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At the end of June, Governor Jay Inslee and Secretary of Health John Wiesman announced a statewide mandatory face covering order for Washington, in response to increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n

In the video below, MultiCare epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist Michael Myint, MD, discusses the effect that masking is having on the spread of COVID-19 in our communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MultiCare epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist Michael Myint, MD, discusses the effect that masking is having on the spread of COVID-19 in Washington State. <\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIs masking working? - MultiCare Vitals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At the end of June, the governor secretary of health announced a statewide mandatory face covering order for Washington.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/is-masking-working\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is masking working? 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