To mask or not to mask? In Hong Kong we’ve been used to mask-wearing ever since the 2002 SARS epidemic which mainly affected us here. Since then mask-wearing has been common. And when we first heard of the “novel coronavirus” we started wearing them even more. Our results are six deaths — that’s singular digit six — in a city of seven million, the lowest per million of any place in the world, save Taiwan.
A recent Japanese study supports the mask-wearing-is-good theory. /Snip:
A recent Japanese study supports the mask-wearing-is-good theory. /Snip:
Wearing a face mask could reduce the risk of dying fromCoronavirus: face masks save lives, Japanese study says
Covid-19, according to a study by researchers in Japan.Using data collected by British market research company YouGov, the team from Miyazawa Clinic in Hyogo and the University of Houston-Victoria created a computer model to see how various factors affected death rates from the disease in different countries.
By far the most significant was mask wearing, which had a 70 per cent impact on death rates….
