{"id":49294,"date":"2021-02-11T11:18:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T16:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=49294"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:05:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:05:48","slug":"should-you-wear-two-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/should-you-wear-two-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC Health Talk: Should You Wear Two Masks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24321\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 224px\"><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\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/emily-sickbert-bennett\/\">Emily Sickbert-Bennett<\/a>, PhD, MS, associate professor in the division of infectious diseases, and director of UNC Medical Center Infection Prevention, explains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/your-health\/effective-masks.html\">new guidance<\/a> about layering masks, released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n<p>Learn more in this <a href=\"https:\/\/healthtalk.unchealthcare.org\/should-you-wear-2-masks\/\">UNC Health Talk<\/a> article.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS, associate professor in the division of infectious diseases, and director of UNC Medical Center Infection Prevention, explains new guidance about layering masks, released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 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