Saturday, October 24, 2020

Wearing masks could save more than 100,000 US lives through February, new study suggests


https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/wearing-masks-could-save-more-than-100000-us-lives-through-february-new-study-suggests/ar-BB1akKrA

By Jacqueline Howard

Oct. 24, 2020


If 95% of Americans wore masks in public, more than 100,000 lives could be saved from Covid-19 through February, a new modeling study suggests.


The study -- from the Covid-19 forecasting team at the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation -- notes that, in September, only about 49% of US residents reported that they "always" wear a mask in public.

If mask-wearing is 49% through February and states continue with removing social distancing mandates, the Covid-19 death toll across the United States could reach about 1 million deaths by February 28, according to the study, published in the journal Nature Medicine on Friday.

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