What you need to know about – masks ….
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The message from Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, could not have been any clearer. Wearing a face mask is critical to reducing the spread of coronavirus, especially since many carriers don’t even know they’re contagious, she said yesterday.
Masks are becoming even more important now that restrictions are starting to lift in many US states. Public health officials are stressing that just because beaches and restaurants are open this Memorial Day doesn’t mean people can let their guard down. They say maintaining social distancing and wearing masks is crucial, especially since some US states are seeing new spikes in coronavirus cases.
Birx said there was “clear scientific evidence” to show that masks prevent droplets from one person reaching another. Experience from countries that enforced mandatory face covering early on backs that up.
The bitter divide over face masks continues even as several Republican governors urged people to use them and stressed that choosing to wear them isn’t about politics.
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