Thread by @TorontoStar, Right way to wear a mask? Wrong way? Here's why:https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/09/26/wearing-a-mask-but-not-covering-your-nose-youre-doing-it-all-wrong.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm

Right way to wear a mask?

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Wrong way?

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Here& #39;s why: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/09/26/wearing-a-mask-but-not-covering-your-nose-youre-doing-it-all-wrong.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=National&utm_content=nosewearing">https://www.thestar.com/news/cana...

Evidence is emerging that COVID-19 has an easier time infecting people through the nasal passage compared to the mouth.

When Dr. Richard B. Kennedy sees people wearing a mask with his noses uncovered, his first thought is & #39;come on, be smarter than that,& #39; he says.

His second thought? They might as well not wear a mask at all. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/09/26/wearing-a-mask-but-not-covering-your-nose-youre-doing-it-all-wrong.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=National&utm_content=nosewearing">https://www.thestar.com/news/cana...

Evidence is emerging that COVID-19 has an easier time infecting people through the nasal passage compared to the mouth.

Clear evidence in understanding COVID-19, from how it infects people to why it causes health complications, is a constantly moving target. But it turns out many of the answers may have been right under our noses — literally. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/09/26/wearing-a-mask-but-not-covering-your-nose-youre-doing-it-all-wrong.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=National&utm_content=nosewearing">https://www.thestar.com/news/cana...

Evidence is emerging that COVID-19 has an easier time infecting people through the nasal passage compared to the mouth.

There is emerging evidence it’s “a lot easier” for the virus to get a grip on our internal system when it enters through the nasal passage versus the mouth. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/09/26/wearing-a-mask-but-not-covering-your-nose-youre-doing-it-all-wrong.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=National&utm_content=nosewearing">https://www.thestar.com/news/cana...

Evidence is emerging that COVID-19 has an easier time infecting people through the nasal passage compared to the mouth.

"The virus is more likely to find the cell to infect (in the nasal passage,) and it’s easier for the virus to infect cells sort of in the upper airway in the nasal passages than it is down in the lungs," Kennedy adds. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/09/26/wearing-a-mask-but-not-covering-your-nose-youre-doing-it-all-wrong.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=National&utm_content=nosewearing">https://www.thestar.com/news/cana...

Evidence is emerging that COVID-19 has an easier time infecting people through the nasal passage compared to the mouth.

Wearing a mask but not covering your nose? You’re doing it all wrong

Read the full story from @OmarMosleh here: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/09/26/wearing-a-mask-but-not-covering-your-nose-youre-doing-it-all-wrong.html?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=National&utm_content=nosewearing">https://www.thestar.com/news/cana...

Evidence is emerging that COVID-19 has an easier time infecting people through the nasal passage compared to the mouth.

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