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Universal Masking in Health Care Settings: A Pandemic Strategy Whose Time Has Come and Gone, For Now.

Shenoy ES, Babcock HM, Brust KB, Calderwood MS, Doron S, Malani AN, Wright SB, Branch-Elliman W. Universal Masking in Health Care Settings: A Pandemic Strategy Whose Time Has Come and Gone, For Now. Annals of internal medicine. 2023 Jun 1; 176(6):859-861.

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Abstract:

During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the use of facemasks has been mandated in all health care settings for individuals older than 2 years, whether present as health care personnel, patients, or visitors. In this commentary, a group of health care epidemiologists, infectious diseases physicians, and researchers argue for the withdrawal of the universal masking policy given the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic.




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