Cloth Masks May Prevent Transmission of COVID-19: An Evidence-Based, Risk-Based Approach
Catherine M. Clase, Edouard L. Fu, Meera Joseph, Rupert Beale, Myrna Dolovich, Meg Jardine, Johannes F.E. Mann, Roberto Pecoits‐Filho, Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, Juan Jesús Carrero
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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