February 12, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has formally endorsed the practice of “double-masking” to guard against COVID-19, a proposal popularized in recent weeks by pundits, news anchors, and controversial government adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci.
A “simulated breathing experiment” shows that surgical masks on their own block 42% of COVID-19 particles for the wearer, and cloth masks block about 44% of particles,” claims the report, published for the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. “Wearing a cloth mask over a surgical mask increased protection for the person wearing the masks, blocking 83% of small particles.”
The report says that two people both wearing a cloth mask over a surgical mask reduces exposure to particles carrying the novel coronavirus by more than 95%, a result also achieved by knotting a surgical mask tightly enough that it is flush with the wearer’s face.
“The data in this report underscore the finding that good fit can increase overall mask efficiency,” the report adds. “Multiple simple ways to improve fit have been demonstrated to be effective.”
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