Covid-19: Important potential side effects of wearing face masks that we should bear in mind
Antonio Ivan Lazzarino, Andrew Steptoe, Mark Hamer, Susan Michie
Abstract
In their editorial Greenhalgh et al advise that surgical masks should be worn in public to prevent some transmission of covid-19,1 adding that we should sometimes act without definitive evidence, just in case. Two side effects of wearing face masks in public have already been highlighted:
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