Bitter Divide Over Wearing Your Face Mask Outside
Daily Mirror|June 14, 2021
People wearing masks outside can make you feel intimidated. You are often left wondering why they are sporting one when the chances of infection there are very slim.
Dr Miriam Stoppard
Bitter Divide Over Wearing Your Face Mask Outside

For some people it’s probably a security blanket – but is there any science to back up the habit? Well, there’s controversy even among scientists, with clear yes and no camps. Arguments are illuminating.

In the yes corner there are collaborators Babak Javid and Dirk Bassler of California University, and Manuel Bryant of Zurich University.

They argue in the BMJ for a “nuanced approach” to mask wearing, meaning doing it according to the circumstances you find yourself in.

This story is from the June 14, 2021 edition of Daily Mirror.

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