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New Study Confirms Face Shields and Valve Masks Can’t Be Trusted

3 min readSep 1, 2020

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A laser-illuminated horizontal and vertical cross-section of droplets escaping a face shield 16.6 seconds after a simulated cough. Image: Siddhartha Verma, Manhar Dhanak, John Frankenfield, Florida Atlantic University

The shield’s main job is to block splatters of fluid from the patient and can protect the wearer’s eyes, but they have not been shown to be very effective at protecting other people when worn by an…

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Robert Roy Britt
Robert Roy Britt

Written by Robert Roy Britt

Editor of Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB

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