Zeke Emanuel Says Cloth Masks Are ‘Not Good Enough’

‘Wearing gators or simple cloth masks are not good enough’

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EMANUEL: "Well, I recommend wearing a N95 mask. You can get them foldable, you can get them like in the screen, a cup version, you can get them in the duckbill version and they really do make a difference. They’re not very expensive. They’re reusable, and if you’re going inside, I do think we have to up our ante. You know, wearing gaiters or just simple cloth masks are not good enough and getting N95 is good. It’s also important to make sure you are getting an N95 that’s NIOSH approved. There are a lots of fakes out there. About 60 percent of the KN-95s appear to be counterfeit and a lot of them not made to the high standards of 95 percent protection. But I totally agree with you, Andrea, that we do need to up our game. It’s not just masking, it’s proper masking including the nose and it’s masking with a good mask like a N95."

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