Canada’s top doctors still recommend wearing a mask — even as provinces ditch mandates
She recommended that Canadians “continue wearing a well-constructed, well-fitting mask as an important added layer of protection, even if not required by local authorities.”“So getting vaccines plus wearing a mask is still a really good idea.”Ontario science table underscores importance of masks in latest update
“Wearing a well-constructed and well-fitting mask is an important, proven personal protection measure. Even if there’s no mandate…it’s still a good idea, certainly, in some contexts,” Njoo said, speaking in French.. But it protects others, too, as fewer of the wearer’s respiratory particles will circulate in a given space.Story continues below advertisement
“Recent studies from the United States analyzed the impact of mask-wearing on SARS-CoV-2 community transmission: mandatory masking reduced the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection consistently,” the science table noted. That’s “not unexpected” as provinces ease restrictions, but the more-transmissible Omicron subvariant, known as BA.2, is also spreading in areas with lower vaccination rates or that didn’t have higher rates of prior COVID-19 spread.Studies show mask mandates ‘consistently’ reduce COVID transmission, Ontario science table says
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