A couple weeks ago the World Health Organization officially announced their recommendation to wear masks. That said, amoung other measures for safe mask use some experts have recommended that people carefully consider factors such as the weather.It's expected to be extremely hot and humid locally in the Greater Toronto Area for the next few days.
If you are able, consider going out when the weather is less extreme, or consider bringing a paper bag along with you for safe storage of your mask when it is not in use.
Links to information on this and other practical measures are below.
Have a safe weekend everybody!
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EDIT: P.s. one of my favourite resources for information and unreviewed but systemically collected data has been the Smart Air Website. Check them out at https://smartairfilters.com/en/clean-air-blog/!
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University of Utah Health PDF:
https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/postings/2020/04/how-to-use-face-mask_v2_4-10-20_web.pdf
World Health Organization:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/when-and-how-to-use-masks
Washing:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-reusable-mask.html
On hot and humid weather:
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/health-experts-advise-against-wearing-a-mask-outside-in-the-heat-and-humidity
University of Utah Health PDF:
https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/postings/2020/04/how-to-use-face-mask_v2_4-10-20_web.pdf
World Health Organization:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/when-and-how-to-use-masks
Washing:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-reusable-mask.html
On hot and humid weather:
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/health-experts-advise-against-wearing-a-mask-outside-in-the-heat-and-humidity
Republished 2020-07-17, Edited 2020-07-20, 2020-10-25