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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCDC recommends men shave their beards to protect against coronavirus CORONAVIRUS by: CNN Newsource
https://www.kron4.com/health/coronavirus/cdc-recommends-men-shave-their-beards-to-protect-against-coronavirus/Face masks and respirators are being used around the world in an effort to combat the massive global spread of the deadly coronavirus.
The CDC cautions that facial hair can interfere with those devices.
A CDC infographic displays dozens of styles, showing which ones are compatible with masks and respirators.
Some types of facial hair can keep the exhalation valve from working properly, according to health officials.
Styles such as side whiskers, handlebar mustaches, and several others are okay, but styles such as mutton chops and full beards are not recommended.
Things like goatees and villain mustache are okay, with caution.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)MoonlitKnight
(1,584 posts)The toothbrush.
Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)Kilgore
(1,733 posts)Keeping control on beards is a daily task.
Throckmorton
(3,579 posts)Retired from nuclear power 4 years ago. Don't miss the annual PFT and suck marks on my forehead.
RandySF
(59,264 posts)tandem5
(2,072 posts)OhioChick
(23,218 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)It took me years to grow it.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)If you need one quickly in the hospital or wherever.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)I'll worry about that if and when I come to it.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)the infographic from the CDC is about NIOSH respirator standards concerning facial hair and filtering facepiece respirators. The article is misleading but it's more entertaining the way they wrote it compared to the infographic's actual intent.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)unkempt Rip Van Winkle beards.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)I never knew there so many names for men's facial hair.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,447 posts)Just how big is this virus that it can be blocked by a face mask?
Skittles
(153,199 posts)Chainfire
(17,644 posts)Then what the hell difference does it make?
However, if it meant I could avoid the flu, I would shave my ass too.
Is this what Pence is doing to keep us safe? I told you the Pence would be hard on the flu.
I did learn something new. I have not shaved my upper lip since my last day of boot camp, July 3, 1971. All that time, I never knew that I had a "paintbrush."
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)need to shave that shite off their ugly mugs?