Monday marks the first day of the Monroe County Community Organizations Active in Disaster's (MoCOAD) mask-wearing campaign, intended to spread awareness about the importance of wearing face coverings in public to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
The campaign encourages people to share photos of themselves wearing masks or face coverings on social media. The county's webpage for the campaign includes advice about who should wear masks, in what situation people should wear masks, how to get a mask, why wearing a mask is important and how to care for and clean a mask.
The CDC says that wearing a mask is meant to protect those around the wearer. Given evidence that people who are carrying the virus but are asymptomatic can spread the disease, if everyone in a public space wears a mask, the risk of COVID-19 transmission can be reduced.
The surgeon general posted a video showing how easy it can be to make a mask on your own. Indiana Newsdesk's Joe Hren made one on a recent episode of the show.
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