ArticleRisk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis2021
Reinventing Cloth Masks in the Face of Pandemics.
Article in Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Effects of no mask, a surgical mask and a fabric buff on peripheral oxygenation saturation during moderate intensity exercise: a randomised cross-over study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
- Rapid In Situ Thermal Decontamination of Wearable Composite Textile Materials.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2023Article
- Simple fabrication of an electrospun polystyrene microfiber filter that meets N95 filtering facepiece respirator filtration and breathability standards.Journal of applied polymer science · 2023Article
- Sharing Knowledge to an Entrant for Production Investment Confronting COVID-19: Incentive Alignment and Lose-Lose Dilemma.Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis · 2022Review
- Self-Charging Textile Woven from Dissimilar Household Fibers for Air Filtration: A Proof of Concept.ACS omega · 2021Article
- Safety and Reverence: How Roman Catholic Liturgy Can Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of religion and health · 2021Review
- Global Systemic Risk and Resilience for Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19.Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis · 2021Article
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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Because asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 produce respiratory droplets that can remain suspended in air for several hours, social distancing may not be a reliable physical barrier to transmission. During the COVID-19 pandemic, however, some governments were reluctant to mandate public mask use out of concern this would worsen shortages of respirators for healthcare workers. Cloth masks with a filtering effectiveness of 70-90% can be made from widely available materials, and are a better option than respirators for the public. Countries could rapidly implement Effective Fiber Mask Programs (EFMPs) to use local resources to mass produce effective and affordable cloth masks, and to engage the public in their correct use. EFMPs could be a cost-effective measure to ease isolation while limiting new infections during pandemics. EFMPs could also protect healthcare workers by increasing the supply of respirators for their use, reducing their risk of acquiring the illness from their communities, and by reducing the number of patients they must treat.
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