Visualization of droplet spread - face masks, face shields, and valved masks

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Florida Atlantic University researchers used lasers to visualize how droplets spread when you’re wearing various face coverings.

Actual paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0022968

Gizmodo interpretation: How Face Shields and Valve Masks Fail to Stop Infectious Droplets, as Shown by Lasers

All we need to round this out is a clip of Adam Savage saying “LASERS” in a goofy nerd voice…

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Thanks for sharing. Harvard did the same type of thing and as soon as I saw the results I threw away my gaiter style masks. They were worse than not wearing a mask at all.

Cool visualization.