{"id":1559,"date":"2022-10-08T06:54:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T12:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actagainstcovid.ca\/?post_type=campaign&p=1559"},"modified":"2023-04-24T12:59:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T18:59:41","slug":"more-masks-less-covid","status":"publish","type":"campaign","link":"https:\/\/www.actagainstcovid.ca\/campaign\/more-masks-less-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"More Masks, Less COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

COVID is not over. Long COVID is a real and not uncommon affliction<\/a> months after infection, including in children. As of February 2023, the USA has a COVID death count that is equivalent to one “9\/11 attack weekly.” Canada’s deaths have similarly plateaued at a high rate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no one “bullet-proof” protection, only layers. High-quality masks are one of those layers, a proven<\/a> preventive<\/a> strategy<\/a> to prevent<\/a> adults and children<\/a> from getting or transmitting COVID-19 indoors or in crowds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t let your work, studies and fun get interrupted by COVID. Wear a mask, make others feel good about mask-wearing, advocate for making it the rule or norm in your places of work or study, until the pandemic is truly over\u2014 and in 2023, the pandemic is not over<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why should we prevent COVID infection?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVID-19 Omicron might be weaker, but ‘letting it rip’ is not a smart idea<\/a> (NBC News Opinion, Jan 28 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do masks prevent infection?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I see many claims that masks don’t work…”<\/a> (Dec 14. 2022)
Explainer Twitter thread about how masks work, with links to studies and other explainers, by Dr. Jeff Gilchrist<\/a> (biomedical researcher, data scientist). Collected on this page<\/a> for easier browsing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mask wearing in community settings reduces SARS-CoV-2 transmission<\/a> (PNAS, May 31, 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Masks and COVID-19 variants<\/a> (Health, Jan 06 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USC Researchers Simulate COVID-19 Classroom Transmission<\/a> (USC Viterbi, May 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19<\/a> (Jan 11, 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t get fooled by the politics!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Masks protect schoolkids from COVID, despite what anti-science politicians claim<\/a> (Scientific American, Sept 16, 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upgrading your mask<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The astounding physics of N95 masks<\/a> (YouTube video from minutephysics<\/a>, Jun 18, 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why you need a better mask (ie. an N95 or KN95)<\/a> (John Hopkins University, Jan 25, 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Masks for COVID: Updating the evidence<\/a> (Jeremy Howard, July 2022)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This is one of our campaign graphics created for Creating COVID Campaigns<\/a>, our graphic design\/PSA “jam” at the end of September 2022 to encourage people to aspire to a COVID-free province.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can now get stickers of this artwork on Redbubble!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poster downloads<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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B&W Poster, letter-size, PDF<\/strong>
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Colour Poster, letter-size, PDF<\/strong>
Click to download<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Images for Facebook post<\/strong> \u2014 Like & share the original Facebook post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Images for Twitter Post<\/strong> \u2014 Favourite\/RT the original tweet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Images for Instagram Posts<\/strong> \u2014 Favourite\/Share the original Instagram post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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COVID is not over. Long COVID is a real and not uncommon affliction months after infection, including in children. As of February 2023, the USA has a COVID death count that is equivalent to one “9\/11 attack weekly.” Canada’s deaths have similarly plateaued at a high rate. There is no one “bullet-proof” protection, only layers. High-quality masks are one of those layers, a proven preventive strategy to prevent adults and children from getting or transmitting COVID-19 indoors or in crowds. Don’t let your work, studies and fun get interrupted by COVID. Wear a mask, make others feel good about mask-wearing,…<\/p>\n","category_list":"","author_info":{"name":"","url":""},"comments_num":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actagainstcovid.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaign\/1559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actagainstcovid.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaign"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actagainstcovid.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/campaign"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.actagainstcovid.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaign\/1559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1932,"href":"https:\/\/www.actagainstcovid.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaign\/1559\/revisions\/1932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actagainstcovid.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actagainstcovid.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}