Assessing the impact of widespread respirator use in curtailing COVID-19 transmission in the USA

Dynamic models are used to assess the impact of three types of face masks (cloth masks, surgical/procedure masks and respirators) in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA. We showed that the pandemic would have failed to establish in the USA if a nationwide mask mandate, based on using respir...

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Main Authors: Calistus N. Ngonghala, James R. Knitter, Lucas Marinacci, Matthew H. Bonds, Abba B. Gumel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2021-09-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.210699