A MAIN REASON FOR USING HOMEMADE MASKS: Homemade masks have shown to be in some measure effective for individual protection and are necessary for slowing the spread of the coronavirus. This can be supported by numerous reviews of the past pandemics. "Any type of general mask use is likely to decrease viral exposure and infection risk on a population level, in spite of imperfect fit and imperfect adherence, personal respirators providing most protection." - van der Sande, M., Teunis, P., & Sabel, R. (2008). Professional and home-made face masks reduce exposure to respiratory infections among the general population. PLoS One, 3(7). Individuals are most contagious first few days without symptoms, and which is precisely why we need masks for all. "However, during a severe pandemic when use of face masks might be greater, pandemic transmission in households could be reduced." MacIntyre, C. R., Cauchemez, S., Dwyer, D. E., Seale, H., Cheung, P., Browne, G., ... & Ferguson, N. (2009). Face mask use and control of respiratory virus transmission in households. Emerging infectious diseases, 15(2), 233.
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