Three infectious disease doctors weigh in the best strategies to prevent illness during cold and flu season, including the efficacy of face masks
Photo: Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP If hourly news updates on the spread of the coronavirus have you constantly reaching for the Purell — and your Xanax — you’ve probably wondered if it’s time to buy a face mask. Currently, the CDC only recommends that doctors and nurses treating patients who are, or may be, infected with the virus wear N95 respirator masks — the face masks certified to filter out at least 95 percent of airborne particles.
“I would not recommend somebody going out and getting a N95 mask because the value of using those masks is demonstrated when people are properly fit with the right size mask and using it in the right way,” says David Hirschwerk, an infectious disease specialist at North Shore University Hospital. Waleed Javaid, director of infection prevention and control at Mount Sinai Downtown agrees.
If you’re still worried about getting sick, you’re better off following common-sense advice on avoiding illness. “Everybody wants masks,” says Glatt, but he instead stresses basic good hygiene: “Stay home [if you’re sick], don’t infect anybody, wash your hands appropriately, and get vaccinated.” In fact, all three doctors we consulted say you’re much more likely to catch the flu than the coronavirus, so definitely get vaccinated if you haven’t already.
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