Tuesday, 30 June 2020

Glimpses of the obvious: disinfecting and face masks block coronavirus

Explains the excellence of results here in Hong Kong. Because of our 2002 experience with SARS, when we heard about the Novel Coronavirus, Hongkongers immediately masked and disinfected, without having to be told.  In fact, we'd never really got over the habit of mask wearing, which has been common since 2002. /Snip:
"Instant hand hygiene and mask-wearing might be particularly effective in blocking the transmission chain," they [scientists]  said.