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Covid-19: Should the public wear face masks?
Covid-19: Each discarded face mask is a potential biohazard
BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2012 (Published 21 May 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m2012
- James H Bamber, consultant anaesthetist,
- Tracey Christmas, consultant anaesthetist
- Department of Anaesthesia, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
- jhbamber{at}gmail.com
Javid and colleagues say that “population benefits are plausible and harms unlikely” if the public are encouraged to wear face masks.1 In one week (17-24 April) both of us, however, came across discarded surgical face masks on public roads on our way to work. On a single day, …
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