face masks during the covid 19 pandemic
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The CDC Will Once Again Stop Asking People to Mask Up: Report
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is reportedly gearing up to lift recommendations for mask-wearing. The exact revisions to the guidance are still unclear, but the Associated Press reports that most Americans will no longer be asked to wear masks indoors. The changes are the latest sign that the U.S. and many other countries…
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‘Fitbit for the Face’: Engineers Debut Fitness Tracking Mask That Can Detect Leaks
Face masks are only effective as long as they provide a proper fit around the wearer’s mouth and nose, so to help ensure a mask is always doing its job properly, even at the end of a long shift, engineers at Northwestern University have designed a smart mask for healthcare workers featuring a smart sensor…
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Masks Work, Major Study Finds
An enormous randomised trial of communities in Bangladesh seems to provide the clearest evidence yet that regular mask-wearing can impede the spread of the covid-19 pandemic. The study found that villages where masks were highly promoted and became more popular experienced noticeably lower rates of covid-like symptoms and confirmed past infections than villages where mask-wearing…
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Arkansas Governor Says in Hindsight, He Slightly Regrets Siding With the Virus
Across the country, Republican leaders have signed into law measures functionally indistinguishable from deliberate efforts to aid the novel coronavirus. For example, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed a bill into law in April that bans mask mandates across the state. Now that the Delta variant of the virus is once again ravaging Arkansas, Hutchinson has changed his…