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| Sorry, Yet Another COVID-19 Study on Masks, this one in support of... |
| 2020-06-13 |
| (Reuters) - Requiring the wearing of masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in areas at the epicenter of the global pandemic may have prevented tens of thousands of infections, a new study suggests. Mask-wearing is even more important for preventing the virus’ spread and the sometimes deadly COVID-19 illness it causes than social distancing and stay-at-home orders, researchers said, in the study published in PNAS: The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. Infection trends shifted dramatically when mask-wearing rules were implemented on April 6 in northern Italy and April 17 in New York City - at the time among the hardest hit areas of the world by the health crisis - the study found. "This protective measure alone significantly reduced the number of infections, that is, by over 78,000 in Italy from April 6 to May 9 and over 66,000 in New York City from April 17 to May 9," researchers calculated. When mask-wearing went into effect in New York, the daily new infection rate fell by about 3% per day, researchers said. In the rest of the country, daily new infections continued to increase. Direct contact precautions - social distancing, quarantine and isolation, and hand sanitizing - were all in place before mask-wearing rules went into effect in Italy and New York City. But they only help minimize virus transmission by direct contact, while face covering helps prevent airborne transmission, the researchers say. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 "Attention! This is a test of the population's compliance. This is only a test. Had this been an actual emergency, we would have strictly applied these rules to the 'peaceful protests'. Thanks, suckers!" |
| Posted by: charger 2020-06-13 13:59 |
| #2 Our PM allowed the use of a simple cloth, wrapped around twice the nose and mouth area, considering parts of India even basic necessities cannot reach. I never use a mask, simply because I saw a chemist letting a gaggle of girls try on every design he had, and put them back into their packaging after trial. No thank you. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2020-06-13 13:00 |
| #1 study published in PNAS: The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. Which rates, just a bit, above Lancet, or - whatwasitsname? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-06-13 06:02 |