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8 Important Things Doctors Want You to Know About Face Masks

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7. Wearing a mask may create a false sense of security

As we already mentioned, masks aren’t effective at keeping out viruses and—just to be clear—few people know how to put on and wear a mask correctly. “People feel they have a sense of protection but then they do things like touch dirty stuff then touch their eyes or nose or mouth,” says Dr. McGinty. That’s the kind of exposure that can make them sick, he says.

The Centers for Disease Control believes the new coronavirus spreads primarily from person to person through respiratory droplets expelled when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Usually, people need to be within about six feet of each other. A secondary way of transmission may be by touching a surface or object with the virus on it then touching your mouth, nose, and possibly eyes.

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