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2. Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

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   The wearing of non-medical face masks in public to lessen the transmission of COVID-19 in the United States was first recommended by the CDC on April 3, 2020, as supplemental to hygiene and appropriate social distancing. Throughout the pandemic, various states, counties, and municipalities have issued health orders requiring the wearing of non ...

3. Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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   During the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks or coverings, including N95, FFP2, surgical, and cloth masks, have been employed as public and personal health control measures against the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. In community and healthcare settings, the use of face masks is intended as source control to limit transmission ...

4. Surgical mask - Wikipedia

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   A surgical mask, also known by other names such as a medical face mask or procedure mask, is a personal protective equipment used by healthcare professionals that serves as a mechanical barrier that interferes with direct airflow in and out of respiratory orifices (i.e. nose and mouth). This helps reduce airborne transmission of pathogens and ...

5. COVID, flu and RSV cases rise; Beacon requires masks and ...

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6. Disposable masks can take up to 450 years to decompose ... - AOL

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   That’s three-quarters of 129 billion masks that end up in the trash monthly — or 3.4 billion daily — according to one frequently cited estimate of global mask use, and that’s on top of all ...

7. NIOSH air filtration rating - Wikipedia

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   During the COVID-19 pandemic, the mask and respirator market rapidly grew, along with counterfeit respirators. [1] NIOSH, on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, filed a trademark application on June 17, 2020 for various 42 CFR 84 trademarks, including the N95, allowing NIOSH to enforce rules on counterfeit masks outside of rules defined in 42 CFR 84.