Your beard, your friend’s beard, the beards of your loved ones — most of them, it turns out, could be a liability in a health crisis
Facial hair for the apocalypse? Photo: Tracy Powell/Getty Images The likelihood of a new coronavirus outbreak within the United States has become much more a question of when than a question of if, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned yesterday. It’s an ominous prognosis, certainly, but officials have been taking precautions.
Luckily, for all of us I think, the CDC has a set of recommendations for best and worst facial-hair styles in the event of an outbreak, based on their compatibility with an N95 respirator. For the possible coronavirus pandemic, the government suggests a soul patch, a toothbrush mustache , and/or — provided its pointy edges have been safely curled inside the mask — a “villain,” which feels ever so slightly on the nose to me.
Photo: Courtesy of CDC, NIOSH, NPPTL The issue with your full beard or your French fork, or stubble of any length really, is that the bristles could either cross the seal on a respirator or interfere with the exhalation valve. This type of respirator helps protect the nose and mouth against invasion by infectious particles, but only if the wearer’s Dali stache isn’t getting in the way.
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