The Face Masks Doctors, Dentists, and other Health-Care Workers Buy Themselves
Since last spring, we’ve all become face-mask connoisseurs, with opinions on adjustable nose bridges, elastic ear loops versus string ties, and insertable filters. Even though millions of Americans (and counting) have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, masks are even more important now, nearly a year after the country’s first lockdown and stay-at-home orders. This is due to rapidly spreading variants of the virus that are more contagious than the original. Now, experts (including National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci and the CDC) recommend double-masking to prevent spreading the virus when you’re in close proximity to others.