Visual Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Volume:
  70
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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