{"id":45770,"date":"2020-08-05T15:03:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T19:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=45770"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:59:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:59:02","slug":"sickbert-bennett-discusses-neck-gaiters-versus-face-masks-with-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/sickbert-bennett-discusses-neck-gaiters-versus-face-masks-with-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Sickbert-Bennett Discusses Neck Gaiters Versus Face Masks With USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24321\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 224px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/emily-sickbert-bennett-full-size.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/emily-sickbert-bennett-full-size-214x300.jpeg\" alt=\"emily-sickbert-bennett\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/emily-sickbert-bennett-full-size-214x300.jpeg 214w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/emily-sickbert-bennett-full-size-731x1024.jpeg 731w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/emily-sickbert-bennett-full-size-768x1075.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/emily-sickbert-bennett-full-size-1097x1536.jpeg 1097w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/emily-sickbert-bennett-full-size-1463x2048.jpeg 1463w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/emily-sickbert-bennett-full-size-600x840.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/emily-sickbert-bennett-full-size-301x421.jpeg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/emily-sickbert-bennett-full-size.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"discreet\">Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/reviewedcom\/2020\/07\/30\/neck-gaiters-vs-face-masks-they-effective\/5544515002\/\">USA Today<\/a><\/strong> article recognizes that a <a href=\"https:\/\/advances.sciencemag.org\/content\/early\/2020\/08\/07\/sciadv.abd3083\/tab-figures-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\">recent Duke University study\u00a0<\/a>found polyester\/spandex gaiters less effective at preventing the spread of respiratory droplets than face masks, and experts agree more tests are needed, and that wearing something is always better than nothing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/emily-sickbert-bennett\/\"><strong>Emily Sickbert-Bennett<\/strong><\/a>, PhD, associate professor of infectious diseases and director of infection prevention at UNC Medical Center, was interviewed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do know that tighter-fitting face masks have better aerosol filtration, but the most important thing is for people to find a mask that is comfortable that they can and will wear,&#8221; Sickbert-Bennett told USA Today.\u00a0 &#8220;A neck gaiter covering the nose and mouth would most likely be appropriate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The article acknowledges that the &#8220;material, the fit, and whether or not the person is wearing the gaiter as recommended (over the mouth and nose) can all impact how effective it is as a face covering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Find the USA Today article <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/reviewedcom\/2020\/07\/30\/neck-gaiters-vs-face-masks-they-effective\/5544515002\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A USA Today article recognizes that a recent Duke University study\u00a0found polyester\/spandex gaiters less effective at preventing the spread of respiratory droplets than face masks, and experts agree more tests are needed, and that wearing something is always better than nothing. Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, associate professor of infectious diseases and director of infection prevention at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/sickbert-bennett-discusses-neck-gaiters-versus-face-masks-with-usa-today\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sickbert-Bennett Discusses Neck Gaiters Versus Face Masks With USA Today\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69419,"featured_media":24321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[100,2],"tags":[629],"class_list":["post-45770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infectious-diseases","category-news","tag-629","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sickbert-Bennett Discusses Neck Gaiters Versus Face Masks With USA Today | Department of Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/sickbert-bennett-discusses-neck-gaiters-versus-face-masks-with-usa-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sickbert-Bennett Discusses Neck Gaiters Versus Face Masks With USA Today | Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A USA Today article recognizes that a recent Duke University study\u00a0found polyester\/spandex gaiters less effective at preventing the spread of respiratory droplets than face masks, and experts agree more tests are needed, and that wearing something is always better than nothing. 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