Wearing a mask can significantly reduce coronavirus transmission, study on hamsters claims KEY POINTS The study was released Sunday by the department of microbiology at The University of Hong Kong Local media reports stated it will be published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases medical journal, suggesting it is yet to be peer-reviewed. As the debate over the effectiveness of wearing masks during a pandemic continues, a new study gives weight to arguments by medical professionals and government leaders that wearing a mask does indeed reduce virus transmission — and dramatically so. Experiments by a team in Hong Kong found that the coronavirus' transmission rate via respiratory droplets or airborne particles dropped by as much as 75% when surgical masks were used. The findings implied to the world and the public is that the effectiveness of mask-wearing against the coronavirus pandemic is huge," Dr. Yuen Kwok-yung, a leading microbiologist from Hong Kong University who helpe...
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