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

Given the continued burden of COVID-19 worldwide, there is a high unmet need for data on the effect of social distancing and face mask use to mitigate the risk of COVID-19. We examined the association of community-level social distancing measures and individual face mask use with risk of predicted C...

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Autores principales: Kwon, Sohee, Joshi, Amit D., Lo, Chun-Han, Drew, David A., Nguyen, Long H., Guo, Chuan-Guo, Ma, Wenjie, Mehta, Raaj S., Shebl, Fatma Mohamed, Warner, Erica T., Astley, Christina M., Merino, Jordi, Murray, Benjamin, Wolf, Jonathan, Ourselin, Sebastien, Steves, Claire J., Spector, Tim D., Hart, Jaime E., Song, Mingyang, VoPham, Trang, Chan, Andrew T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8213701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34145289
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24115-7
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Sumario:Given the continued burden of COVID-19 worldwide, there is a high unmet need for data on the effect of social distancing and face mask use to mitigate the risk of COVID-19. We examined the association of community-level social distancing measures and individual face mask use with risk of predicted COVID-19 in a large prospective U.S. cohort study of 198,077 participants. Individuals living in communities with the greatest social distancing had a 31% lower risk of predicted COVID-19 compared with those living in communities with poor social distancing. Self-reported ‘always’ use of face mask was associated with a 62% reduced risk of predicted COVID-19 even among individuals living in a community with poor social distancing. These findings provide support for the efficacy of mask-wearing even in settings of poor social distancing in reducing COVID-19 transmission. Despite mass vaccination campaigns in many parts of the world, continued efforts at social distancing and face mask use remain critically important in reducing the spread of COVID-19.

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