As mandates end, people are relying on one-way masking
If you don’t want to wear a respirator but still want to wear a mask in public, you can make a surgical mask more effective with a few simple adjustments, Sickbert-Bennett says. Knot the ear loops for a tighter fit, and use the metal nose bar to help the mask conform to the contours of your face. If you want to wear a cloth mask, layer a surgical mask over it for added protection.
Even though one-way masking isn’t perfect, Dr. Monica Gandhi, associate chief of the University of California, San Francisco’s division of HIV, infectious diseases, and global medicine, argues it’s an appropriate strategy now that highly effective vaccines and boosters are widely accessible in the U.S. andMask mandates have proven to be imperfect, Gandhi says. Some people wore masks improperly or not at all, while others chose lower-quality cloth masks.
But the most vulnerable members of society may face an increased risk of infection now that masks are off in most shared indoor spaces.
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