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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to emphasize the importance of wearing masks to prevent transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. As stated by the Director of CDC, Dr. Robert Redfield, cloth masks are the most powerful weapon to slow down or stop the spread of the virus, especially if everyone wears them. (Also Read: Remdesivir Drug Has Been Given To COVID-19 Patients at Friendship Hospital)
It is known that the transmission of the corona virus comes from the droplets that are produced when an infected person talks or sneezes. This was stated by MeiLan Han, as quoted from the website Healthline.
If these droplets splash in the mouth or nose area of people around them, or are inhaled into the lungs, then the person can catch the virus.
“Masks create a physical barrier by grasping droplet that and prevent it from spreading further into the air, “explained the professor from the University of Michigan’s Division of Pulmonology and Critical Diseases.
Masks are very important because many people who are affected can have a status without symptoms. Symptoms do not appear immediately after infection or it is called the incubation period. Of course, these people can pass the virus on to other people. Therefore we must always wear a mask.
However, the Indonesian Ministry of Health prohibits the public from using it cloth mask thin like a mask buff and scuba. Both types of masks are made from fabric that is too thin and only has one layer. It is possible that this type of mask cannot filter the droplets that cause COVID-19.
In Education conducted by a team of researchers from Duke University in North Carolina, USA, researchers concluded that buff made of material polyester and spandex not effective in fortifying ourselves from the corona virus. (Read Also: Beware of the Side Effects of Remdesivir, a Covid-19 Drug That Can Affect the Kidneys)
“There is nothing wrong with wearing buff to protect the face, it’s just that the ingredients are ineffective at preventing viruses, “said Dr. Mitchell H. Grayson, Director of the Allergy and Immunology Division at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio.
Whichever mask you choose, make sure to cover your nose to your chin. Besides that, pay close attention to the ingredients. Do not let your mask dream.
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