The most important thing, Chou said, “is to wear a mask, whether it is a surgical mask or cloth mask ... “If you have enough pieces of Swiss cheese, you can cover every hole, and you ...

However, don't throw your cloth mask away just yet. Back to the Swiss cheese model, a well-fitting surgical mask covered by cloth mask is better than a surgical mask alone. Marty Munson ...

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, wore what appeared to be a surgical mask layered under a cloth mask, while Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical ...

"We need to be wearing at least a three-ply surgical mask. You can wear a cloth mask on top of that, but do not just wear a cloth mask alone," Wen told CNN. While cloth masks can filter large ...

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that fully vaccinated people can go without masks while outdoors, officials noted that there ...

“Cloth masks are little more than facial decorations ... “We need to be wearing at least a three-ply surgical mask,” she said, which is also known as a disposable mask and can be found ...

also confirms previous research that layering a cotton mask on top of a surgical mask—properly fit on one’s face—provides more protection than cloth alone. Since the start of the pandemic, an ...

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, wore what appeared to be a surgical mask layered under a cloth mask, while Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical ...

We found that if cloth masks were washed in the hospital laundry, they were as effective as a surgical mask,” University of New South Wales — Sydney Professor Raina MacIntyre, who conducted ...

The school now requires students and faculty to use surgical-grade masks, like the N95, while on campus. “However, you may combine a cloth mask (top layer) and a surgical mask (bottom layer ...

If possible, wear a surgical mask (aka one of the disposable masks usually made of blue paper) as your first layer, then add a cloth mask on top, Dr. Subramanian said. That’s because the cloth ...