{"id":123362,"date":"2021-02-10T13:27:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T18:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=123362"},"modified":"2021-02-10T13:57:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T18:57:43","slug":"cdc-updates-mask-guidelines-now-recommends-double-masking-in-some-circumstances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-updates-mask-guidelines-now-recommends-double-masking-in-some-circumstances\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC Updates Mask Guidelines, Now Recommends \u2018Double Masking\u2019 In Some Circumstances"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcdc-updates-mask-guidelines-now-recommends-double-masking-in-some-circumstances%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=123362&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1229555858.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their masking guidelines on Wednesday, officially suggesting that Americans should \u201cdouble mask\u201d to prevent the spread of COVID-19 amid concerns about new, more contagious variants of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have been warning of the potential need to \u201cdouble mask\u201d \u2014 that is, wearing a tight-fitting cloth mask over a surgical mask \u2014 since late January, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2021\/01\/27\/double-mask-variants-guidance\/\">according to the Washington Post<\/a>, after reports about new, more dangerous coronavirus mutations emerged from Africa and Europe. The variant that struck the United Kingdom at the end of 2020, ravaging that country through January of 2021, is 70% more transmissible, according to experts who spoke to the Post, leaving many individuals \u2014 particularly young adults \u2014 more vulnerable to contracting the virus.<\/p>\n<p>In late January, the CDC told the Post that they were suggesting individuals wear \u201chigher quality\u201d masks rather than stack two masks over each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe existence of more-transmissible viruses emphasizes the importance of us upping our game and doing not more of the same but better of the same,\u201d Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told the outlet, referring to \u201chigher quality\u201d masks.&nbsp;\u201cYes, that is confusing to people, but the key is to share what we know when we know it and be frank about what we don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/cdc-updates-coronavirus-face-mask-policy-endorses-double-masking\">Fox News noted Wednesday<\/a> that the CDC was waiting until there was clear evidence of the benefits of double masking. \u201cThe agency had been waiting to see \u2018hard data\u2019 before making any adjustments, Dr. John Brooks, the CDC\u2019s chief medical officer of the COVID-19 response, said during an Infectious Diseases Society of America briefing held late last month,\u201d per Fox.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, though, the CDC officially adopted the \u201cdouble masking\u201d standard but noted that it may not be necessary to stack masks in all instances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe update, which was announced by CDC Director&nbsp;Dr. Rochelle Walensky during a White House coronavirus briefing, comes after a lab experiment using simulated respiratory breaths found that placing a cloth mask over a medical procedure mask or using a medical procedure mask with knotted ear loops and tucked in sides decreased exposure to potentially infectious aerosols by about 95%,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/cdc-updates-coronavirus-face-mask-policy-endorses-double-masking\">Fox News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/your-health\/effective-masks.html\">say that there are other ways<\/a> to make masks more effective. Individuals can wear masks with nose wires, use a \u201cmask brace\u201d designed to hold in a surgical mask for a tighter fit or customize a surgical mask to fit more snugly against cheeks and chin.<\/p>\n<p>At their core, the CDC says, the new guidelines are designed to \u201ckeep your respiratory droplets in and others\u2019 out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to put out there all the options that are available to people,\u201d Dr. John Brooks said. \u201cIf we can people to mask period, that is the big first step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CDC is expected to release a number of new recommendations on preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus this week, including guidelines on how schools can safely return to in-person instruction. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jen-psaki-walks-back-bidens-promise-to-open-schools-in-100-days-some-teaching-in-classrooms-at-least-one-day-per-week\">The Biden administration said Tuesday<\/a> that while it will likely not fulfill its promise of opening schools within the first 100 days of its tenure, it would like half of all schools to be open for in-person learning at least one day per week by May.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their masking guidelines on Wednesday, officially suggesting that Americans should \u201cdouble mask\u201d to prevent the spread of COVID-19 amid concerns about &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893104,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4789,4575,4536,6182,5029,6181],"class_list":["post-123362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-guidelines","tag-mask","tag-masking","tag-recommends","tag-some","tag-updates"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}