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And while the tight weave of surgical masks offer a high level of outflowing protection – which is why they’re used by medical professionals around patients – cloth masks are more hit or miss.

like cloth and surgical masks. The federal government also is trying to make medical-grade respirators more accessible to the general public. On Jan. 13, President Joe Biden said his ...

One study published in the Lancet medical journal in June compared transmission rates across 16 countries and found that “both N95 and surgical masks have a stronger association with protection ...