Mask Links

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Association of country-wide coronavirus mortality with demographics, testing, lockdowns, and public wearing of masks (Update August 4, 2020): https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.22.20109231v5

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Cloth Masks May Prevent Transmission of COVID-19: An Evidence-Based, Risk-Based Approach: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-2567 Community Use Of Face Masks And COVID-19: Evidence From A Natural Experiment Of State Mandates In The US: https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00818

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Efficacy of face mask in preventing respiratory virus transmission: A systematic review and meta-analysis: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1477893920302301 An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/4/e2014564118 Examining face-mask usage as an effective strategy to control COVID-19 spread: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.12.20173047v3.full

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Identifying airborne transmission as the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/26/14857

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A rapid review of the use of face mask in preventing the spread of COVID-19: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666142X20300126

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To mask or not to mask: Modeling the potential for face mask use by the general public to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468042720300117 Trends in County-Level COVID-19 Incidence in Counties With and Without a Mask Mandate — Kansas, June 1–August 23, 2020 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7727605/