{"id":5430,"date":"2020-06-26T16:59:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T21:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.faceshield.com\/?p=5430"},"modified":"2020-06-26T17:04:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T22:04:04","slug":"faceshield-curved-sheets-of-clear-plastic-that-cover-the-entire-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceshield.com\/what-experts-say\/faceshield-curved-sheets-of-clear-plastic-that-cover-the-entire-face\/","title":{"rendered":"FaceShield: Curved sheets of clear plastic that cover the entire face"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three University of Iowa infectious-disease doctors and hospital epidemiologists recently suggested&nbsp;in a Journal of the American Medical Association article,&nbsp;that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faceshields.com\">face shields<\/a> may be a better option than masks for the general public in community settings, and some of their peers agree with them. For example, Ravina Kullar, a spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and an infectious-disease consultant to Los Angeles nursing homes, recently bought a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faceshield.com\">face shield<\/a> for forays into her Santa Monica neighborhood. \u201cI would say a face shield alone is better than a face mask,\u201d she said, referring to people who are not in health-care settings. \u201cYou don\u2019t need both.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read Full Article at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/coronavirus-covid-face-masks-shields-iowa-infectious-disease-20200625.html\">The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a> <\/p>\n<script language='javascript' type='text\/javascript'>function getWR360PopupSkin(){return 'light_clean';}<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three University of Iowa infectious-disease doctors and hospital epidemiologists recently suggested&nbsp;in a Journal of the American Medical Association article,&nbsp;that face shields may be a better option than masks for the general public in community settings, and some of their peers agree with them. 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