How much do masks actually protect us from coronavirus?

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Jul 09, 2020 | News | Other | Jerusalem & Area
How much do masks actually protect us from coronavirus?

While wearing masks in public has become the new norm as the coronavirus pandemic keeps spreading across the globe, scientists were interested in the actual efficiency of masks and found that while some protect us, other popular options may have close to no effect, according to a new University of Arizona-led study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection.

A big component of getting infected with the coronavirus is the duration of exposure, says the study "compared risk of infection at both 30 seconds and 20 minutes in a highly contaminated environment," according to Amanda Wilson, an environmental health sciences doctoral candidate at the University of Arizona and the lead author of the recent study.


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