The neck gaiter has a larger transmission (110%; see Fig. 3A) than the control trial. We attribute this increase to the neck gaiter dispersing larger droplets into several smaller droplets, therefore increasing the droplet count.
So if someone HAS to wear a mask, I fully recommend a neck gaiter. The best kind of COVID compliance is malicious compliance.
There was a study from Duke suggesting the neck gaiter is actually worse for transmission than no mask at all.
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/36/eabd3083.full
So if someone HAS to wear a mask, I fully recommend a neck gaiter. The best kind of COVID compliance is malicious compliance.