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In reply to the discussion: Do you double mask? [View all]RKP5637
(67,112 posts)7. I wear just one quality medical mask, the N95 Respirator Plus. I was listening to a medical
expert today saying wearing two masks might be less effective, because many people do not wear one mask properly, and wearing two can increase the air leakage from the edges, because the material is thicker and more resistant to air passage through the filter ... so it draws air in from the edge of the mask and hence is unfiltered.
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