Getting Masks Correct a Key Coronavirus Strategy

CDC: “Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19,” “Cloth Face Coverings: Questions and Answers.”

American Academy of Pediatrics: “Masks and Children During COVID-19.”

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness: “Testing the Efficacy of Homemade Masks; Would They Protect in an Influenza Pandemic?”

Lancet: “Effectiveness of precautions against droplets and contact in prevention of nosocomial transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS),” “Wearing face masks in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic: altruism and solidary.”

Journal of the American Medical Association: “Masks and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).”

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine: “Rapid Expert Consultation on the Effectiveness of Fabric Masks for the COVID-19 Pandemic.”

 BMJ: “Face masks for the public during the covid-19 crisis.”

Caylin Riley, MD, Dayton, OH

Casey Noel Green, Newnan, GA.

Today: “Do you need a filter for your homemade face mask?”

Annals of Internal Medicine, “Effectiveness of Surgical and Cotton Masks in Blocking SARS–CoV-2: A Controlled Comparison in 4 Patients FREE.”