Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA 94112, USA.
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Med. 2021 Jan 15;2(1):29-32. doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2020.12.008. Epub 2020 Dec 16.
This commentary will summarize the evidence on face masks for COVID-19 from both the infectious diseases and physical science viewpoints; standardize recommendations on types of masks that afford the best protection to the public; and provide guidelines on messaging for this important non-pharmaceutical intervention as we await widespread vaccine distribution.
本评论将从传染病学和物理科学两个角度总结有关 COVID-19 口罩的证据;规范对能为公众提供最佳保护的口罩类型的建议;并在我们等待广泛疫苗分发的同时,为这一重要的非药物干预措施提供信息指南。