The White House’s efforts to distribute free N95 masks is likely to help more people wear them.
More Americans think that N95 and KN95 masks are effective against Covid-19 than believe the same of surgical or cloth masks, but they wear them less, a new Harris
suggests, highlighting the importance of the White House’s rollout of free N95 masks to make them more accessible.Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images, conducted January 21-23 among 2,120 U.S. adults, found 86% of respondents believe N95 and KN95 masks are protective against the spread of Covid-19. That’s higher than the 75% who believe surgical masks are effective and 55% who say cloth masks are protective .
However, only 29% said they actually wear a N95 or KN95 mask, versus 33% who wear a surgical mask and 36% who use a cloth mask. Some 62% of respondents said they’d wear the higher-quality masks “if price and availability were not an issue.”through pharmacies and community health centers. Masks started becoming available last week shortly after the program was announced, and White House Covid-19 coordinator Jeff Zients said Wednesday the initiative will “hit full strength” over the next few weeks, with “tens of thousands” of sites distributing masks across the country.
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