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- August 2, 2020 – Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Epidemiology update
- August 2, 2020 – COVID-19 Clinical Research Resources
- July 31, 2020 – SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Infection Among Attendees of an Overnight Camp — Georgia, June 2020
- July 30, 2020 – Age-Related Differences in Nasopharyngeal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Levels in Patients With Mild to Moderate Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- July 29, 2020 – Comparison of Face-Touching Behaviors Before and During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
- July 29, 2020 – Reopening Primary Schools during the Pandemic
- July 28, 2020 – Cardiac MRI Reveals Post-Recovery Heart Damage in 78 Percent of COVID-19 Patients
- July 27, 2020 – Children and COVID-19: State-Level Data Report, American Academy of Pediatrics
- July 26, 2020 – Is risk compensation threatening public health in the covid-19 pandemic?
- July 23, 2020 – Guidance for K-12 School Administrators on the Use of Cloth Face Coverings in Schools
- July 22, 2020 – What Countries Require Masks in Public or Recommend Masks?
- July 16, 2020 – Contact Tracing during Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, South Korea, 2020
- July 14, 2020 – Universal Masking to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Transmission—The Time Is Now
- July 14, 2020 – Association Between Universal Masking in a Health Care System and SARS-CoV-2 Positivity Among Health Care Workers
- July 8, 2020 – Mounting evidence suggests coronavirus is airborne — but health advice has not caught up
- July 6, 2020 – It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19
- In press – Universal use of face masks for success against COVID-19: evidence and implications for prevention policies
- July 2020 – How effective are face coverings?
- – COVID-19 in Children in the United States: Intensive Care Admissions, Estimated Total Infected, and Projected Numbers of Severe Pediatric Cases in 2020
- – Face Masks and GDP
- – Mass masking: an alternative to a second lockdown in Aotearoa
- – Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2
- – Clinical and immunological assessment of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections
- – Association of country-wide coronavirus mortality with demographics, testing, lockdowns, and public wearing of masks. Update June 15, 2020
- – Community Use Of Face Masks And COVID-19: Evidence From A Natural Experiment Of State Mandates In The US
- – The Masks Masquerade
- – SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Serologic Responses from a Sample of U.S. Navy Service Members — USS Theodore Roosevelt, April 2020
- – A modelling framework to assess the likely effectiveness of facemasks in combination with ‘lock-down’ in managing the COVID-19 pandemic
- BBC, – Face mask use needed to ‘prevent COVID-19 second wave’
- – Widespread facemask use could shrink the R number and prevent a second COVID-19 wave
- Reuters, – Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves: study
- – Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19
- – Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu
- – International assessment of COVID-19-related attitudes, concerns, responses and impacts in relation to public health policies
- – The natural history and transmission potential of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection
- – Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection for prevention of COVID-19
Lancet systematic review of 172 studies – masks effective in both medical and non-medical settings - – Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- – Face Masks Considerably Reduce COVID-19 Cases in Germany: A Synthetic Control Method Approach
- – COVID-19 and the Social Distancing Paradox: dangers and solutions
- May 26, 2020 – Aerosol Filtration Efficiency of Common Fabrics Used in Respiratory Cloth Masks
- – Evidence shows cloth masks may help against COVID-19
- – How Sweden wasted a ‘rare opportunity’ to study coronavirus in schools
- – Cloth Masks May Prevent Transmission of COVID-19: An Evidence-Based, Risk-Based Approach
- – The Risks – Know Them – Avoid Them
- – Identifying airborne transmission as the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19
- – Ontario monitors rare inflammatory illness in children for COVID-19 connection
- – Good Science Is Good Science
- – What settings have been linked to SARS-CoV-2 transmission clusters?
