The new coronavirus spreads mainly via airborne transmission and wearing a mask is the most effective way to stop person-to person spread, according to a new study
— The new coronavirus spreads mainly via airborne transmission and wearing a mask is the most effective way to stop person-to person spread, according to aA team of researchers in Texas and California compared Covid-19 infection rate trends in Italy and New York both before and after face masks were made mandatory.
The researchers gauged the effectiveness of different strategies for stopping the spread of infection and to determine how the virus is mainly spread.
This allowed the researchers to assess the relative effectiveness of the measures. They found infection rates in Italy and NYC only started to slow after face masks were made mandatory, not after the lockdown was put in place in Italy or after stay-at-home orders went into effect in New York. The study noted that in contrast with China, wearing of face masks was unpopular in most of the Western world during the early outbreak of the pandemic. But the researchers said the evidence shows masks work to slow spread.
The team of five researchers are from the Texas A&M University, the University of Texas, the University of California, San Diego, and the California Institute of Technology.
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