Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves: study

LONDON (Reuters) - Population-wide face mask use could push COVID-19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics, and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when combined with lockdowns, according to a British study on Wednesday. The research, led by scientists at the Britain’s Cambridge and Greenwich Universities, suggests lockdowns alone will not stop the resurge

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実際のマスク装着率とRの相関を見たわけじゃなくてシナリオ毎のシミュレーションのやうね。全体の50%が公共の場でいつもマスクしていると、発症してからマスクした場合のRの値と比べて半分に。距離取りが不要ではない

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マスク

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半分マスクするとR0<1ってかなりepochでは…？