Updated CDC Guidance
Says Masks Also Protect
the Wearer From COVID-19 .
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made the announcement on Tuesday.
Previously, the CDC suggested that
the main benefit of wearing a mask was
to prevent coronavirus-positive individuals
from spreading the disease to others.
Now, the CDC has publicly endorsed face
masks as a form of personal protection.
According to the new guidance, masks
provide “filtration for personal protection” by
blocking infectious droplets from others. .
The CDC cited a number of studies that show
wearing a mask can reduce the risk of transmitting
or catching COVID-19 by 70 percent.
One study looked at an instance in
Missouri where mutual mask use helped keep two
coronavirus-positive hair stylists from transmitting
the disease to any of their 67 clients.
The relationship between source control
and personal protection is likely
complementary and possibly synergistic,
so that individual benefit increases with
increasing community mask use, CDC, via statement.
Dr. Anthony Fauci echoed the CDC’s new guidance in
an MSNBC interview, saying it’s a “two-way street.”.
You protect others, their mask protects
you, and your mask also protects you, Anthony Fauci, via MSNBC