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    Simple techniques on near-capacity school buses prevent spread of SARS-CoV-2 - 3 year(s) ago

    Universal testing and contact tracing failed to find evidence that near-capacity school buses were the source of SARS-CoV-2 transmission at a school in Virginia, researchers reported. “We realized early on that data were showing that schools are safe when simple techniques are used to stop disease spread, even when community disease spread is high,” Dana Ramirez, MD, an associate

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      What happened when #schoolbuses used “simple" #SARSCoV2 mitigation techniques like #physicaldistancing, #universalmasking & spaced window openings? #AAP members Dana Ramirez of @_CHKD & @EVMSedu & Adam Hersh of @UofUHealth & @IDSAInfo discuss at https://t.co/OVsArQPJUT https://t.co/LBZVbyoYvI

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    Analysis: ‘Near-Zero Incidence’ of Patients Acquiring COVID-19 at Brigham and Women’s - 4 year(s) ago

    As COVID-19 began to surge in the Boston area earlier this year, new infection control measures were put in place at Brigham and Women’s Hospital to protect patients and staff. Over the ensuing weeks, infection control policies continued to evolve, eventually encompassing: Universal masking of all patients, staff and visitors Dedicated COVID-19 units with airborne


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      Analysis: ‘Near-Zero Incidence’ of Patients Acquiring COVID-19 at Brigham and Women’s via @GlobalHealthNW https://t.co/WthxN74mZa #controlmeasures #universalmasking #healthcare_settings #krystalklear #pulmonaryapps https://t.co/3gbZ3Vayzn

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    Universal Masking in the United States: the Role of Mandates, Health Education, and the CDC - 4 year(s) ago

    This Viewpoint proposes legal and policy options for promoting universal face mask wearing in the US and, recognizing the limits of state-by-state implementation, proposes strengthening the authority, independence, and funding of the CDC to enact responses to this and future comparable public health…

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      New @jama_current piece on how to induce states to adopt mask mandates (option we shared @health_affairs blog) @HelenBurstin @meganranney @ShikhaJainMD #UniversalMasking in US: Role of Mandates, Health Education, & CDC https://t.co/GZqoHGbFAI by @CohenProf @LawrenceGostin https://t.co/oJGb8vNoCY

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    Masks Do More Than Protect Others During COVID-19: Reducing the Inoculum of SARS-CoV-2 to Protect the Wearer - 4 year(s) ago

    Although the benefit of population-level public facial masking to protect others during the COVID-19 pandemic has received a great deal of attention, we discuss for one of the first times the hypothesis that universal masking reduces the “inoculum” or dose of the virus for the mask-wearer, leading to more mild and asymptomatic infection manifestations. Masks, depending on type, filter out the…

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      “we discuss the hypothesis that #universalmasking reduces the “inoculum” or dose of virus for the mask-wearer, leading to more mild & asymptomatic infection manifestations. #Masks, depending on type, filter out the majority of viral particles, but not all” https://t.co/j1YCtvJWDu

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    U.S. elected leaders clash over masks as new COVID-19 cases set another record - 4 year(s) ago

    Colorado and Arkansas on Thursday joined a growing list of U.S. states requiring face coverings in public places to combat a surge in coronavirus infections, after Georgia’s governor moved the other way and barred such measures from being imposed at the local level.

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      TODAY: Colorado & Arkansas join the list. 26 states now require #universalmasking public places Thursday ⁊⁊@Reuters⁩ #masks4all #americamaskup ⁊@HelenBurstin⁩ ⁊⁩@ShikhaJainMD⁩ ⁊@HansaBhargavaMD⁩ ⁊⁊@meganranney⁩ https://t.co/8xcQUUzCTB

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