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Cloth Masks May Prevent Transmission of COVID-19: An Evidence-Based, Risk-Based Approach

Abstract

As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed across the world, governments, international agencies, policymakers, and public health officials began recommending widespread use of nonmedical cloth masks to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The authors of this article suggest that there is convincing evidence to support this recommendation.

Authors

Clase CM; Fu EL; Joseph M; Beale RCL; Dolovich MB; Jardine M; Mann JFE; Pecoits-Filho R; Winkelmayer WC; Carrero JJ

Journal

Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 173, No. 6, pp. m20–2567

Publisher

American College of Physicians

Publication Date

September 15, 2020

DOI

10.7326/m20-2567

ISSN

1056-8751

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