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5 days ago · Many insisted the spread of the new virus was through the air, yet the World Health Organization refused to use the terms “airborne” or “aerosol” 1 in the context of covid-19 until 2021. 2 This had repercussions as the world debated mask wearing (and what types of masks were suitable) and whether indoor spaces were a factor in infection ...
2 days ago · Such potential for in-group favoritism has been shown for both mask and non-mask wearers in prisoner’s dilemma simulations (Powdthavee et al. 2021). Social identification with mask wearing may draw more attention when processing faces as an own-group bias than racial categorization (e.g., see Van Bavel and Cunningham 2012).
4 days ago · 1:34. US parents would have been willing to pay $800 per child to exempt their kids from wearing masks at school, a large-scale, pandemic-era survey showed. Researchers from four separate...
3 days ago · Furthermore, one study reported that wearing respiratory masks leads to an increase in anxiety . The non-ergonomic nature of respiratory masks (the lack of suitability of masks for people for long-term use) can affect the effectiveness of respiratory masks by encouraging people to perform unsafe behaviors in using respiratory masks . An ...
6 days ago · There is now an NBER working paper on this topic: This paper presents the results from a hypothetical set of questions related to mask-wearing behavior and opinions that were asked of a nationally representative sample of over 4,000 participants in early 2022. Mask mandates were hotly debated in public discourse, and though much research exists […]
5 days ago · Advances in molecular testing of non-invasively collected samples allowed the etiologic agents of some outbreaks to ... and increased mask-wearing and handwashing) might affect the frequency of ...
3 days ago · Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic posed significant risks to children worldwide. This study aimed to assess the COVID-19 protection status of children and explored the relationship between household socio-economic status and COVID-19 morbidity and preventive measures, including vaccination and mask-wearing, in two cities in Iran. Method A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted ...
