A recently released study has been circulating online, which some are using to claim as proof masks are harmful to humans. What do the experts say?
This week, we ask the experts about supposedly "explosive" new research on face masks and health risks.
According to University of Wollongong epidemiologist Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, it then "used some rodent research to speculate on how this [exposure] might cause issues to long-term health". As the paper was not a systematic review that followed established guidelines, he said it was "hard to know exactly what they've done", but noted that the absence of any studies contradicting its main findings was "highly suspicious".
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