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Landmark Danish study shows face masks have no significant effect

19 November 2020

6:45 PM

19 November 2020

6:45 PM

Do face masks work? Earlier this year, the UK government decided that masks could play a significant role in stopping Covid-19 and made masks mandatory in a number of public places. But are these policies backed by the scientific evidence?

Yesterday marked the publication of a long-delayed trial in Denmark which hopes to answer that very question.

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