Claim: Monkeypox is not airborne so masking would not protect the wearer.
Fact-check: Explainer: What we know about masking and Monkeypox prevention | annie lab
Verdict: based on available epidemiological information about monkeypox, the virus can be transmitted via respiratory droplets. masking is an effective medium of protecting people from such droplet transmission. meanwhile, a scientific consensus has not been reached yet regarding the extent of monkeypox's airborne transmission.
Organisation: annie lab
Author: Kamakshi Gupta
Date published: 2022-06-20T19:34:56