We don’t know who still needs to hear this, but wearing a mask is one of the most effective ways. to stop the spread of COVID.
Published in the journal Lancet Digital Health, the study found that communities with high reported mask-wearing as well as physical distancing are the most likely to be able to control transmission.
Dr. Christina Astley, a clinician and epidemiologist with Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and study co-author said: ‘Our findings suggest widespread use of face masks may help to control Sars-Cov-2 (the virus that causes Covid-19) transmission.’
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