1. Cloth Masks May Prevent Transmission of COVID-19: An Evidence-Based, Risk-Based Approach
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Edouard L Fu, Rupert Beale, Meera Joseph, Johannes F.E. Mann, Meg Jardine, Myrna Dolovich, Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, Catherine M. Clase, and Juan Jesus Carrero
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Economic growth ,medicine.medical_specialty ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Evidence-based practice ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Pneumonia, Viral ,Risk-based testing ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Betacoronavirus ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,law ,Pandemic ,Internal Medicine ,Humans ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,0101 mathematics ,Pandemics ,Evidence-Based Medicine ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,Textiles ,Public health ,010102 general mathematics ,Masks ,COVID-19 ,General Medicine ,Evidence-based medicine ,Ideas and Opinions ,Transmission (mechanics) ,Coronavirus Infections ,business - Abstract
As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed across the world, governments, international agencies, policymakers, and public health officials began recommending widespread use of nonmedical cloth masks to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The authors of this article suggest that there is convincing evidence to support this recommendation.
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- 2020