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Cloth masks do protect the wearer – breathing in less coronavirus means you get less sick

  • Written by Monica Gandhi, Professor of Medicine, Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Cloth masks do protect the wearer – breathing in less coronavirus means you get less sickWhen people wear masks, they can still get infected, but they're more likely to have milder symptoms.Wenmei Zhou/Digital Vision Vectors via Getty Images

Masks slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2 by reducing how much infected people spray the virus into the environment around them when they cough or talk. Evidence from laboratory experiments, hospitals and...

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