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- Published online September 15, 2020.
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- Make it clear that these are studies of influenza.
- It would be prudent to outline how SARS-CoV-2 might behave differently than influenza viruses, that masks in this pandemic are primarily for source control, and the mounting evidence regarding asymptomatic spread further supports the need for public masking.
- Put distancing and hand hygiene in the same (larger) font size as masking. We suggest that this be the recommendation for the public: “Masking is one part of preventing infection. Do this along with 2-metre physical distancing and hand hygiene consistently for your best chance to prevent infection.”
- Those who spoke with members of the public, family, or friends about the infographic found that a large number of the public concluded that this proved to them that cloth masking in public was not helpful.
- We do not have the luxury of waiting for RCTs to determine the magnitude of benefit that masking could provide for this novel virus.
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