{"id":2962,"date":"2020-12-30T13:03:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T21:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=2962"},"modified":"2020-12-31T13:05:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T21:05:13","slug":"can-face-masks-offer-protection-from-airborne-sneeze-and-cough-droplets-in-close-up-face-to-face-human-interactions-a-quantitative-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/12\/30\/can-face-masks-offer-protection-from-airborne-sneeze-and-cough-droplets-in-close-up-face-to-face-human-interactions-a-quantitative-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Face Masks Offer Protection from Airborne Sneeze and Cough Droplets in Close-up, Face-to-Face Human Interactions?\u2014A Quantitative Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the exception of N95 masks, face coverings would not offer complete protection for a susceptible person exposed to coughing or sneezing of an infected person within 6 feet according to droplet flow visualization experiments. While no potentially virus-carrying particles were observed to leak through N95 masks when worn as protection, enough particles were found to leak through other face coverings, such as surgical and double-layer cloth masks, to expose the wearer to a sufficiently infectious dose.<\/p>\n

Akhtar et al. (Dec 22, 2020). Can Face Masks Offer Protection from Airborne Sneeze and Cough Droplets in Close-up, Face-to-Face Human Interactions?\u2014A Quantitative Study. Physics of Fluids. <\/i>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1063\/5.0035072<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the exception of N95 masks, face coverings would not offer complete protection for a susceptible person exposed to coughing or sneezing of an infected person within 6 feet according to droplet flow visualization experiments. While no potentially virus-carrying particles were observed to leak through N95 masks when worn as protection, enough particles were found…<\/p>\n

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