University of South Carolina researchers have developed a model of the coronavirus pandemic showing that masks have stemmed the spread of disease and prevented tens of thousands of infections in places that have adopted them widely.<\/p>\n
The team\u2019s aim is to put hard numbers on a refrain that public health experts have repeated for months: that masks make a difference and could bring the virus to heel. The lead researcher says he wanted to give decision-makers a clear view of how big that difference is.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s particularly significant in South Carolina, which doesn\u2019t have a statewide mask requirement. Instead, questions about whether to wear a mask are far more localized here. It\u2019s up to local governments to decide whether to require them, and for the millions of people here who aren\u2019t bound by mandates, wearing a mask is an individual decision.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n The researchers' aim is to put hard numbers on a refrain that public health experts have repeated for months: that masks make a difference and could bring the virus to heel.https:\/\/t.co\/cOifHcGM5s<\/a><\/p>\n — The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) October 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n