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Study supports widespread use of better masks to curb COVID-19 indoors

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Most common masks, due to fit, filter only about 10 per cent of exhaled aerosol droplets.

A new study is highlighting a need for widespread use of better face masks and the importance of good ventilation to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 indoors….

https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/study-supports-widespread-use-better-masks-curb-covid-19

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