Anyone seeking to enter federal buildings in some New York areas is now required to wear two masks or a “properly fitted” FDA-authorized KN95 mask, according to a new policy.
“Gaiters, bandannas, or masks with valves/vents are not acceptable face coverings. If you do not have the approved mask(s), a screener will provide one. No one will be admitted without the proper mask(s).”
Visitors to the courthouses will also be asked questions regarding their CCP virus health status or whether they have recently been exposed to the virus.
“If your answers indicate that you may have COVID-19 or that you may have recently been exposed to COVID-19, you will not be permitted to enter,” the memo states.
Officials will also check visitors’ temperature prior to entering any of the facilities. If the contactless thermometer indicates a temperate at or above 100.4 degrees, those people won’t be allowed entry either.
Director of the CDC, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said the study found a knotted and tucked surgical mask or a double mask combination of cloth over surgical mask was found to significantly improve the wearer’s protection.
It found that wearing an unknotted medical mask blocked less than 50 percent of particles compared to more than 80 percent protection if both source and receiver followed the guidance.
“In the breathing experiment, having both the source and the receiver wear masks modified to fit better reduce the receiver’s exposure by more than 95 percent compared to no mask at all,” Walensky said at a press briefing last week.
