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VIDEO: How wearing a mask below your nose can make you more vulnerable to COVID-19
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  • August 25, 2020

How wearing a mask below your nose can make you more vulnerable to COVID-19

A group of researchers at the University of North Carolina found the cells that line the nose may be more likely to become infected with the virus than the throat or lungs.

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