All of these news outlets claiming the CDC is recommending “double masking” is the media, once again, not knowing their ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to respiratory protection. In fact, yesterday the CDC announced they have begun a study to determine if double masking is more effective and by how much more. They even mentioned the word “science” in their statement. So Dr.’s can get on TV or talk to reporters and make comments like… “it can’t hurt – we need more protection” and that is NOT science, that is more like “panic safety”?
Look, for 20+ years I was a responder to some of the worst chemical accidents in the country, and each time I dressed out I ALWAYS – WITHOUT QUESTION double-gloved. But I did this as a fail-safe for the occasion where my outer glove became compromised, NOT because I wanted to double my permeation rate of either glove to provide a higher protection factor for the gloves. If I needed higher protection factor I wore BETTER GLOVES!