FILE PHOTO: A member of aircrew is seen wearing a protective face mask at Heathrow Airport, as Britain launches its 14-day quarantine for international arrivals, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , London, Britain, June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville /File Photo
“Our analyses support the immediate and universal adoption of facemasks by the public,” said Richard Stutt, who co-led the study at Cambridge. In this study, researchers linked the dynamics of spread between people with population-level models to assess the effect on the disease’s reproduction rate, or R value, of different scenarios of mask adoption combined with periods of lockdown.
The study found that if people wear masks whenever they are in public it is twice as effective at reducing the R value than if masks are only worn after symptoms appear.
kkelland Sweden no lockdown
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spookychews kkelland It will if people wear them correctly. No point if not covering nose.
kkelland The dream of every dictatorship: keep the mouth of the masses shutdown. People have to be muzzled. COVIDIDIOTS
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Widespread mask wearing could have prevented the first wave but the Corrupt WHO insisted and recommend that it is not necessary and it could even harm people if they wore masks !
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Bull
The ‘facts’ on this have changed so much that no one believes this anymore. Particularly the regular position shifts from that paragon of factual accuracy the W.H.O.
Haven’t you heard, since we’re not afraid of asymptomatic people anymore, the world decided we’re only going to wear a mask if we’re sick or symptomatic.
🙄 I no longer believe any garb the “experts” say. When my common sense easily prevails public health officials we have a problem. They said BLM protesters are not in danger of spreading COVID but the people protesting lock down should stay bc they are at risk. OH...K
Whatever. No one believes anything the “experts” or the media says about this topic anymore.
Oh bullshit. If we can have thousands marching in the streets shoulder to shoulder we can survive without masks. Just ask WHO...though we may need to ask China first what WHO is recommending at that moment.
assuming that all those who wear one are sick, otherwise research has shown the masks aren't effective at protecting one from catching the bug; if anything, they pose a threat to those who have respiratory/ heart issues
I’m going to pass. Thanks
N-95 Masks, though?
Duh.
Funny
Don't need a study to work this out, the reason for them not being recommended purely because the NHS didn't have enough stock !
It is not what WHO says. Is WHO no longer trustful?
News from Dec-19?
This experts and their stupid studies, all liarsssssssss
Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves, study shows'but Oz gov does not want a run on masks supply for hosp n dr
Garbage 'study.' Sweden, Iceland, etc, are not buying this bs, and they are doing fine.
Second wave? Is there one ready for study? Or it's just a fake news to make money on the naive.
your virus scam is over. Just stop
JohnWFerguson Not prevent. Slow transmission.
Hah.... too late in the south east U. S....
let's rewind to a time before Covid_19 . could wearing a mask prevent you from picking up any virus? yes it could. This is obvious. quit making it seem like it's a new discovery, it is common sense, but it is now an agenda not about health
Could HAVE.
It boggles my mind that Americans are so hung up on wearing masks. Japan had no issue, and they conquered the virus within a month. Then again, people were such babies about seat belts a few decades ago. Our society is so mentally fragile.
are there any mass spikings in Covid after the antiwhiteriots2020 auspol
Mask off mask on mask off mask on. Everyone needs to get on the same page and help us know what's best. Until then this feels like a long ping pong game!
We are not meant to live behind Masks. Our bodies need to Naturally shed disease, that's how our immune system works. Masks are especially dangerous to children who receive vaccines and are not able to shed the disease. This is a dangerous policy.
This mask on , mask off debate is getting old.
Bullshit. We aren’t buying this anymore.
Great study considering that there is not even an international norm for the damn things.
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pretty sure the tweet is a few weeks too late.
WHO said that? After 100K Americans died?
No thanks on the masks. Reuters is putting out some garbage lately...holy cow
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jkwan_md just like you said
What next; wear rabbit ears and a don a fluffy white tail
And the WHO says that masks aren't needed, and CNN is telling me protesting is more important than observing any disease protocols. I am super confused right now.
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