A post on Facebook criticizes the effectiveness of face masks in protecting the wearer from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
The masks “will not provide any protection against COVID-19,” the box says., But according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a face covering “is not intended to protect the wearer, but it may prevent the spread of virus from the wearer to others.”, Face coverings can help prevent “people who may have the virus and do not know it from transmitting it,” the CDC says., AFP Fact Check has debunked more than 450 examples of false or misleading information about the novel coronavirus crisis. A complete list of our fact checks on the topic in English can be found here., , Copyright © AFP 2017-2020.  All rights reserved.  Users can access and consult this website and use the share features available for personal, private, and non-commercial purposes.  Any other use, in particular any reproduction, communication to the public or distribution of the content of this website, in whole or in part, for any other purpose and/or by any other means, without a specific licence agreement signed with AFP, is strictly prohibited.  The subject matter depicted or included via links within the Fact Checking content is provided to the extent necessary for correct understanding of the verification of the information concerned.  AFP has not obtained any rights from the authors or copyright owners of this third party content and shall incur no liability in this regard.  AFP and its logo are registered trademarks.
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