Wearing a face shield can keep you safe if restrictions are lifted for summer. This is how a 29-year cancer survivor Rebecca A. Housel Ph.D. is solving the COVID-19 puzzle. Thought her own research, and program that she is currently takings as the postgraduate continuing education courses through Harvard Medical School on COVID-19, she did a summary article…
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Face Shields Growing in Popularity as School Year Approaches
Benny Burst, co-founder of Mediablink’s Faceshield.com, was interviewed by RIck Boone of the Jacksonville, FL ABC/NBC affiliate, First Coast News (WTLV Channel 12) for a coronavirus segment focused on back-to-school face protection. FaceShields™, an early pioneer of face shields designed specifically for children, was featured prominently in anchor Heather Crawford’s segment. Burst said that his company…
Face shield as a preferred face-covering over a surgical mask
Dr. Amesh Adalja infectious disease associate from John Hopkins University talks to TODAY’s reporter Vicky Nguyen in segment Search for Solutions series. “Not only does face shield cover your mouth and your nose it covers your eyes. We know eyes are an important route of infection,” says Adalja. “We also know that people that are…
If you wear a complete face shield, is a mask still required?
“If you wear a complete face shield is a mask still required?” a viewer asked News 13’s I-Team Coronavirus Help Desk. North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services said, “Face shield that covers the nose and mouth also meets the face-covering requirements of the executive order.” If you wear a face shield, a mask…
Face shields do have a lot of advantages over masks
Like Iowa researchers noted, the face shield is easier to clean, reusable, and tends to be more durable and long-lasting. How you choose to keep yourself protected and others, when you’re out and about, is entirely up to you. It is evident; face shields are an essential part of PPE for health care workers. They…
New York state counts face shields as an option to cover the face that can be used in lieu of masks
New York state counts face shields as an option to cover the face that can be used in lieu of masks, but experts are divided over how well they protect against coronavirus droplets. infectious disease physician and professor of internal medicine and epidemiology at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Dr. Eli Perencevich,…