There's been a run of surgical masks in the US because of the coronavirus scare. You don't need them, physicians say
Physicians wear masks, but the US public shouldn'tAmericans are scooping up two kinds of masksSurgical masksN95 respiratorsThe CDC doesn't recommend public citizens wear either of them. Hide Caption 16 of 27 Photos: The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak People in Guangzhou, China, wear protective masks on January 22. Hide Caption 17 of 27 Photos: The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak People go through a checkpoint in Guangzhou on January 22. Hide Caption 18 of 27 Photos: The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak Shoppers wear masks in a Wuhan market on January 23. But at this point, Americans don't need to wear masks in public.
Source: CNN January 28, 2020 16:30 UTC
