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COVID: seven reasons mask wearing in the west was unnecessarily delayed

Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research

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Masks help prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, yet masking policies in the west have featured some spectacular policy wrong turns. Here are some.

Read the full article on The Conversation website, written by Professor Trish Greenhalgh, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences.

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