- – A rapid systematic review of the efficacy of face masks and respirators against coronaviruses and other respiratory transmissible viruses for the community, healthcare workers and sick patients
- – Classification of the cutaneous manifestations of COVID ‐19: a rapid prospective nationwide consensus study in Spain with 375 cases
- – Evidence-based, cost-effective interventions to suppress the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid systematic review
- – The role of community-wide wearing of facemask for control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic due to SARS-CoV-2
- – Universal Masking is Urgent in the COVID-19 Pandemic: SEIR and Agent Based Models, Empirical Validation, Policy Recommendations
- – COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Group Rapid Response Report
- – Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1
- – Face Masks Against COVID-19: An Evidence Review
- – Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Children – United States, February 12–April 2, 2020
- – Covid-19: should the public wear face masks?
- – Face masks for the public during the covid-19 crisis
- – The Case for Universal Cloth Mask Adoption and Policies to Increase Supply of Medical Masks for Health Workers
Yale Researchers & Scientists found that “the benefits of each additional cloth mask worn by the public are conservatively in the $3,000–$6,000 range due to their impact in slowing the spread of the virus.” - – Masks For All: Sensible and Helpful
- – Calibrated Intervention and Containment of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- – Can masks help with reopening the economy?
- – SARS Transmission, Risk Factors,and Prevention in Hong Kong
- – Modes of transmission of the COVID-19 virus
- – Sterilization of disposable face masks by means of standardized dry and steam sterilization processes: an alternative in the fight against mask shortages due to COVID-19
- – Addressing COVID-19 Face Mask Shortages
- – Rational use of face masks in the COVID-19 pandemic
- – The role of masks and respirator protection against SARS-CoV-2
- – Reuse Mask? DIY Mask?
- – Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 among Chinese residents during the rapid rise period of the COVID-19 outbreak: a quick online cross-sectional survey
- – Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks against influenza: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
- South China Morning Post, – Coronavirus can travel twice as far as official ‘safe distance’ and stay in air for 30 minutes, Chinese study finds
- – Can physical interventions help reduce the spread of respiratory viruses? (paywall)
- – Mass masking in the COVID-19 epidemic: people need guidance
- – Understanding of COVID‐19 based on current evidence
- – Flight of the aerosol: Understanding what we mean when we discuss airborne virus infection risk
- – Stop the virus COVID-19
- – A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster
- – A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019
- – N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care PersonnelA Randomized Clinical Trial
- – Modeling the Effectiveness of Respiratory Protective Devices in Reducing Influenza Outbreak
- – Effectiveness of Masks and Respirators Against Respiratory Infections in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- – Protection by Face Masks against Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus on Trans-Pacific Passenger Aircraft, 2009
- – Testing the Efficacy of Homemade Masks: Would They Protect in an Influenza Pandemic?
- – Influenza Virus Aerosols in Human Exhaled Breath: Particle Size, Culturability, and Effect of Surgical Masks
- – How effective are face masks in operation theatre? A time frame analysis and recommendations
- – Economic Analysis of the Use of Facemasks During Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
- – The Role of Facemasks and Hand Hygiene in the Prevention of Influenza Transmission in Households: Results From a Cluster Randomised Trial; Berlin, Germany, 2009-2011
- – Facemasks, Hand Hygiene, and Influenza among Young Adults: A Randomized Intervention Trial
- – Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses
- – Impact of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on URIs and Influenza in Crowded, Urban Households
- – Mask Use, Hand Hygiene, and Seasonal Influenza-Like Illness Among Young Adults: A Randomized Intervention Trial
- – Facemasks and Hand Hygiene to Prevent Influenza Transmission in Households: A Cluster Randomized Trial
- – The First Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial of Mask Use in Households to Prevent Respiratory Virus Transmission
- – Professional and Home-Made Face Masks Reduce Exposure to Respiratory Infections among the General Population
- – What Hospitals Should Do to Prepare for an Influenza Pandemic (paywall)
- – Simple Respiratory Mask
- – Do N95 Respirators Provide 95% Protection Level Against Airborne Viruses, and How Adequate Are Surgical Masks?
- – SARS Transmission, Risk Factors, and Prevention in Hong Kong
- – The bacterial and viral filtration performance of breathing system filters
- To mask or not to mask: Modeling the potential for face mask use by the general public to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic