Cloth masks may prevent transmission of COVID-19: an evidence-based, risk-based approach
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Catherine M Clase Edouard L Fu Meera Joseph Rupert Beale Myrna B Dolovich Meg Jardine Johannes FE Mann Roberto Pecoits-Filho Wolfgang C Winkelmayer Juan J CarreroAbstract
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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Journal Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 173
Issue number 6
Pages 489-491
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Publisher website (DOI) 10.7326/M20-2567
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Europe PubMed Central 32441991
Pubmed 32441991
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