ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2020
The Time for Universal Masking of the Public for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Is Now.
Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Masking for COVID-19 and other respiratory viral infections: implications of the available evidence.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2024Article
- Stay-at-home and face mask policy intentions inconsistent with incidence and fatality during the US COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- COVID-19 false dichotomies and a comprehensive review of the evidence regarding public health, COVID-19 symptomatology, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, mask wearing, and reinfection.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Review
- Global Sex Disparity of COVID-19: A Descriptive Review of Sex Hormones and Consideration for the Potential Therapeutic Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy in Older Adults.Aging and disease · 2021Review
- A laboratory model demonstrating the protective effects of surgical masks, face shields, and a combination of both in a speaking simulation.American journal of infection control · 2021Article
- COVID-19 Mitigation With Appropriate Safety Measures in an Essential Workplace: Lessons for Opening Work Settings in the United States During COVID-19.Open forum infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Why does the spread of COVID-19 vary greatly in different countries? Revealing the efficacy of face masks in epidemic prevention.Epidemiology and infection · 2021Article
- The time to act is now: pseudo-systematic review.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020Review
- Effects of mask-wearing on the inhalability and deposition of airborne SARS-CoV-2 aerosols in human upper airway.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2020Article
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Abstract
In this perspective, we recommend universal masking of the US public during coronavirus disease 2019 due to the high contagiousness of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), viral shedding of viable SARS-CoV-2 from asymptomatic individuals, and the likely contribution of masking to core distancing public health strategies for curbing transmission.
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