Association of social distancing and face mask use with risk of COVID-19

Estimating the effectiveness of COVID-19 control measures requires large prospective data including symptoms and personal risk factors. Here, the authors used data from smartphone-based application and found that individual face mask use was associated with a 64% reduced risk of COVID-19 symptoms.

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Main Authors:	Sohee Kwon, Amit D. Joshi, Chun-Han Lo, David A. Drew, Long H. Nguyen, Chuan-Guo Guo, Wenjie Ma, Raaj S. Mehta, Fatma Mohamed Shebl, Erica T. Warner, Christina M. Astley, Jordi Merino, Benjamin Murray, Jonathan Wolf, Sebastien Ourselin, Claire J. Steves, Tim D. Spector, Jaime E. Hart, Mingyang Song, Trang VoPham, Andrew T. Chan
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Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:	Nature Communications
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24115-7

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author	Sohee Kwon Amit D. Joshi Chun-Han Lo David A. Drew Long H. Nguyen Chuan-Guo Guo Wenjie Ma Raaj S. Mehta Fatma Mohamed Shebl Erica T. Warner Christina M. Astley Jordi Merino Benjamin Murray Jonathan Wolf Sebastien Ourselin Claire J. Steves Tim D. Spector Jaime E. Hart Mingyang Song Trang VoPham Andrew T. Chan
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title	Association of social distancing and face mask use with risk of COVID-19
title_short	Association of social distancing and face mask use with risk of COVID-19
title_full	Association of social distancing and face mask use with risk of COVID-19
title_fullStr	Association of social distancing and face mask use with risk of COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed	Association of social distancing and face mask use with risk of COVID-19
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publisher	Nature Publishing Group
series	Nature Communications
issn	2041-1723
publishDate	2021-06-01
description	Estimating the effectiveness of COVID-19 control measures requires large prospective data including symptoms and personal risk factors. Here, the authors used data from smartphone-based application and found that individual face mask use was associated with a 64% reduced risk of COVID-19 symptoms.
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Association of social distancing and face mask use with risk of COVID-19

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