'There are a number of studies that show that masks actually do work,' Dr. Anthony Fauci said.
defended on Sunday the idea that face masks work to protect people from COVID-19, while also responding about a recent study that some have used to cite their opposition of them as some mask mandates return in parts of the country.host Jonathan Karl if masks proved to be less effective in combatting COVID-19, Fauci said,"Some of the studies are confusing.
During 2020 and 2021, when the world was in the grips of the pandemic, masks were widely adopted as a way to prevent the spread of the disease. The comments by Fauci, the former chief medical adviser to the White House, are referencing a study from the Cochrane Library thatthat looked at 78 different trials involving the effectiveness of mask wearing and COVID-19.
"Ten studies took place in the community, and two studies in healthcare workers. Compared with wearing no mask in the community studies only, wearing a mask may make little to no difference in how many people caught a flu‐like illness/COVID‐like illness ," the study said."And probably makes little or no difference in how many people have flu/COVID confirmed by a laboratory test .
A man wears his mask as he walks past a sign posted on a storefront reminding people to wear masks, on February 25, 2022, in Los Angeles. Dr. Anthony Fauci defended on Sunday the idea that face masks work to protect people from COVID-19, while also responding about a recent study that some have used to cite their opposition of them as some mask mandates return in parts of the country.
"It would be accurate to say that the review examined whether interventions to promote mask wearing help to slow the spread of respiratory viruses, and that the results were inconclusive," the statement said."Given the limitations in the primary evidence, the review is not able to address the question of whether mask-wearing itself reduces people's risk of contracting or spreading respiratory viruses."Over the past few weeks, the U.S.
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