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WAAY 31 Coronavirus Q&A: Should people wear face masks?

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WAAY 31 Coronavirus Q&A: Should people wear face masks?
WAAY 31 Coronavirus Q&A: Should people wear face masks?
WAAY 31 Coronavirus Q&A: Should people wear face masks?

Himself said hi would not be wearing one.

Lynn writes, even if it may not keep myself from getting the virus, wouldn't it benefit everyone in the long run if people wore something over their face in case they didn't know they were infected therefore protecting the other party.

Dr., can you answer that?

>> dr. bodla: yes, exactly.

You said if you're not sure that you have the disease or not, it will definitely protect.

And up until now cdc, who and attorney general's office all have been saying that don't wear masks, just do the social distancing and hand sanitization , wash your hands for 20 seconds with soap and water or use hand sanitizer with 60% of alcohol content.

Now yes we are saying it may help us in the long run mitigate the spread so that we're expecting a surge in two to three weeks from now, or some even saying sooner than that.

So let's do our part and start wearing one if we have one.

But make sure that all the surgical masks and this very popular n95, please save it for our first line medical workers.

>> dan shaffer: it is hard to get ahold of those surgical mask s.

A lot of folks are using a cloth mask, maybe someone has one that's homemade.

Another question is how often should those be laundered?

>> dr. bodla: as soon as you think you think you came in contact with something or you even had a doubt that you went out and may have like

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