MASK HAS GROWN INTO A
POLITICAL DEBATE THAT GOES
WELL BEYOND THEIR
EFFECTIVENESS. BUT SOME PEOPLE
ARE CONFUS ABOUT WHETHER
THEY ACTUALLY WORK... AND ARE
SAFE TO WEAR.WE TALKED TO AN
EXPERT WITH KETTERING HEALTH
NEWORK TO BUST THE MOST
POPULAR MASK MYTHS.
TRUTH OR MYTH: MASKS,
EXPECIALLY CLOTH MASKS, ARE
INEFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING
CORONAVIRUS. THE EXPERTS AT
KETTERING HEAH NETWORK SAY
THIS IS A MYTHDR. JEFFREY
WEINSTEIN, KETTERING HEALTH
NETWORKCLOTH MASKS ARE
SOMEWHATE EFFECTIVE AT
PREVENING YOU COUGH OUT AT
GETTING AEROSOLIZED AND
PUTTING IT OUT INTO THE AIR IN
A DROPLET FORM.DR. JEFFREY
WEINSTEIN, KETTERING HEALTH
NETWORK IT'S NOT PERFECT, IT'S
NOT AS GOOD AS CERTN MEDICAL
MASKS. BUT IT DEFINITELY
REDUCES THE OUTPUT OF DROPLETS
FROM YOUR RESPITORY TRACK INTO
THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND YOU
TRUTH OR MYTH: I HAVE TO WEAR
A MASK AT ALL TIMES, EVEN WHEN
I'M AT HOME WITH MY FAMILY.
THIS ONE IS A MYTH, HOWEVER:
DR. JEFFREY WEINSTEIN,
KETTERING THNEKIF
ANYONE IN THMI BN
DIAGNOSED WITH COVID HAVE
SYMPTOMS OF COVID, THOSE
PEOPLE SHOULD WEAR MASKS
AROUND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS
AND KEEP THEIR DISTANCE FROM
FAMILY MEMBERS AS WELLTRUTH OR
MYTH: ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE
INFECTED OR HAVE WEAK IMMUNE
SYSTEMS NEED MASKS. THIS ONE
ALSO RULED A MYTH. A NEW STUDY
ESTIMATES AS MANY AS HALF OF
THE COVID-19 CASES SPREAD FROM
ASYMPTOMATIC OR PRE-
SYMPTOMATIC CASES.DR. JEFFREY
WEINSTEIN, KETTERING HEALTH
NETWORKANY OFS N GET
INFECTED, TH PROBLEM IS
WE COULD UNWITTINGNGLY GIVE IT
TO SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE AT
RISK OF SEVERE DISEASE.TRUTH
OR MYTH: CLOTH MASKS SHOULD BE
WASHED AFTER EACH USE. THIS
ONE IS A TRUTH.DR. JEFFREY
WEINSTEIN, KETTERING HEALTH
NETWORKTHEY CAN GET
CONTAMINAT WICTIA
THEY CAN GET SOILED AND DIRTY,
SO THEY SHOULD BE LAUNDERED
AFTER A DAY'S USE.TRUTH OR
MYTH: MASKS CAN MAKE ME SICK
BECAUSE IT REDUCES MY OXYGEN
LEVELS. THE RULING IS IN:
IT'S A MYTH.DR. JEFFREY
WEINSTEIN, KETTERING HEALTH
NETWORKWE'VE BEEN HEARING
THAT. IT'S NOT TRUE. WE KNOW
THAT SURGEONS AND NURSES AND
MANY MANY PROFESSIONS HAVE
WORN MASKS FOR DECADES AND
EVEN MORE AND THEY DO NOT HAVE
A LOW OXYGEN LEVEL
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