Facial Masking for Covid-19 — Potential for “Variolation” as We Await a Vaccine

Increasing the proportion of SARS-CoV-2 infections that are asymptomatic with the simple public health measure of universal masking might help make the infection less deadly and increase population-level immunity without severe illnesses and deaths.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2020-10, Vol.383 (18), p.e101-e101
Hauptverfasser:	Gandhi, Monica, Rutherford, George W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Asymptomatic Asymptomatic Infections Betacoronavirus Communicable Disease Control - methods Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccines Disease transmission Epidemics Fatalities Humans Hypotheses Immunity, Cellular Immunization Infections Masks Pandemics Pandemics - prevention & control Pathogenesis Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control Population Public health SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Smallpox Viral infections Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	Increasing the proportion of SARS-CoV-2 infections that are asymptomatic with the simple public health measure of universal masking might help make the infection less deadly and increase population-level immunity without severe illnesses and deaths.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMp2026913