Mask-Wearing Increased After a Government Recommendation: A Natural Experiment in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mask-Wearing Increased After a Government Recommendation: A Natural Experiment in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic

On April 3 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that all Americans wear face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The announcement came during the fielding of a large, nationally-representative survey (N = 3,933) of Americans' COVID-19-related knowledg...

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Main Authors: Matthew H. Goldberg, Abel Gustafson, Edward W. Maibach, Matthew T. Ballew, Parrish Bergquist, John E. Kotcher, Jennifer R. Marlon, Seth A. Rosenthal, Anthony Leiserowitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Communication
Subjects:
COVID-19
government recommendation
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
mask
preventive behavior
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcomm.2020.00044/full

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