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- Title
Effectiveness of Mask Wearing to Control Community Spread of SARS-CoV-2.
- Authors
Brooks, John T.; Butler, Jay C.
- Abstract
This JAMA Insights CDC review summarizes accumulating evidence that mask wearing reduces spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection and that universal mandatory mask wearing policies reduce infections and deaths and emphasizes face masks are one component of pandemic control measures, including physical distancing and handwashing, pending natural or vaccine-induced population immunity.
- Subjects
MEDICAL masks; COMMUNICABLE disease control; PERSONAL protective equipment; INFECTION control; SOCIAL distancing; HAND washing; SARS-CoV-2; PUBLIC health
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2021, Vol 325, Issue 10, p998
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2021.1505