Do I need to buy a face mask?

Surgical-type face masks can help prevent your respiratory droplets from getting out into the environment; they do not prevent you from inhaling airborne germs. So while they can be useful for preventing sick people from making others sick, they are not especially useful for keeping healthy people from getting sick.


Wearing an N95 respirator mask can help prevent illness, but the respirator mask must be individually fit-tested and worn correctly. Currently, N95 respirator masks should be reserved for specific populations who are at the greatest risk, such as health care professionals working with an infectious patient; widespread public use is unnecessary.

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1. Will the City continue to conduct business?
2. Where can I find more information?
3. Should residents be concerned about COVID-19?
4. Are City Parks still open?
5. If I think I have contracted COVID-19, what should I do? How do I get tested?
6. Should I stay home from my community event or public gathering
7. What happens now that we have cases of COVID-19 in Utah?
8. Do I need to buy a face mask?
9. Should Moab City residents be concerned about COVID-19?