Face masks for the public during the covid-19 crisis

By Trisha Greenhalgh, M. Schmid, T. Czypionka, D. Bassler, L. Gruer. British medical journal, 2020

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Trisha Greenhalgh and colleagues argue that it is time to apply the precautionary principle

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Information Systems, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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• COVID-19 and Public Transportation: Current Assessment, Prospects, and Research Needs (2020, methodology): “Arguments against suggesting the widespread use of face masks include the initial limited evidence of their efficiency, misuse due to lack of information about how to properly wear them, and the possibility of adopting risk behaviors when wearing masks (Greenhalgh et al. 2020).”
• Face masks considerably reduce COVID-19 cases in Germany (2020, neutral): “(2020) and Greenhalgh et al. (2020). Greenhalgh et al. (2020) mainly presents evidence on the effect of face masks during non-Covid epidemics (influenza and SARS). Marasinghe (2020) reports that they “did not find any studies that investigated the effectiveness of face mask use in limiting the sprea”