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Certain masks may be worse than no mask at all, preliminary Duke study finds
https://abc11.com/duke-mask-study-effective-masks/6364069/
DURHAM, N.C. – By now we all know that N-95 masks are better than surgical masks which are better than cloth masks which are better than a scarf or bandana.
But are they all better than nothing?
"Like the common sense of just putting your hand in front of your face, we really thought that any mask would be better than nothing," Dr. Eric Westman of Duke University said.
Westman knew researchers had already discovered that coughing and sneezing would put respiratory droplets into the air.
"But what about speaking?" he asked.
Not only did he discover that speaking did indeed produce plenty of droplets, but that the material used in some masks, especially the neck gaiters and bandannas they tested, was so thin it actually put more respiratory particles in the air than the baseline test with no mask at all.
"We attribute this to the fleece, the textile, breaking up those big particles into many little particles," Fischer said. "They tend to hang around longer in the air. They get carried away easier in the air. So this might actually be counterproductive to wear such a mask. So it's not the case that any mask is better than nothing."