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Dec 5, 2022 · Masking — along with social distancing, hand washing, and other so-called “non-pharmaceutical interventions” (NPIs) — proved very effective at limiting the spread of COVID-19, and simultaneously drove down rates of endemic diseases like colds, flu, RSV and others.
Feb 16, 2022 · Evidence for the effectiveness of masking on SARS-CoV-2 transmission at the individual level has accumulated, but the additional benefit of community-level mandates is less certain.
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Jan 9, 2024 · The most recent CDC data suggest that the highly contagious JN.1 coronavirus variant is responsible for most cases right now, accounting for nearly 62% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. The HV.1...
Apr 25, 2023 · Multiple experts online pointed out that long COVID is an ongoing health problem, while sources of discomfort associated with masks improve once a person takes off the mask.
Jun 14, 2023 · With the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency, health care facilities could reimagine masking polices to protect patients from the full array of nosocomial respiratory viral infections.
Dec 21, 2023 · A not-yet-peer-reviewed study co-authored by Dorélien that uses survey data from 2020 has revealed that even when there were mask mandates, only about half of people in Minnesota masked...
Jan 1, 2021 · The effect is greatest when 100% of the public wear face masks. They found that, with a policy that all individuals must wear a mask all of the time, a median effective COVID-19 R e of below 1 could be reached, even with mask effectiveness of 50% (for R 0 = 2.2) or of 75% (for R 0 = 4).
