Association of social distancing and face mask use with risk of COVID-19

Association of social distancing and face mask use with risk of COVID-19

Estimating the effectiveness of COVID-19 control measures requires large prospective data including symptoms and personal risk factors. Here, the authors used data from smartphone-based application and found that individual face mask use was associated with a 64% reduced risk of COVID-19 symptoms.

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Main Authors: Sohee Kwon, Amit D. Joshi, Chun-Han Lo, David A. Drew, Long H. Nguyen, Chuan-Guo Guo, Wenjie Ma, Raaj S. Mehta, Fatma Mohamed Shebl, Erica T. Warner, Christina M. Astley, Jordi Merino, Benjamin Murray, Jonathan Wolf, Sebastien Ourselin, Claire J. Steves, Tim D. Spector, Jaime E. Hart, Mingyang Song, Trang VoPham, Andrew T. Chan
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f44fdf84b45b46bbb5eb151efb49613c
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