{"id":58587,"date":"2022-03-10T10:17:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T15:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=58587"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:19:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:19:01","slug":"does-a-mask-protect-you-if-no-one-else-is-wearing-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/does-a-mask-protect-you-if-no-one-else-is-wearing-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Does a Mask Protect You If No One Else Is Wearing One?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24321\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 155px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" 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-cbs-17-wearing-a-mask\" width=\"145\" height=\"203\" 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: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As schools and cities and counties begin to drop their mask mandates, some people are rushing to take the masks off, but others still want that protection.\u00a0So how effective is your mask if you\u2019re the only person wearing one? Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/emily-sickbert-bennett\/\">Emily Sickbert-Bennett<\/a>, associate professor of infectious diseases and director of infection prevention at UNC Medical Center, explained the issue in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/community\/health\/coronavirus\/does-a-mask-protect-you-if-no-one-else-is-wearing-one-triangle-experts-explain\/\">CBS-17<\/a>\u00a0news report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/community\/health\/coronavirus\/does-a-mask-protect-you-if-no-one-else-is-wearing-one-triangle-experts-explain\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As schools and cities and counties begin to drop their mask mandates, some people are rushing to take the masks off, but others still want that protection.\u00a0So how effective is your mask if you\u2019re the only person wearing one? 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