Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that you should still wear a mask to prevent COVID-19, but there are no official mandates.

While "any mask is better than no mask," CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said, N95 respirators can filter out at least 95% of aerosol particulates as small as 0.3 microns.The elastic headband ...

Chawla is quick to point out that children under age 2 should not wear masks, which are a strangulation hazard. And she knows that the very young aren't super spreaders.