The widespread use of masks can prevent the second wave of Covid-19.
The results of the research conducted at the University of Cambridge and Greenwich suggest :
Quarantine alone cannot stop the reactivation of the new coronavirus. But even homemade masks can dramatically slow transmission if enough people in the community use them.
If the whole community uses masks and quarantine is applied at the same time, the transmission of Covid-19 can be brought to controllable levels for national epidemics.. This work can also prevent the next waves of the pandemic.
- This study has shown that masking people when they are in public places to effectively reduce the rate of disease transmission(R value) It works twice better than when they have symptoms and use a mask.
The R value shows how many people an infected person can infect on average.
Reducing R value can control the upward growth of the disease. If this number is above one, unfortunately, we will face an exponential growth of the disease.
- If more than 50% of people in the society use masks, they will reduce the R number to less than 1, and they can keep the next wave of disease outbreak flat and reduce the strict quarantines..
Compilation: Dr. #Zahra_Khanleri
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