No, wearing a mask does not cause a harmful buildup of carbon dioxide.
Six in 10 said they always wear a mask in such situations, compared with one in 10 who said they rarely or never do.
But the fact that a solid minority of Americans still do not understand these basic concepts is troubling to Kathy Steinberg, vice president of Public Release Research at The Harris Poll. Dr. Amesh Adalja is a senior scholar with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, in Baltimore. He said,"The survey findings underscore the need for much better information on the use of face coverings and the evidence supporting them. It is understandable that the general public is going to have a suboptimal understanding of face coverings given the mixed messaging that has been occurring.
At the same time, however, three in 10 said masks do little to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The percentage of Republicans holding this view was 38%, compared with 19% of Democrats and 27% of Independents. Respondents between 18 and 44 years of age and men were also more likely to feel this way.
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