There’s Still Not Strong Evidence That Masks Protect Against COVID
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The gold standard of evidence-based medicine has not shown the effectiveness of masks against the coronavirus.
The gold standard of evidence-based medicine has not shown the effectiveness of masks against the coronavirus.
The use of masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19 has been controversial almost since the beginning of the pandemic, two years…
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Európában az év végéig további 236 ezer halálos áldozatot szedhet a koronavírus-járvány - nyilatkozta hétfőn Hans Kluge, az Egész…
Our new national survey found that unvaccinated people are least likely to follow loose mask rules.
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Benjamin P. Linas, an epidemiologist, writes in VOX that both blue and red states are doing the wrong things about the pandemic.
Obowiązek noszenia masek ma zmniejszyć rozprzestrzenianie się koronawirusa. Czy noszenie dwóch masek zwiększy ich skuteczność?
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Face coverings have become a requirement in many countries around the world, but despite their widespread use, many people…
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Catherine Clase, McMaster University; Edouard Fu, Leiden University, and Juan Jesus Carrero, Karolinska Institute Face masks…
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The best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to keep your distance from others, limit your social interactions, wear a…
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Jeden uniwersalny sposób na fizyczne dystansowanie się w czasie pandemii COVID-19 nie uwzględnia wielu czynników, które mogą…
A growing number of scientists are speaking out.
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by Christopher P. Morley…
Scientists estimate that near-universal mask use could make a major difference in bringing down coronavirus infections in the…
Derrick Z. JacksonMayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (left) and Governor Brian Kemp (right) (Photo: Screenshot)
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The ways we built habits around other routine safety measures can inform mask-wearing, experts say.
Not every mask is equal.
As Australia’s two most populated states battle to contain outbreaks of COVID-19, governments and health and community leaders…
As an upsurge in COVID-19 cases puts pressure on communities and health and other systems in Victoria and New South Wales, it’s…
Of all the strange things to happen in Canada since COVID-19, the strangest is the question about whether wearing masks around…
Maximilian de Courten, Victoria University; Bojana Klepac Pogrmilovic, Victoria University, and Rosemary V Calder, Victoria…
New research suggests that wearing a mask will decrease the likelihood of contracting COVID-19 by 65%.
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Linda BeneschAll of us must join together to demand that governments and businesses take steps to protect these workers. (Photo…
Victoria is the unlucky state in a very lucky country, where all other states and territories (with the possible exception of…
To healthcare workers on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis, encountering people who indignantly refuse face coverings…
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A nurse speaks from one of the Covid-19 mask battlegrounds.
A popular social media post that’s been circulating on Instagram and Facebook since April depicts the degree to which mask-wearin…
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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pathology for June 2020. This roundup…
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One good thing about Coronavirus is that people are suddenly paying attention to all the cheap easy ways to slow viruses.
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The international diving organization PADI is recycling ocean plastic to make anti-coronavirus face masks. We look at similar…
Most children enjoy the chance to feel morally superior. Assign them to be the family mask monitors.
Click on image for full-size view (The Lancet) 20 June 2020. Earlier this month, an international team commissioned by World…
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Scientists say that the paper by Nobel Prize winner Mario Molina is based on false statements and flawed statistical analysis.Vie…
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