Though earlier guidance said that masks weren’t necessary, experts are now advising people who already have masks to wear them—or to make your own. “If you have a mask, you should wear it every time you go outside, whether it’s shopping or anything else,” says Dionne Aleman, a professor at the Institute of Public Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and affiliate of the Centre for Healthcare Engineering at the University of Toronto. “You just make sure both your nose and your mouth are covered at all times.”
This doesn’t mean that you should hoard masks or other personal protective equipment (PPE), however, as there have been shortages of PPE for healthcare professionals working on the frontlines of the pandemic.
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