“Binding masks to your face with gauze and wrapping pantyhose around your face and mask are now “suggestions to make your mask more ‘effective.’”
Social media posts
Claim dated 4 Feb 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
By showing the list of “fit hacks” without context, the Facebook post mischaracterized both the Vice article and the research it was based on. The researchers acknowledged that most of the “hacks” were impractical.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 February 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 February 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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