2) “These analyses may explain why some countries, where adoption of facemask use by the public is around 100%, have experienced significantly lower rates of COVID-19 spread and associated deaths.”
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3) “our models show that facemask adoption provides population-level benefits, even in circumstances where wearers are placed at increased risk.” Also especially more so when worn before symptoms are visible.
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4) “We conclude that facemask use by the public, when used in combination with physical distancing or periods of lock-down, may provide an acceptable way of managing the COVID-19 pandemic and re-opening economic activity.”
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5) “These results are relevant to the developed as well as the developing world, where large numbers of people are resource poor, but fabrication of home-made, effective facemasks is possible.”
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6) “A key message from our analyses to aid the widespread adoption of facemasks would be: ‘my mask protects you, your mask protects me’.
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7) “Figure 3. Heat maps of the effective reproduction number (Re) as a function of control parameters for two values of R0. Even when R0 is 4.0, the best outcomes are achieved when masks are worn all the time, a high proportion of the pop wear them and their efficacy is high.”pic.twitter.com/CbHFcRECw8
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Interested in your recommendation for a quality “non-health care worker” mask for gen public. Idk what’s best to buy.
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Super duper screwed. We haven't had a peak yet in my state and people aren't wearing masks indoors much. So fucking screwed.
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Another new study on mask wearing: but this time assuming R0 of 2.2 or 4, effectiveness against trans, & pop% wearing it. Good news is it works. Bad news: it needs high 95% effectiveness and also high 75% or more mask wearing compliance to get under R<1.