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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-nonpharmaceutical-interventions-eased-burdens-covid.html
> Among other results, the researchers found that:
• Masks were associated with decreases in cases and deaths.
• Closing schools and businesses resulted in lower per capita deaths, but those effects decreased after four weeks.
• Restaurant/bar closures and travel restrictions corresponded to decreases in mortality after four weeks.
• Shelter-in-place orders (SIPOs) resulted in fewer cases but only after a delay of two weeks.
• SIPOs and mask-wearing were associated with reducing the health care burden.
• Policy stringency, SIPOs, mask-wearing, limited gatherings, and school closures were associated with reduced mortality rates and slower case number growth rates.
"We found that wearing masks led to an estimated reduction of about 2.76 cases per 100,000 people and 0.19 in mortality. These effects sound small but are statistically significant," Peters explains.
"When you scale these numbers up to the millions, these measures could be preventing hundreds or thousands of deaths."
> James A. Peters et al, The Effects of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions on COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Mortality: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis, AJPM Focus (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.focus.2023.100125
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> Among other results, the researchers found that:
• Masks were associated with decreases in cases and deaths.
• Closing schools and businesses resulted in lower per capita deaths, but those effects decreased after four weeks.
• Restaurant/bar closures and travel restrictions corresponded to decreases in mortality after four weeks.
• Shelter-in-place orders (SIPOs) resulted in fewer cases but only after a delay of two weeks.
• SIPOs and mask-wearing were associated with reducing the health care burden.
• Policy stringency, SIPOs, mask-wearing, limited gatherings, and school closures were associated with reduced mortality rates and slower case number growth rates.
"We found that wearing masks led to an estimated reduction of about 2.76 cases per 100,000 people and 0.19 in mortality. These effects sound small but are statistically significant," Peters explains.
"When you scale these numbers up to the millions, these measures could be preventing hundreds or thousands of deaths."
> James A. Peters et al, The Effects of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions on COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Mortality: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis, AJPM Focus (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.focus.2023.100125
npub1uw2zx53kpkrgjzav20gfrs02q83j4u45suw3gd590gmmczd6kj6skdpmne (npub1uw2…pmne) #MaskUp #MaskMeansRespirator #WearARespirator #N95 #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver