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Why any mask is better than no mask
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Why any mask is better than no mask

by  University of Waterloo Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As people return to offices and students to classrooms, masks are recommended indoors to limit the spread of COVID-19. Though N95 and KN95 masks offer the highest degree of protection, any mask is better than no mask. Serhiy Yarusevych, a professor in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the...

Why You Still Need to Wear a Mask After Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine
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Why You Still Need to Wear a Mask After Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine

by Mandy Armitage, MD, January 13,2021 Key takeaways: You should still wear your mask and keep your distance from others after you have been vaccinated. We don’t know yet how well the COVID-19 vaccines reduce the spread of the virus. Almost 9 million people in the U.S. have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination,...

Wear a Mask or Eat Salt? An Iranian Preacher Pushes Unproved COVID-19 Remedy
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Wear a Mask or Eat Salt? An Iranian Preacher Pushes Unproved COVID-19 Remedy

IRAN — Iranian Shi’ite Muslims keep social distancing as they attend a mourning ritual to commemorate martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad’s grandson Imam Hussein during the Islamic month of Muharram, at the shrine of Saleh in Tehran, Practitioner of Iranian traditional Islamic medicine “Eating salt frequently protects from corona infection better than wearing a mask.” FALSE...