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Old Jun 14, 2020, 12:57 am
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LonghornDXB
 
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Originally Posted by glob99
Based on the experience of China, S. Korea, Japan, and New Zealand. These countries mandated the wearing of masks and were able to get to a low infection rate.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infecti.../covid19/86812
"The article itself states the quality of evidence is "low", clinical outcomes are not addressed, and COVID-19 itself is not studied."

And in another study:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/

'the results caution against the use of cloth masks. This is an important finding to inform occupational health and safety. Moisture retention, reuse of cloth masks and poor filtration may result in increased risk of infection'
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