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Face masks for the public during covid-19
Laying straw men to rest: author’s reply to “Urgency and uncertainty: covid-19, face masks, and evidence informed policy”
BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2240 (Published 08 June 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m2240
- Trisha Greenhalgh, professor of primary care health sciences
- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK
- trish.greenhalgh{at}phc.ox.ac.uk
In the eight weeks since it was published, our article in The BMJ on the public wearing face masks during the covid-19 pandemic has been cited 60 times and has an Altmetric score of over 3000.1 Our basic argument for applying the precautionary principle seems to have drawn much sympathy from scientists and clinicians. …
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