She also explained why you might not want to buy N95 masks right now, and consider wearing two cloth masks at a time instead.Īlso, as Dr.
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Le addressed a number of mask-related topics, including which types of face coverings offer legitimate protection and how to ensure a proper fit. Le joined TPG founder and CEO Brian Kelly for a podcast recording during the very early days of the COVID-19 outbreak and has served as a phenomenal resource ever since. Elaine Hanh Le, chief medical officer for Healthline, TPG’s sister site. Infographic courtesy of the CDC.įor more on the benefits of “upgrading” your mask, I turned to Dr. 10, 2021, the CDC released research indicating that the potential of COVID-19 exposure dropped by 96.4% when both the “source” (an infectious person) and receiver wore double masks. Still, while the pandemic has made us all “scientists” in the same way smartphones have made us all photographers, I certainly don’t have the credentials to convince you to take masking up more seriously. We sewed several layers of stockings on the front of the masks and gave them to friends and family members to use instead. Initially, I tried to donate them to a hospital when protective equipment was in especially short supply, but my donation wasn’t accepted since the masks I ordered have an exhaust valve. I ordered my first set of N95s at the beginning of February when I began to grow concerned that COVID-19 would spread. Personally, I’ve worn N95 masks indoors since the early days of the pandemic, in March 2020. Germany 🇩🇪 & Austria 🇦🇹 mandating on all public transits. The new #b117 #COVID19 is just too contagious. We need to switch to KN95, KF94, or European FFP2 masks ASAP. SWITCH TO PREMIUM MASKS-I’ve been saying it for months. Feigl-Ding first began ringing COVID-19 alarm bells on social media more than a year ago, in January 2020. Eric Feigl-Ding, has been more aggressive in building awareness around the quality of masks in an attempt to convince followers to up their precautions. New to The Points Guy? Sign-up for our daily newsletter and check out our beginner’s guide. It’s not my place to tell you whether that’s right or wrong, but if you’re flying, staying in hotels or even going to the grocery store, it’s essential to put some extra thought into your precautions - especially in light of more contagious variants, and a (hopefully) short wait for a vaccine. That said, many people do feel comfortable traveling at the moment. But while I may consider traveling soon if it feels safe, at this point, I’m not even speculatively booking flights unless they’re for early spring or beyond. I (very) briefly considered taking advantage of Hertz’s $10/day one-way sale for another road trip. road trips and even a weeklong trip to Dubai, the news of new, far more contagious COVID-19 strains has me especially concerned. While I’ve ventured out a bit during the pandemic, with several U.S.
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