Letter: Ad sends wrong message

I received the Triplicate in the mail today and found the ad on the back of section A that showed a photo of a man wearing a mask with an exhalation valve. This kind of mask protects the wearer only and no one else. It is NOT recommended by the CDC.  

The exhalation valve bypasses the mask. If the wearer is infected by COVID-19, that mask will not protect anyone else whatsoever. I am writing this letter for those who don’t understand how that valve works. The Del Norte Triplicate needs to choose a better example of mask wearing, especially now that double masking is being recommended by the CDC.

Helen S. DuVernay

Crescent City