Why Masks Work BETTER Than You'd Think

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Why Masks Work BETTER Than You'd Think with tags physics, minutephysics, science

This video is about how masks (whether surgical, or N95, or cloth) are counterintuitive and actually work much better epidemiologically than one might expect. Masks do double-duty, and the fraction of interactions with masks is much higher than the fraction of people wearing masks, so partially adopted, partially effective masks are able to reduce the basic reproduction number surprisingly well.

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