Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review

T Greenhalgh, CR MacIntyre, MG Baker… - Clinical microbiology …, 2024‏ - journals.asm.org
This narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—
and also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental …

What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the COVID‐19 pandemic?

JL Jimenez, LC Marr, K Randall, ET Ewing… - Indoor …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The question of whether SARS‐CoV‐2 is mainly transmitted by droplets or aerosols has
been highly controversial. We sought to explain this controversy through a historical analysis …

Lifting universal masking in schools—Covid-19 incidence among students and staff

TL Cowger, EJ Murray, J Clarke… - … England Journal of …, 2022‏ - Mass Medical Soc
Abstract Background In February 2022, Massachusetts rescinded a statewide universal
masking policy in public schools, and many Massachusetts school districts lifted masking …

Humidity's impact on greenhouse gas emissions from air conditioning

J Woods, N James, E Kozubal, E Bonnema, K Brief… - Joule, 2022‏ - cell.com
The increasing need to cool the air in our built environment is both a cause and an effect of
climate change. Air conditioning accounts for a large portion of global greenhouse gas …

Can a combination of vaccination and face mask wearing contain the COVID‐19 pandemic?

H Brüssow, S Zuber - Microbial Biotechnology, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic is going into its third year with Europe again being the focus of
major epidemic activity. The present review tries to answer the question whether one can …

Infection and transmission risks of COVID-19 in schools and their contribution to population infections in Germany: A retrospective observational study using …

T Heinsohn, B Lange, P Vanella, I Rodiah… - PLoS …, 2022‏ - journals.plos.org
Background School-level infection control measures in Germany during the early
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic differed across the 16 federal states and …

Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on Infection Prevention for Healthcare Personnel Caring for Patients With Suspected or Known COVID-19 …

JB Lynch, P Davitkov, DJ Anderson… - Clinical Infectious …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Background Since its emergence in late 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to pose a risk to healthcare personnel (HCP) and …

School masking policies and secondary SARS-CoV-2 transmission

AE Boutzoukas, KO Zimmerman, M Inkelas… - …, 2022‏ - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, masking has been a widely used
mitigation practice in kindergarten through 12th grade (K–12) school districts to limit within …

Monitoring carbon dioxide to quantify the risk of indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19

MZ Bazant, O Kodio, AE Cohen, K Khan, Z Gu… - Flow, 2021‏ - cambridge.org
A new guideline for mitigating indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19 prescribes a limit
on the time spent in a shared space with an infected individual (Bazant & Bush, Proceedings …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 transmission with and without mask wearing or air cleaners in schools in Switzerland: A modeling study of epidemiological, environmental, and …

N Banholzer, K Zürcher, P Jent, P Bittel, L Furrer… - PLoS …, 2023‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Growing evidence suggests an important contribution of airborne transmission
to the overall spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …