Day: January 12, 2022

Government Policy

Ask KHN-PolitiFact: Is My Cloth Mask Good Enough? The 2022 Edition

  • ·January 12, 2022
Published by
California Healthline
The highly transmissible omicron variant is sweeping through the U.S., causing a huge spike in covid-19 cases and overwhelming many hospital systems. Besides urging Americans to get vaccinated and boosted, public health officials are recommending that people upgrade from their cloth masks to higher-quality medical-grade masks. But what does this even mean? At a recent Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, top public health officials displayed different types of masking. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, wore what appear...
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Literacy

Ask KHN-PolitiFact: Is My Cloth Mask Good Enough? The 2022 Edition

  • ·January 12, 2022
Published by
Kaiser Health News
The highly transmissible omicron variant is sweeping the U.S., causing a huge spike in covid-19 cases and overwhelming many hospital systems. Besides urging Americans to get vaccinated and boosted, public health officials are recommending that people upgrade from their cloth masks to higher-quality medical-grade masks. But what does this even mean? At a recent Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, top public health officials displayed different types of masking. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, wore what appeared to be...
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