Every year, air pollution causes around 2 million deaths in India. To keep illnesses at bay, experts recommend venturing out wearing an anti-pollution mask, preferably an N95, to protect yourself against harmful pollutants, especially particulate matter PM2.5 which has been shown to directly enter the bloodstream, causing various diseases. There are different types of masks to protect the body, including …
Highlights Cloth and surgical masks do nothing for protection from ambient virus, said a US top expert Evidence of the the N95's superiority to the cloth mask has been well-documented. "Cloth and surgical masks do absolutely nothing for protection from ambient virus," said Chad Roy, a microbiologist at Tulane University School of Medicine, referring to the virus spreading through the …
Wearing two masks nearly doubles their effectiveness and helps keep the virus at bay. Dr Tushar Tayal from the Department of Internal Medicine, CK Birla Hospital, Gurgaon, told Firstpost, “With the various mutants looming closer to us, the next step should be better safety measures, which means double layering of masks.” A study recently published in the journal JAMA Internal …
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