PORTAL MAJALENGKA – Often encountered people wearing two face mask all at once. Is that better?
In fact, one face mask good quality can help protection from Covid-19 up to more than 70 percent.
Scott Segal from Thomas H. Irving Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, said there was no scientific data that shows the benefits or disadvantages of wearing more than one face mask.
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According to him, there is only one small study that discusses the benefits of using two face mask. But it has not been peer reviewed.
In the study, the researchers found two face mask it might prove better. When face mask which works better is not available.
“Wearing two face mask may be a sensible idea if its filtration capabilities face mask not too strong, “said Segal as quoted by Antara from Health on Sunday, January 17, 2021.
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Most research, including that of Segal, found that multiple layers of cloth filter virus particles better than a single layer.
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