Open AccessDo Face Masks become Worthless after Only One Use in the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Author(s) -
EunSuk Jang,
Chun–Won Kang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection and chemotherapy/gam'yeom gwa hwahag yo'beob/infection and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.724
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2092-6448
pISSN - 1598-8112
DOI - 10.3947/ic.2020.52.4.583
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , medicine , face masks , virology , coronavirus infections , betacoronavirus , face (sociological concept) , outbreak , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , social science , sociology
Due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), world-wide face mask use is increasing exponentially. These face masks are difficult to recycle, and their accumulation contributes to enormous environmental threats. In this study, we hypothesize that the face mask can be reused as long as it retains its original structure, which will slow the environmental impacts.