Emory professor on the effectiveness of certain types of masks
Linsey Jones, a medical assistant working at a drive-up COVID-19 testing clinic, wears an N95 mask. The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to Americans starting next week. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
The Biden administration is working to distribute 400 million N95 masks to the public through local pharmacies.
On Thursday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Jodie Guest, a professor and vice-chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health talked with program host Rose Scott about some of the most burning questions about face masks and the difference between the K95 and the KF94 face masks.
“The 94 and the 95, that is the filtration rate, so 95, N95 or KN95 that’s going to filtrate 95% of particles that can make it through your mask,” explained Guest.
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